Wax Ester Production from n-Alkanes by Acinetobacter sp. Strain M-1: Ultrastructure of Cellular Inclusions and Role of Acyl Coenzyme A Reductase
AUTOR(ES)
Ishige, Takeru
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Acinetobacter sp. strain M-1 accumulated a large amount of wax esters from an n-alkane under nitrogen-limiting conditions. Under the optimized conditions with n-hexadecane as the substrate, the amount of hexadecyl hexadecanoate in the cells reached 0.17 g/g of cells (dry weight). Electron microscopic analysis revealed that multilayered disk-shaped intracellular inclusions were formed concomitant with wax ester formation. The contribution of acyl-CoA reductase to wax ester synthesis was evaluated by gene disruption analysis.
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