... Douglas W. Ribbons1,2,†1Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Technology Graz, Austria;2Institute of Biotechnology,University of Technology Graz, AustriaOnly 2% of the known natural ... characterization of the strainWe isolated a strain from rotten fruits by aerobic enrichmentcultures in liquid minimal medium containing 2-butynedio-ate as the sole carbon source. The bacterial strain wasclassified ... metabolicTable 1. Growth of P. putida on different substrates, measured on agarplates.Substrate Structure GrowthaPropynoate +2-Butynedioate+Propynol++But-3-yn-1-ol+Pent-3-yn-1-ol+Phenylethyneb+Pyruvate+Succinate+++Citrate+++Glucose+++a+,...