Isolation and Identification ofn-Butane-assimilating Bacterium
- 1 August 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Agricultural and Biological Chemistry
- Vol. 44 (8) , 1835-1840
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00021369.1980.10864232
Abstract
A bacterial strain capable of assimilating gaseous n-alkanes was newly isolated from activated sludge by enrichment culture technique using n-butane as the sole carbon source. The strain was identified as Pseudomonas butanovora sp. nov. It utilised n-alkanes of C2~C9, primary alcohols and carboxylic acids for growth, but did not utilize sugars and C1 compounds. The cell yields on gaseous n-alkanes, such as ethane, propane and n-butane, were 80% or more. The maximum specific growth rate on n-butane was 0.22 hr−1 at 30°C, pH 7.0. Dried cells of this new isolate grown on n-butane contained 73% pure protein.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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