Anaerobic Degradation of Hexadecan-2-one by a Microbial Enrichment Culture under Sulfate-Reducing Conditions.
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.
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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.
Rontani
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Raphel
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Matheron
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Bertrand
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