Production of p-hydroxyhydrocinnamic acid from tyrosine by Peptostreptococcus anaerobius
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Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|August 1, 1980
Abstract:
Peptostreptococcus anaerobius was found to metabolize tyrosine to p-hydroxyhydrocinnamic acid [3-(p-hydroxyphenyl)propionic acid]. This acid was detected in spent growth media by gas-liquid chromatography, and its identity was confirmed by mass spectrometry.