PHOTOBIOTRANSFORMATION OF INDOLE TO ITS VALUE-ADDED DERIVATIVES BY RHODOBACTER-SPHAEROIDES OU5

Authors
RAJASEKHAR N SASIKALA C RAMANA CV
Citation
N. Rajasekhar et al., PHOTOBIOTRANSFORMATION OF INDOLE TO ITS VALUE-ADDED DERIVATIVES BY RHODOBACTER-SPHAEROIDES OU5, Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology, 20(3-4), 1998, pp. 177-179
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology → ACNP
Volume
20
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
177 - 179
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
A purple non-sulfur anoxygenic phototrophic bacterium, Rhodobacter sph aeroides OU5 was able to photobiotransform indole in the presence of v arious organic substrates to its value-added derivatives tryptophan, t ryptamine, indole lactic acid and indigo, which are of high commercial value. The product formed varied with the precursors provided in the medium.