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Degradative versatility ofCorynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum NCIB 10803 which uses amides as carbon source

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Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum NCIB 10803 was tested for aerobic growth with a large number of C sources in mineral salts medium with NH4 + as N source. Growth was supported by some amino acids, some sugars, compounds of the Krebs’ cycle, the higher normal paraffins, normal aliphatic alcohols, fatty acids, the amides and nitriles of fatty acids, αω-alkandioic acids and some simple benzenoid compounds. Possible metabolic pathways are discussed. Degradation of catechol proceeded byortho-fision viacis-cis-muconate.

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Grant, D.J.W. Degradative versatility ofCorynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum NCIB 10803 which uses amides as carbon source. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 39, 273–279 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02578859

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