title: A decalin-consuming bacterial community.
abstract: A bacterial community able to degrade cis- and trans-decalin (decahydronaphthalene) in the presence of n-decane could be isolated. It was composed by a couple of Pseudomonas strains (D1 and D2, respectively). Neither the community nor the isolated strains were able to grow on decalin alone. D1 grew on decalin plus n-decane. Both could grow on n-decyl alcohol, acetate and adipate. From hydrocarbonated substrates it would be generated a metabolic chain which allows the growth of the community members, and then it resulted to be stable. Characteristics of both strains are described.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Vitale
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Viale
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000378:metabolism; D000272:Adipates / Q000378:metabolism; D000473:Alkanes / Q000378:metabolism; D001118:Argentina; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D000272:Adipates; D000473:Alkanes; D009281:Naphthalenes; C029900:adipic acid; C007229:decalin; C012867:decane