Open AccessFormation of ethylamine and methane from dimethylethylamine by Methanosarcina barkeri
Author(s) -
Fahlbusch Karoline,
Hippe Hans,
Gottschalk Gerhard
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1983.tb00519.x
Subject(s) - methanosarcina barkeri , ethylamine , methane , methanosarcina , chemistry , methanogenesis , euryarchaeota , methylamines , archaea , biochemistry , organic chemistry , methylamine , gene
Compounds such as tri-, diand monomethylamine have been shown to serve as growth substrates for Methanosarc ina barkeri [1,2]. The products formed from these compounds are methane, carbon dioxide and ammonia. Dimethylethylamine has also been reported to serve as growth substrate for M. barkeri [1], but its fate in this fermentation has not been studied. Here we show that both methyl groups are removed from that compound during methanogenesis and that ethylamine is a product.