Fermentation of methoxyacetate to glycolate and acetate by newly isolated strains of Acetobacterium sp. |
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Authors: | Beate Schuppert Bernhard Schink |
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Institution: | (1) Lehrstuhl Mikrobiologie I der Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, D-7400 Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany;(2) Present address: Fraunhofer-Institut für Grenzflächen-und Bioverfahrenstechnik, Nobelstr. 12, D-7000 Stuttgart 80, FRG |
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Abstract: | Three strains of new mesophilic homoacetogenic bacteria were enriched and isolated from sewage sludge and from marine sediment samples with methoxyacetate as sole organic substrate in a carbonate-buffered medium under anoxic conditions. Two freshwater isolates were motile, Gram-positive, non-sporeforming rods. The marine strain was an immotile, Gram-positive rod with a slime capsula. All strains utilized only the methyl residue of methoxyacetate and released glycolic acid. They also fermented methyl groups of methoxylated aromatic compounds and of betaine to acetate with growth yields of 6–10 g dry matter per mol methyl group. H2/CO2, formate, methanol, hexamethylene tetramine, as well as fructose, numerous organic acids, glycerol, ethylene glycol, and glycol ethers were fermented to acetate as well. High activities of carbon monoxide dehydrogenase (0.4–2.2 U x mg protein–1) were detected in all three isolates. The guanine-plus-cytosine-content of the DNA of the freshwater isolates was 42.7 and 44.4 mol %, with the marine isolate it was 47.7 mol %. The freshwater strains were assigned to the genus Acetobacterium as new strains of the species A. carbinolicum. One freshwater isolate, strain KoMac1, was deposited with the Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen GmbH, Braunschweig, under the number DSM 5193. |
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Keywords: | Anaerobic ether cleavage Methoxyacetate 2-Mcthoxyethanol Demethylation Homoacetogenic bacteria Acetobacterium sp |
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