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Monocarboxylic acids from oxidation of acyclic isoprenoid alkanes by Mycobacterium fortuitum
Author(s) -
Cox R. E.,
Maxwell J. R.,
Myers R. N.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02532587
Subject(s) - mycobacterium fortuitum , chemistry , alkane , isopropyl , organic chemistry , stereochemistry , bacteria , biochemistry , mycobacterium , catalysis , biology , genetics
Mycobacterium fortuitum utilizes certain stereoisomeric mixtures of individual multimethyl branched alkanes as sole carbon source, including 2,6(R), 10(S), 14 (RS)‐tetramethylhexadecane; 2,6(R),10(S),14(RS)‐tetramethylheptadecane; 2,6(RS),10(RS)‐trimethyltetradecane, and 2,6(R),10(S)‐trimethylpentadecane. Products of oxidation isolated from the bacterial lipids were acids derived predominantly from oxidation of the isopropyl terminus of each alkane, except in the case of 2,6(RS),10(RS)‐trimethyltetradecane. With the latter, acids from oxidation at either terminus were detected in comparable proportions.