TABLE 3.
Substrates used by the psychrotolerant resin acid degraders
| Substratea | Concn (mg/liter) | Substrates used byb:
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DhA-91 | DhA-95 | IpA-92 | IpA-93 | ||
| Fatty acids | |||||
| Linoleic acid (95) | 1,000 | + | − | − | + |
| Palmitic acid (99) | 1,000 | + | + | + | + |
| Resin acids | |||||
| AbA (96) | 60 | + | + | − | − |
| DhA (99) | 60 | + | + | − | − |
| IpA (99) | 60 | − | − | + | + |
| PiA (88) | 60 | − | − | + | + |
| Other terpenoids | |||||
| Camphorc (96) | 200 | − | − | − | − |
| Citronellolc (95) | 200 | + | − | − | − |
| Betulin (97) | 200 | − | − | − | − |
| Sitosterol (98.7) | 200 | − | − | − | − |
| Aromatic compounds | |||||
| Benzoate (>99) | 240 | + | − | + | + |
| Benzene (99.9) | 200 | − | − | − | + |
| Toluene (99.8) | 200 | − | − | + | + |
| Naphthalenec (99) | 200 | − | − | − | − |
| Alkanes | |||||
| n-Octane (>99) | 500 | + | − | − | − |
| n-Dodecane (99) | 500 | + | + | − | − |
| n-Hexadecane (99.7) | 500 | − | − | − | − |
| Cyclohexane (99.9) | 500 | − | − | − | − |
| Pristane (97) | 500 | − | − | − | − |
| Jet A-1 fuel | 1,000 | + | + | − | − |
| Sugars | |||||
| Arabinose (99) | 1,000 | + | + | + | + |
| Galactose (99) | 1,000 | + | + | + | + |
| Glucose (99) | 1,000 | + | + | + | + |
| Xylose (99) | 1,000 | − | + | − | − |
| Other substrates | |||||
| Acetone (99) | 1,000 | − | − | − | − |
| Pyruvate (99) | 1,000 | + | − | + | + |
a
Numbers in parentheses indicate the percent purity of the compounds used in this study.
b
Symbols: +, supports growth; −, does not support growth.
c
Substrate added from solution in acetone.