Utilization of halogenated benzenes, phenols, and benzoates by Rhodococcus opacus GM-14
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Rhodococcus opacus is a gram-positive bacteria that uses phenols, halogenated benzenes, and benzoates as its sole source of carbon and energy. The R. opacus GM-14 strain is able to use saturated aqueous solutions of benzene and chlorobenzene. The bacterial strain releases stoichiometric amounts of chloride when grown on chlorobenzene, 1,3-dichlorobenzene, and isomers of monochlorophenol. Most of the chloride is released from 1,4-dichlorobenzene. The growth rate of R. opacus GM-14 on different substrates is different.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1995
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Effect of aromatic compounds on cellular fatty acid composition of Rhodococcus opacus
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Research was conducted to examine the effect of aromatic compounds on cellular fatty acid composition of Rhodococcus opacus. The contents of branched fatty acids increased from 3% to 15 to 34% of the total fatty acids in Rhodococcus opacus cells when the cells were developed on phenol, tolune, chlorobenzene, benzene and 4-chlorophenol as the sole source of energy and carbon. Results indicate that 10-methyl branched fatty acids may play a role in the adaptation of R. opacus to lipophilic aromatic compounds.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1999
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Biological effects of Trichoderma harzianum peptaibols on mammalian cells
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The substances responsible for the inhibition boar spermatozoa motility in the extract of Trichoderma harzianum strain ES39 were identified as a peptaibol group of peptides, and the peptaibols produced by T. harzianum strain ES39 that were dissolved in methanol was examined. The peptaibols were found to damage the cell membrane barrier function of boar spermatozoa and dissipate the human lung epithelial carcinoma cell line.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2004
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