AEROBIC DEGRADATION OF CHOLINE: I. FERMENTATION OF CHOLINE BY A MARINE BACTERIUM, ACHROMOBACTER CHOLINOPHAGUM N. SP.
- 1 December 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Microbiology
- Vol. 10 (6) , 837-842
- https://doi.org/10.1139/m64-109
Abstract
A marine bacterium, isolated by an enrichment technique, is able to utilize choline as the sole carbon and nitrogen source in a medium containing various salts. The morphological and biochemical characteristics of the organism indicate that it is a new species. Substrate feeding coupled with culture filtrate analyses indicate that choline is metabolized as follows choline [forward arrow]betaine[forward arrow] dimethylglyclne + formaldehyde[forward arrow]sar cosine + formaldehyde [forward arrow] serine[forward arrow]pyruvate + ammonia without transmethylation being involved. This pathway has not previously been reported for other bacteria or for animal tissues.Keywords
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