title: Anaerobic mineralization of quaternary carbon atoms: isolation of denitrifying bacteria on pivalic acid (2,2-dimethylpropionic acid).
abstract: The degradability of pivalic acid was established by the isolation of several facultative denitrifying strains belonging to Zoogloea resiniphila, to Thauera and Herbaspirillum, and to Comamonadaceae, related to [Aquaspirillum] and Acidovorax, and of a nitrate-reducing bacterium affiliated with Moraxella osloensis. Pivalic acid was completely mineralized to carbon dioxide. The catabolic pathways may involve an oxidation to dimethylmalonate or a carbon skeleton rearrangement, a putative 2,2-dimethylpropionyl coenzyme A mutase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, D-28359 Bremen, Germany.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Probian
authors.forename: Annika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wülfing
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harder
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D020562:Betaproteobacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009566:Nitrates / Q000378:metabolism*; D010421:Pentanoic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012722:Sewage / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D009566:Nitrates; D010421:Pentanoic Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012722:Sewage; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D002244:Carbon; C005566:pivalic acid