Vorob'eva L I, Kraeva N I, Ebringer L, Ol'sinskaia N L
Mikrobiologiia. 1979 Jan-Feb;48(1):33-8.
Propionic acid bacteria were found for the first time to be capable of oxidizing n-alkanes. The value of QO2 is higher on a mixture of n-alkanes (C12--C20) than on individual hydrocarbons whose availability is determined by the length of a hydrocarbon chain: C15 and C16-alkanes are oxidized best of all; C14, C13 and C12-alkanes are oxidized at a lower rate; and alkanes whose chain comprises less than ten carbon atoms are not oxidized at all. Hexadecane is oxidized to CO2, cetyl alcohol and palmitic acid being intermediates; this suggests the existence of the monoterminal pathway for oxidation of n-alkanes in propionic acid bacteria.
首次发现丙酸菌能够氧化正构烷烃。正构烷烃（C12 - C20）混合物的QO2值高于单一碳氢化合物，单一碳氢化合物的可利用性由碳链长度决定：C15和C16 - 烷烃氧化效果最佳；C14、C13和C12 - 烷烃氧化速率较低；而链中碳原子数少于十个的烷烃根本不被氧化。十六烷被氧化为CO2，十六醇和棕榈酸为中间产物；这表明丙酸菌中存在正构烷烃氧化的单末端途径。
