| Abstract |
Twelve Microorganisms capable of utilizing diaminododecane were isolated from the soil by enrichment culture technique. Seven strains of these were identified as Corynebacterium. The isolated strains were tested for the ability to utilize as carbon source, 10 different kind of alkane derivatives containing CN, NH₂, Cl, and SH groups. Laurylcyanide, dicyanooetane, chlorodecane, and dichlorodecane were not utilized by any of the isolated strains; putrescine dihydrochloride, cadaverine dihydrochloride, diaminododecane, and n-dodecane were utilized by all of the isolated strains; and all of the isolated strains except DAD 2-3 could utilize dodecylmercaptan. The alkane derivatives that did not serve as growth substrates were tested further in oxidation tests using resting cell preparation. Alkane derivatives that are being oxidized by all of the isolated strains are laurylcyanide and dichlorodecane. Dicyanooctane was also oxidized by all of the isolated strains except DAD 30L, chlorodecane was the only oxidized by the three isolated strains. The most remarkable substrate that is being oxidized is dichlorodecane containing CN groups diterminally. Evidence obtained with thin layer chromatography of ethyl acetate extracts of culture broth of isolated strains grown in some alkane derivatives shows that these alkane derivatives are degraded. |
