Formaldehyde elimination with formaldehyde and formate oxidase in membrane of acetic acid bacteria.
Formaldehyde elimination was successfully carried out with Acetobacter sp. SKU 14, having strong formaldehyde-oxidizing activity in the cytoplasmic membrane. Formaldehyde was decomposed via formate to carbon dioxide by formaldehyde- and formate-oxidizing activities. A resting-cell suspension of the organism was more convenient for practical purposes than the isolated membrane fraction. In Gluconobacter suboxydans IFO 12528, formaldehyde elimination was not so prominent when compared with that in Acetobacter sp. SKU 14.
Shinagawa
Emiko
E
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Ube National College of Technology, Tokiwadai, Ube 755-8555, Japan. emiko@ube-k.ac.jp
Toyama
Hirohide
H
Matsushita
Kazunobu
K
Tuitemwong
Pravate
P
Theeragool
Gunjana
G
Adachi
Osao
O
D000091:Acetobacter / Q000201:enzymology*; D019149:Bioreactors; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology*; D005557:Formaldehyde / Q000378:metabolism*; D005561:Formates / Q000378:metabolism*; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*
D005561:Formates; C030544:formic acid; D005557:Formaldehyde; D010088:Oxidoreductases