DITERMINAL OXIDATION OF LONG-CHAIN ALKANES BY BACTERIA.
Kester, A. S. (The University of Texas, Austin) and J. W. Foster. Diterminal oxidation of long-chain alkanes by bacteria. J. Bacteriol. 85:859-869. 1963.-A corynebacterial organism capable of growing in mineral salts with individual pure alkanes as carbon sources produces a series of acids from the C(10)-C(14) alkanes. They have been isolated in pure form and identified as monoic, omega-hydroxy monoic, and dioic acids containing the same number of carbon atoms as the substrate alkane. Oxidation took place at both terminal methyl groups-"diterminal oxidation." Appropriate labeling experiments indicate that omega oxidation of fatty acids occurs in this organism and that an oxygenation with O(2) occurs.
D000473:Alkanes; D001419:Bacteria; D003352:Corynebacterium; D005227:Fatty Acids; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D008660:Metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
D000473:Alkanes; D005227:Fatty Acids; D006838:Hydrocarbons
CORYNEBACTERIUM; HYDROCARBONS; METABOLISM