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. 1965 Oct;97(1):176–179. doi: 10.1042/bj0970176

The assimilation of acetate and propionate by Prototheca zopfi

D Lloyd 1, A G Callely 1
PMCID: PMC1264558  PMID: 16749100

Abstract

1. The tricarboxylic acid and glyoxylate cycles are of major importance in the assimilation of acetate and propionate by Prototheca zopfii. The pattern of assimilation of [2-14C]acetate and [2-14C]propionate by whole cells growing with their respective substrates is similar except that, with propionate, β-hydroxypropionate is the first labelled intermediate detected. 2. Carbon dioxide fixation is of little quantitative importance for the growth of this organism with propionate. 3. The yield of cells obtained/mole of acetate is similar to that obtained/mole of propionate and about half that obtained/mole of n-butyrate, these substrates acting as sole sources of carbon and energy.

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