| Literature DB >> 11501413 |
Z Chmelárová1, I Závadská, J Húska, D Tóth.
Abstract
Starvation for carbon and energy sources accelerated the biotransformation of the anion-active surfactant dihexyl sulfosuccinate (DHS) by Comamonas terrigena cells. Chloramphenicol (Cm) added at different time intervals to non-starved cells inhibited the DHS transformation. The largest difference between cells treated and non-treated by Cm was observed for a 16-h-starvation period. Protein synthesis de novo during starvation enhanced the DHS biotransformation efficiency. A partial transformation of DHS in the presence of Cm indicated the constitutive character of enzymes involved in primary DHS biodegradation.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 11501413 DOI: 10.1007/bf02818716
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Folia Microbiol (Praha) ISSN: 0015-5632 Impact factor: 2.099