Fungal Metabolism of n-Alkylbenzenes.

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  • P M Fedorak
  • D W Westlake
چکیده

Isolates of Paecilomyces, Verticillium, Beauveria, and Penicillium species were tested for ability to metabolize a variety of n-alkylbenzenes. Minimum side chain lengths were required for metabolism of these substrates. These were C(4) for the Paecilomyces sp., C(8) for the Verticillium sp., and C(9) for the other two isolates. Growth on dodecylbenzene yielded benzoic and phenylacetic acids as transient intermediates, and these acids supported growth of the isolates.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Applied and environmental microbiology

دوره 51 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1986