Degradation of the methyl substituted alkene, citronellol, by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, wild type and mutant strains

Authors
Campos-Garcia, J Soberon-Chavez, G
Citation
J. Campos-garcia et G. Soberon-chavez, Degradation of the methyl substituted alkene, citronellol, by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, wild type and mutant strains, BIOTECH LET, 22(3), 2000, pp. 235-237
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Biotecnology & Applied Microbiology",Microbiology
Journal title
BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS
ISSN journal
01415492 → ACNP
Volume
22
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
235 - 237
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-5492(200002)22:3<235:DOTMSA>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Pseudomonas aeruginosa W51D used citronellol (3,7-dimethyl-6-octen-1-ol) as sole source of carbon and oxidized it to citronellal, citronellic acid and finally to geranic acid. A mutant derived from this strain was isolated as unable to degrade citronellol and had diminished (93%) citronellal dehydro genase activity.