TABLE 1.

CoA ligase activities in protein fraction (100,000 × g supernatant precipitated at 60% ammonium sulfate saturation) of A. evansii cells grown on different substrates

Substrate with which cells were aerobically grown	CoA ligase activity (nmol min−1 mg of protein−1) with indicated substrate
	Benzoate	3-Hydroxybenzoate	Benzoate + 3-hydroxybenzoate
Benzoate	196	94	238
3-Hydroxybenzoate	8	144	132
Benzoate + 3-hydroxybenzoate (Benz mutant)	34	134	128
Phenylacetate	35	22	NDa
Acetate	56	11	ND
Benzoate (anaerobic)	105	3	ND

^aND, not determined.