Accession Number:

AD0442317

Title:

THE MICROBIAL METABOLISM OF CINNAMIC ACID,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA SASKATOON (SASKATCHEWAN) PRAIRIE REGIONAL LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Blakley,E. R.
• Simpson,F. J.

Report Date:

1963-09-30

Pagination or Media Count:

11.0

Abstract:

A strain of Pseudomonas isolated from soil with cinnamic acid as a sole carbon source was found to be simultaneously adapted to the utilization of cinnamic acid and phenylpropionic acid. During growth on either of these compounds, o-hydroxyphenylpropionic acid and 2,3-dihydroxyphenylpropionic acid were produced in the culture medium. The organism, when growth on either cinnamic acid or phenylpropionic acid, was adapted to the utilization of m-hydroxyphenylpropionic acid and 2,3dihydroxyphenylpropionic acid, but not to the utilization of o-hydroxyphenylpropionic acid. According to the principle of sequential induction introduced by Stanier, the initial steps in the metabolism of cinnamic acid appear to involve the intermediates phenylpropionic acid, m-hydroxyphenylpropionic acid, and 2,3-dihydroxyphenylpropionic acid. Author

Descriptors:

• (*PSEUDOMONAS
• METABOLISM)
• (*METABOLISM
• PSEUDOMONAS)
• BIOSYNTHESIS
• CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS
• DEGRADATION
• CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
• CULTURE MEDIA
• AROMATIC COMPOUNDS
• CHEMICAL REACTIONS
• BIOCHEMISTRY

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE