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Three bacteria (designated stram JOB5, 7E4, and 7E1C) isolated from soil by elective culture techniques and capable of growth on a wide variety of hydrocarbons were tested for substrate specificity. Non-proliferating cells of strain JOB5 grown on each of the C1 to CN series of normal ahphatic hydrocarbons were assayed for the capacity to oxidize all the alkanes, alcohols, fatty acids, and methyl-ketones in the homologous series of straight chain compounds. Cells of strain 7E4 grown on the gaseous alkanes (C1 C4) and strain 7E1C grown on propane were tested for the ability to oxidize the C1 to C4 n-alkanes, alcohols, and fatty acids.
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Contribution from Microbiology, North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, Raleigh, North Carolina Published with the approval of the Director of Research as paper No 2395 of the Journal Series.
Part of this work was done while the author was associated with the late Dr. Jackson W. Foster, at the University of Texas, Austin.
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Perry, J.J. Substrate specificity in hydrocarbon utilizing microorganisms. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 34, 27–36 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02046411
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