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. 1965 Oct;97(1):176-9.
doi: 10.1042/bj0970176.

The assimilation of acetate and propionate by Prototheca zopfi

D Lloyd  1 , A G Callely
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The assimilation of acetate and propionate by Prototheca zopfi

D Lloyd et al. Biochem J. 1965 Oct.

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.

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