THE ABILITY OF SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA OF VARIOUS TAXONOMIC GROUPS TO SYNTHESIZE EXTRACELLULAR HYDROCARBONS

Authors
BAGAEVA TV
Citation
Tv. Bagaeva, THE ABILITY OF SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA OF VARIOUS TAXONOMIC GROUPS TO SYNTHESIZE EXTRACELLULAR HYDROCARBONS, Microbiology, 66(6), 1997, pp. 666-668
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00262617
Volume
66
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
666 - 668
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-2617(1997)66:6<666:TAOSBO>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Sulfate-reducing bacteria of various taxonomic groups were found to sy nthesize extracellular hydrocarbons during growth on lactate in an atm osphere of H-2 + CO2. The most active producers of hydrocarbons were s ulfate-reducing bacteria bringing about incomplete oxidation of lactat e. Hydrocarbons produced were normal or isomeric alkanes with a chain length from C-11 to C-24.