Anaerobic degradation of hexadecan-2-one by a microbial enrichment culture under sulfate-reducing conditions

Abstract

A microbial enrichment culture from marine sediment was able to grow on hexadecan-2-one as the sole source of carbon and energy under sulfate- reducing conditions. Oxidation of the ketone involved carboxylation reactions and was coupled to sulfide production. This enrichment culture also grew on 6,10,14-trimethylpen tadecan-2-one.