Production of vanillic acid from vanillin by resting cells of Serratia marcescens

F Perestelo; M A Dalcón; G de la Fuente

doi:10.1128/aem.55.6.1660-1662.1989

Production of vanillic acid from vanillin by resting cells of Serratia marcescens

Appl Environ Microbiol. 1989 Jun;55(6):1660-2. doi: 10.1128/aem.55.6.1660-1662.1989.

Authors

F Perestelo¹, M A Dalcón, G de la Fuente

Affiliation

¹ Departamento de Microbiología y Biología Celular, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.

Abstract

Resting-cell suspensions of Serratia marcescens were able to convert, quantitatively, 0.3% vanillin to vanillic acid. The vanillic acid-producing activity reached a maximum after 28 h of incubation with 0.01% vanillin as an inducer.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Benzaldehydes / metabolism
Hydroxybenzoates / metabolism*
Interphase
Kinetics
Serratia marcescens / cytology
Serratia marcescens / metabolism*
Vanillic Acid / metabolism*

Substances

Benzaldehydes
Hydroxybenzoates
vanillin
Vanillic Acid