Acinetobacter Iwoffii

Although the metabolism of vanillate generally involves de-O-methylation to 3,4-dihy-droxybenzoate followed by intradiol ring hssion, in Acinetobacter Iwoffii vanillate is hydroxylated to 3-0-methyl gallate, which produces pyruvate and oxalacetate in reactions that have already been noted (Sze and Dagley 1987). 

Hanuszkiewicz, A., Hiibner, G., Vinogradov, E., Lindner, B., Brade, L., Brade, H., Debarry, J., Heine, H., Holst, O. Structural and immunochemical analysis of the lipopolysaccharide from Acinetobacter Iwoffii F78 located outside Chlamydiaceae with a Chlamydia-specific lipopolysaccharide epitope. Chem Eur J 14 (2008) 10251-10258. 

The microorganisms belong to ICE (see Ref. 18) private collection BS6, Xantomonas maltophilia BS7, B18, B25, and B26, Pseudomonas fluorescens B23, Bacillus mycoides BSll and B37, Acinetobacter calcoaceticus Iwoffii B49, Acinetobacter calcoaceticus acidovorans. The values under the structures are isolated yields. 

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