title: Anaerobic Degradation of Hexadecan-2-one by a Microbial Enrichment Culture under Sulfate-Reducing Conditions.
abstract: A microbial enrichment culture from marine sediment was able to grow on hexadecan-2-one as the sole source of carbon and energy under sulfate-reducing conditions. Oxidation of the ketone involved carboxylation reactions and was coupled to sulfide production. This enrichment culture also grew on 6,10,14-trimethylpentadecan-2-one.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Service 452, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Saint-Jérôme, 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, and Laboratoire d'Océanographie et de Biogéochimie UMR 6535, Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille OSU, Faculté des Sciences de Luminy, 13288 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirschler
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Rontani
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raphel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matheron
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Bertrand