ENRICHMENT AND ISOLATION OF A NITROPROPANOL-METABOLIZING BACTERIUM FROM THE RUMEN

Authors
ANDERSON RC RASMUSSEN MA ALLISON MJ
Citation
Rc. Anderson et al., ENRICHMENT AND ISOLATION OF A NITROPROPANOL-METABOLIZING BACTERIUM FROM THE RUMEN, Applied and environmental microbiology, 62(10), 1996, pp. 3885-3886
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
62
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
3885 - 3886
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1996)62:10<3885:EAIOAN>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A bacterium capable of metabolizing nitropropanol, nitropropionate, an d nitrate has been isolated from a mixed ruminal population enriched f or enhanced rates of nitropropanol metabolism. The numbers of nitropro panol-metabolizing bacteria in mixed populations increased >10,000-fol d during enrichment; the rates of nitropropanol metabolism increased 8 -fold. Hydrogen and phytone were important nutrients for nitropropanol metabolism.