[Fluorene cometabolism by Rhodococcus rhodochrous and Pseudomonas fluorescens].
The transformation of fluorene by Rhodococcus rhodochrous strain 172 grown on sucrose and Pseudomonas fluorescens strain 26K grown on glycerol was studied as a function of the substrate concentration and the growth phase. Under certain cultivation conditions, fluorene was completely consumed from the medium. The specific transformation rate of fluorene was considerably higher when it was transformed in the presence of the cosubstrates than when it served as the sole carbon source. An approach to the evaluation of the specific transformation rate of fluorene during batch cultivations is proposed.
Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Nauki 5, Pushchino, Moscow Oblast, 142290 Russia.
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Baboshin
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Finkel'shteĭn
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Golovleva
D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D003470:Culture Media; D005449:Fluorenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D005990:Glycerol; D011551:Pseudomonas fluorescens / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D012240:Rhodococcus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013395:Sucrose; D013997:Time Factors
D003470:Culture Media; D005449:Fluorenes; C041509:fluorene; D013395:Sucrose; D005990:Glycerol