scholarly journals Pathway of propionate formation in Desulfobulbus propionicus

1985 ◽  
Vol 140 (4) ◽  
pp. 298-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfons J. M. Stams ◽  
Diderik R. Kremer ◽  
Klaas Nicolay ◽  
Gerard H. Weenk ◽  
Theo A. Hansen

1984 ◽  
Vol 139-139 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 167-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfons J. M. Stams ◽  
Diderik R. Kremer ◽  
Klaas Nicolay ◽  
Gerard H. Weenk ◽  
Theo A. Hansen


1992 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaharu Tasaki ◽  
Yoichi Kamagata ◽  
Kazunori Nakamura ◽  
Eiichi Mikami


1983 ◽  
Vol 136 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fons J. M. Stams ◽  
Marten Veenhuis ◽  
Gerard H. Weenk ◽  
Theo A. Hansen


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thai Le

In a previous study, we found that 2-ketobutyrate (2-KB) was seriously degraded in Escherichia coli. In the present investigation, we tried to clarify the products of that degradation process, and intriguingly reconfirmed that 2-KB is chopped up to form propionyl-CoA, 1-propanol and propionate. This short commentary re-introduces efficient endogenous pathways for production of value-added odd-chain compounds such as propionyl-CoA-derived chemicals.



2001 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Benoit ◽  
C. C. Gilmour ◽  
R. P. Mason

ABSTRACT We have previously hypothesized that sulfide inhibits Hg methylation by decreasing its bioavailability to sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB), the important methylators of Hg in natural sediments. With a view to designing a bioassay to test this hypothesis, we investigated a number of aspects of Hg methylation by the SRBDesulfobulbus propionicus, including (i) the relationship between cell density and methylmercury (MeHg) production, (ii) the time course of Hg methylation relative to growth stage, (iii) changes in the bioavailability of an added inorganic Hg (HgI) spike over time, and (iv) the dependence of methylation on the concentration of dissolved HgI present in the culture. We then tested the effect of sulfide on MeHg production by this microorganism. These experiments demonstrated that under conditions of equal bioavailability, per-cell MeHg production was constant through log-phase culture growth. However, the methylation rate of a new Hg spike dramatically decreased after the first 5 h. This result was seen whether methylation rate was expressed as a fraction of the total added Hg or the filtered HgI concentration, which suggests that Hg bioavailability decreased through both changes in Hg complexation and formation of solid phases. At low sulfide concentration, MeHg production was linearly related to the concentration of filtered HgI. The methylation of filtered HgI decreased about fourfold as sulfide concentration was increased from 10−6 to 10−3 M. This decline is consistent with a decrease in the bioavailability of HgI, possibly due to a decline in the dissolved neutral complex, HgS0.



2015 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. Moreau ◽  
Caitlin M. Gionfriddo ◽  
David P. Krabbenhoft ◽  
Jacob M. Ogorek ◽  
John F. DeWild ◽  
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