Title data
Whitehead, Terence R. ; Price, Neil P. ; Drake, Harold L. ; Cotta, Michael A.:
Catabolic Pathway for the Production of Skatole and Indoleacetic Acid by the Acetogen Clostridium drakei, Clostridium scatologenes, and Swine Manure.
In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
Vol. 74
(2008)
Issue 6
.
- pp. 1950-1953.
ISSN 1098-5336
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02458-07
Abstract in another language
Skatole (3-methylindole) is a malodorous chemical in stored swine manure and is implicated as a component of foul-tasting pork. Definitive evidence for the skatole pathway is lacking. Deuterium-labeled substrates were employed to resolve this pathway in the acetogenic bacterium Clostridium drakei and Clostridium scatologenes and to determine if a similar pathway is used by microorganisms present in stored swine manure. Indoleacetic acid (IAA) was synthesized from tryptophan by both bacteria, and skatole was synthesized from both IAA and tryptophan. Microorganisms in swine manure produced skatole and other oxidation products from tryptophan, but IAA yielded only skatole. A catabolic mechanism for the synthesis of skatole is proposed.
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Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Additional notes: | BAYCEER56543 |
Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Biology > Chair Ecological Microbiology Research Institutions > Research Centres > Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research- BayCEER Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Biology Research Institutions Research Institutions > Research Centres |
Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
DDC Subjects: | 500 Science |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jul 2015 05:53 |
Last Modified: | 29 Jul 2015 05:53 |
URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/17390 |