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Monocarboxylic acids from oxidation of acyclic isoprenoid alkanes by Mycobacterium fortuitumMycobacterium fortuitum utilizes certain stereoisomeric mixtures of individual multimethyl branched alkanes as sole carbon source, including 2,6(R), 10(S), 14(RS)-tetramethylhexadecane; 2,6(R), 10(S), 14(RS)-tetramethylheptadecane; 2,6(RS), 10(RS)-trimethyltetradecane, and 2,6(R), 10(S)-trimethylpentadecane. Products of oxidation isolated from the bacterial lipids were acids derived predominantly from oxidation of the isopropyl terminus of each alkane, except in the case of 2,6(RS), 10(RS)-trimethyltetradecane. With the latter, acids from oxidation at either terminus were detected in comparable proportions.
Document ID
19770027853
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Cox, R. E.
(Liverpool, University Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Maxwell, J. R.
(Bristol Univ. United Kingdom)
Myers, R. N.
(Bristol, University Bristol, United Kingdom)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1976
Publication Information
Publication: Lipids
Volume: 11
Issue: 1, 19
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Accession Number
77A10705
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGL-05-003-003
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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