Appl Environ Microbiol. 1996 Apr;62(4):1238-41. doi: 10.1128/aem.62.4.1238-1241.1996.
Four pure cultures of denitrifying bacteria, which had previously been isolated on defined alkylbenzenes, were capable of anaerobic growth with crude oil as the only source of organic substrates. Chemical analyses after growth revealed that the known growth substrates toluene, ethylbenzene, and m-xylene were selectively consumed from the oil. o-Xylene and p-xylene, which as pure compounds did not support growth, were consumed to a lesser extent.
四种已从特定烷基苯中分离出来的纯硝化菌能够在无氧条件下以原油作为唯一的有机碳源进行生长。生长后进行的化学分析表明,已知的生长基质甲苯、乙苯和间二甲苯被从油中选择性消耗。邻二甲苯和对二甲苯作为纯化合物不能支持生长,但其消耗程度较低。