MICROBIAL PRODUCTION OF AMINO ACIDS FROM HYDROCARBONS

Abstract
Nine good hydrocarbon utilizers including Corynebac-terium hydrocarboclastus, Alcaligenes marshalii and yeasts showed abundant growth on a simple synthetic hydrocarbon medium after 24-hr. incubation. Variation auxotrophic mutants from them produced the following amino acids: Ornithine, valine, glutamic acid, leucine, tyrosine, alanine, proline, aspartic acid and lysine. The possible use of this method for fermentative production of amino-acids from hydrocarbons was discussed.

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