Stable Isotopic Studies of n -Alkane Metabolism by a Sulfate-Reducing Bacterial Enrichment Culture

Author:

Davidova Irene A.12,Gieg Lisa M.12,Nanny Mark23,Kropp Kevin G.12,Suflita Joseph M.12

Affiliation:

1. Department of Botany & Microbiology

2. Institute for Energy and the Environment

3. Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019

Abstract

ABSTRACT Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy were used to study the metabolism of deuterated n -alkanes (C 6 to C 12 ) and 1- 13 C-labeled n -hexane by a highly enriched sulfate-reducing bacterial culture. All substrates were activated via fumarate addition to form the corresponding alkylsuccinic acid derivatives as transient metabolites. Formation of d 14 -hexylsuccinic acid in cell extracts from exogenously added, fully deuterated n -hexane confirmed that this reaction was the initial step in anaerobic alkane metabolism. Analysis of resting cell suspensions amended with 1- 13 C-labeled n -hexane confirmed that addition of the fumarate occurred at the C-2 carbon of the parent substrate. Subsequent metabolism of hexylsuccinic acid resulted in the formation of 4-methyloctanoic acid, and 3-hydroxy-4-methyloctanoic acid was tentatively identified. We also found that 13 C nuclei from 1- 13 C-labeled n -hexane became incorporated into the succinyl portion of the initial metabolite in a manner that indicated that 13 C-labeled fumarate was formed and recycled during alkane metabolism. Collectively, the findings obtained with a sulfate-reducing culture using isotopically labeled alkanes augment and support the previously proposed pathway (H. Wilkes, R. Rabus, T. Fischer, A. Armstroff, A. Behrends, and F. Widdel, Arch. Microbiol. 177: 235-243, 2002) for metabolism of deuterated n -hexane by a denitrifying bacterium.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology

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