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. 1981 Jul;42(1):180–183. doi: 10.1128/aem.42.1.180-183.1981

Oxidation of Ethylene Glycol by a Salt-Requiring Bacterium

William H Caskey 1,†, Willard A Taber 1
PMCID: PMC243982  PMID: 16345810

Abstract

Bacterium T-52, cultured on ethylene glycol, readily oxidized glycolate and glyoxylate and exhibited elevated activities of ethylene glycol dehydrogenase and glycolate oxidase. Labeled glyoxylate was identified in reaction mixtures containing [14C]-ethylene glycol, but no glycolate was detected. The most likely pathway of ethylene glycol catabolism by bacterium T-52 is sequential oxidation to glycolate and glyoxylate.

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