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A new isolate, identified as Gordonia sp. ZD-7 by 16S rDNA sequence analysis, grew in n-hexadecane containing dibenzothiophene (DBT) which was degraded from 2.8 mM to 0.2 mM within 48 h. Biodesulfurization could be repeatedly performed for more than 190 h, with average desulfurization rates of 5 mmol DBT kg cells (dry wt)−1 h−1.
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This research work was sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20276068).
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Li, W., Wang, MD., Chen, H. et al. Biodesulfurization of dibenzothiophene by growing cells of Gordonia sp. in batch cultures. Biotechnol Lett 28, 1175–1179 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-006-9070-2
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