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Isomerization of butyrate to isobutyrate by Desulforhabdus amnigenus

  • Oude Elferink S
  • Lens P
  • Dijkema C
  • et al.
FEMS Microbiology Letters (1996) 142(2-3) 237-241
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1996.tb08436.x
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Abstract

AbStiaCt The isomerization of butyrate and isobutyrate was investigated for the sulfate reducer Desufirhabdus amnigenus. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) studies with 13C-labelled butyrate showed that isobutyrate was formed by migration of the carboxyl group, in conformity with the butyrate isomerization reaction reported for methanogenic consortia. In addition to D. amnigenus, several other butyrate-degrading sulfate reducers (Desulfobacterium vacuolatum, Desulfoarculw baarsii and Desulfotomaculum sp.) were capable of butyrate isomerization.

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Oude Elferink, S. J. W. H., Lens, P. N. L., Dijkema, C., & Stams, A. J. M. (1996). Isomerization of butyrate to isobutyrate by Desulforhabdus amnigenus. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 142(2–3), 237–241. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1996.tb08436.x

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