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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-5-17
pubmed:abstractText
Besides ethanol, acetic acid is produced in naturally fermenting sweet resources and is a significant environmental stress for fruit-breeding Drosophila populations and species. Although not related to the presence of an active alcohol dehydrogenase, adult acetic acid tolerance was found to correlate with ethanol tolerance when sensitive (Afrotropical) and resistant (European) natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster were compared. The same correlation was found when comparing various Drosophila species. Tolerance to acetic acid also correlated with the tolerance to longer aliphatic acids of three, four, or five carbons but did not correlate with the tolerance to inorganic acids (i.e., hydrochloric and sulfuric acids). These observations suggest that acetic acid is detoxified by the conversion of acetate into acetyl-CoA, a metabolic step also involved in ethanol detoxification. Future investigations on the adaptation of Drosophila to fermenting resources should consider selective effects of both ethanol and acetic acid.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
90
pubmed:geneSymbol
Adh
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3621-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Adaptation to alcoholic fermentation in Drosophila: a parallel selection imposed by environmental ethanol and acetic acid.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Biologie et Génétique Evolutives, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Gif sur Yvette, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article