title: Enrichment and isolation of a nitropropanol-metabolizing bacterium from the rumen.
abstract: A bacterium capable of metabolizing nitropropanol, nitropropionate, and nitrate has been isolated from a mixed ruminal population enriched for enhanced rates of nitropropanol metabolism. The numbers of nitropropanol-metabolizing bacteria in mixed populations increased > 10,000-fold during enrichment; the rates of nitropropanol metabolism increased 8-fold. Hydrogen and phytone were important nutrients for nitropropanol metabolism.
authors.affiliation: Enteric Diseases and Food Safety Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa 50010, USA.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Allison
mesh_terms: D000433:1-Propanol / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D005960:Glucosides / Q000378:metabolism*; D000455:Medicago sativa; D009566:Nitrates / Q000378:metabolism; D009574:Nitro Compounds; D020005:Propanols; D011422:Propionates / Q000378:metabolism; D012417:Rumen / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D005960:Glucosides; D009566:Nitrates; D009574:Nitro Compounds; D020005:Propanols; D011422:Propionates; C020776:miserotoxin; C024522:3-nitro-1-propanol; D000433:1-Propanol; C015392:3-nitropropionic acid