TABLE 1.

Metabolites detected during growth of the different strains on 6,10,14-trimethylpentadecan-2-one (compound 1)

		Pseudomonas nautica	Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus	Marinobacter sp. strain CAB	Acinetobacter sp. strain PHY9
Biodegradation (%)		58	50	68	95
Bacterial numeration (cells/ml)		2.2 × 108	3.6 × 106	7.6 × 109	3.1 × 1011
Metabolite	Compound(s)	Relative percentage of metabolite by organisma
	2	1.78	0.30	Traceb	0.01
	3	0.53	2.30	0.06	0.16
	4	0.56	1.06	0.76	0.15
	5	Trace		Trace
	6 and 7	0.02		Trace
	8	0.61	0.90	0.60	0.05
	9	Trace	Trace		Trace
	10			Trace	0.05
	11	6.73	16.90	0.37	0.12
	12	0.41	0.58	0.02	0.01
	13 and 14	1.56	2.30	0.05	0.02
	15	0.43	Trace	0.10	0.01
	16				0.01
	17		0.30

^aRelative percentages were based on the amount of degraded substrate (accuracy estimated to be ±0.01%). 

^bTrace, relative percentage of <0.01.