Abstract
This review was described about the microbial production of ethylene, isobutene and a saturated gaseous hydrocarbon mixture. Microbial ethylene production was studied with Penicillium digitatum IFO 9372 and a novel pathway of the ethylene biosynthesis through α -ketoglutarate was proposed. For the microbial production of isobutene, Rhodotorula minuta IFO 1102 was selected and the interesting actions of L-leucine and L-phenylalanine for the production were found. Finally, it was presented about the microbial production of a saturated gaseous hydro-carbon mixture by Rhizopus japonicus IFO 4758 and concluded that a gas mixture was produced through a chemical reaction of SR compounds and some cellular component such as squalene under aerobic conditions.
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