Abstract
The degradability of pivalic acid was established by the isolation of several facultative denitrifying strains belonging to Zoogloea resiniphila, to Thauera and Herbaspirillum, and to Comamonadaceae, related to [Aquaspirillum] and Acidovorax, and of a nitrate-reducing bacterium affiliated with Moraxella osloensis. Pivalic acid was completely mineralized to carbon dioxide. The catabolic pathways may involve an oxidation to dimethylmalonate or a carbon skeleton rearrangement, a putative 2,2-dimethylpropionyl coenzyme A mutase.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Anaerobiosis
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Betaproteobacteria / genetics
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Betaproteobacteria / growth & development
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Betaproteobacteria / isolation & purification*
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Betaproteobacteria / metabolism
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Carbon / chemistry
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Carbon / metabolism*
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Carbon Dioxide / metabolism
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DNA, Ribosomal / analysis
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Nitrates / metabolism*
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Pentanoic Acids / metabolism*
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Phylogeny
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RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Sewage / microbiology
Substances
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DNA, Ribosomal
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Nitrates
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Pentanoic Acids
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RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
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Sewage
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Carbon Dioxide
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Carbon
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pivalic acid
Associated data
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GENBANK/AJ505850
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GENBANK/AJ505851
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GENBANK/AJ505852
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GENBANK/AJ505853
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GENBANK/AJ505854
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GENBANK/AJ505855
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GENBANK/AJ505856
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GENBANK/AJ505857
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GENBANK/AJ505858
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GENBANK/AJ505859
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GENBANK/AJ505860
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GENBANK/AJ505861
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GENBANK/AJ505862
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GENBANK/AJ505863