Desulfococcus oleovorans Strain Hxd3

Desulfococcus

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Proteobacteria
Division:	Delta Proteobacteria
Genus:	Desulfococcus

Desulfococcus oleovorans Strain Hxd3 was isolated from the saline water phase of an oil-water separator from a northern German oil field.^[1]^[2] Hxd3 is a delta-proteobacterium capable of utilizing C12-C20 alkanes as growth substrates.^[1]^[2] Hxd3 activates alkanes via carboxylation at C3, with subsequent elimination of the terminal and subterminal carbons, yielding a fatty acid that is one carbon shorter than the parent alkane.^[3] Hxd3 is the only pure culture that is known to carboxylate aliphatic hydrocarbons.

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References

^ ^a ^b Aeckersberg, F., F. Bak, and F. Widdel. 1991. Anaerobic oxidation of saturated hydrocarbons to CO2 by a new type of sulfate-reducing bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 156:5-14.
^ ^a ^b Aeckersberg, F., F. A. Rainey, and F. Widdel. 1998. Growth, natural relationships, cellular fatty acids and metabolic adaptation of sulfate-reducing bacteria that utilize long-chain alkanes under anoxic conditions. Arch. Microbiol. 170:361-369.
^ So, C. M., C. D. Phelps, and L. Y. Young. 2003. Anaerobic transformation of alkanes to fatty acids by a sulfate-reducing bacterium, strain Hxd3. Appl Environ Microbiol 69:3892-900.