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Desulphurization of dibenzothiophene by bacteria

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Four out of 187 strains, from enrichment cultures of dibenzothiophene (DBT), grew on DBT or thiophene 2-carboxylate as S sources. The four isolates, presumptively identified as Agrobacterium sp., Xanthomonas sp. and Corynebacterium spp., individually and together desulphurized DBT, producing 2-hydroxybiphenyl and sulphate.

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M. Constanti and A. Bordons are with the Departament de Bioquímica i Biotecnologia, and J. Giralt is with the Departament d'Enginyeria Química, both of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Pl. Imperial Tarraco 1, 43005 Tarragona, Catatonia, Spain

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Constantí, M., Giralt, J. & Bordons, A. Desulphurization of dibenzothiophene by bacteria. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 10, 510–516 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00367655

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