Occurrence of beta-Aminoglutaric Acid in Marine Bacteria.
beta-Aminoglutaric acid, a nonprotein amino acid isomer of glutamic acid, was found in the free amino acid pool of a marine bacterium, Alteromonas luteoviolacea. It was also found in a mixed culture of fermenting bacteria enriched from an anoxic marine sediment.
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Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701, and Division of Biology and Living Resources, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33149.
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