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Microbial oxidation of alpha-pinene by Serratia marcescens

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A strain of the bacterium Serratia marcescens, isolated from sewage sludge, can oxidise the terpene hydrocarbon α-pinene to produce rans-verbenol as the major product, with verbeone and trans-sobrerol as minor products. A change in nitrogen source and inclusion of glucose as a second carbon source caused the bacterium to produce α-terpineol as the major oxidation product. Products were identified by gas liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry.

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  1. Biotechnology Research Group, Laboratory of the Government Chemist, SE1 8XY, London, UK

    Susan J. Wright, Philip Caunt, David Carter & Peter B. Baker

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Wright, S.J., Caunt, P., Carter, D. et al. Microbial oxidation of alpha-pinene by Serratia marcescens . Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 23, 224–227 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00261919

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