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Daisuke Koma1, Fumihiko Hasumi, Seon-Yong Chung
1Department ofBioscience & Technology Faculty of Science & Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan.
Abstract:
The degradation of alkylcyclohexane by Acinetobacter sp. ODDK71 was investigated. Strain ODDK71 degraded alkylcyclohexanes (alkyl side chain length of > or = 12) by co-metabolism when hexadecane was used as a growth substrate. GGMS analysis of co-metabolized products from dodecylcyclohexane suggests that strain ODDK71 degraded dodecylcyclohexane via a ring oxidation and an alkyl side chain oxidation pathways. The ring oxidation pathway of dodecylcyclohexane is a novel pathway of microbial degradation of dodecylcyclohexane.
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