THE POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT OF CELL-SURFACE AND OUTER-MEMBRANE PROTEINS OF ACINETOBACTER SP A3 IN CRUDE-OIL DEGRADATION

Authors
HANSON KG KALE VC DESAI AJ
Citation
Kg. Hanson et al., THE POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT OF CELL-SURFACE AND OUTER-MEMBRANE PROTEINS OF ACINETOBACTER SP A3 IN CRUDE-OIL DEGRADATION, FEMS microbiology letters, 122(3), 1994, pp. 275-279
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
FEMS microbiology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
03781097
Volume
122
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
275 - 279
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-1097(1994)122:3<275:TPIOCA>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The utilization of Bombay High crude oil by Acinetobacter sp. A3 was n ot accompanied by the production of any surface active agents. Uptake of crude oil was therefore thought to be mediated by direct cell-oil i nteraction as the cell surface was hydrophobic in nature. SDS-PAGE of the outer membrane proteins of Acinetobacter sp. A3 grown on crude oil as sole source of carbon showed induction of two proteins/polypeptide s of approximate molecular mass of 26.5 kDa and 56 kDa.