The assimilation of acetate and propionate by Prototheca zopfI

Lloyd, D ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5656-0571 and Callely, A G 1965. The assimilation of acetate and propionate by Prototheca zopfI. Biochemical Journal 97 (1) , 176--179. 10.1042/bj0970176

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Abstract

1. The tricarboxylic acid and glyoxylate cycles are of major importance in the assimilation of acetate and propionate by Prototheca zopfii. The pattern of assimilation of [2-(14)C]acetate and [2-(14)C]propionate by whole cells growing with their respective substrates is similar except that, with propionate, beta-hydroxypropionate is the first labelled intermediate detected. 2. Carbon dioxide fixation is of little quantitative importance for the growth of this organism with propionate. 3. The yield of cells obtained/mole of acetate is similar to that obtained/mole of propionate and about half that obtained/mole of n-butyrate, these substrates acting as sole sources of carbon and energy.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Submission
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences
Publisher:	Portland Press
ISSN:	0264-6021
Last Modified:	26 Oct 2022 08:39
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/127974

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