ACENAPHTHENE CATABOLISM BY STRAINS OF ALCALIGENES-EUTROPHUS AND ALCALIGENES-PARADOXUS

Authors
SELIFONOV SA SLEPENKIN AV ADANIN VM GRECHKINA GM STAROVOITOV II
Citation
Sa. Selifonov et al., ACENAPHTHENE CATABOLISM BY STRAINS OF ALCALIGENES-EUTROPHUS AND ALCALIGENES-PARADOXUS, Microbiology, 62(1), 1993, pp. 85-92
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00262617
Volume
62
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
85 - 92
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-2617(1993)62:1<85:ACBSOA>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Bacteria capable of growing on the polycyclic hydrocarbon acenaphthene as the sole source of carbon and energy have been isolated for the fi rst time. Intermediate products of acenaphthene degradation by strains of Alcaligenes eutrophus and Alcaligenes paradoxus - 1,8-naphthalened icarboxylic, 7,8-diketonaphthylacetic, and 3-hydroxyphthalic acid - ha ve been identified. Degradation of the carbon skeleton of acenaphthene in the investigated strains begins with the five-membered ring, which can be cleaved in two ways.