Alkylated Benzothiophene Desulfurization by Rhodococcus sp. Strain T09

Toru MATSUI; Toshimitsu ONAKA; Yasuhiro TANAKA; Toshiyuki TEZUKA; Masanori SUZUKI; Ryuichiro KURANE

doi:10.1271/bbb.64.596

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Alkylated Benzothiophene Desulfurization by Rhodococcus sp. Strain T09

Toru MATSUI, Toshimitsu ONAKA, Yasuhiro TANAKA, Toshiyuki TEZUKA, Masanori SUZUKI, Ryuichiro KURANE

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Keywords: desulfurization, Rhodococcus sp., benzothiophene

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2000 Volume 64 Issue 3 Pages 596-599

DOI https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.64.596

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Abstract

A benzothiophene desulfurizing bacterium was isolated and identified as Rhodococcus sp. strain T09. Growth assays revealed that this strain assimilated, as the sole sulfur source, various organosulfur compounds that cannot be assimilated by the well-studied dibenzothiophene-desulfurizing Rhodococcus sp. IGTS8. The cellular growth rate of strain T09 for the alkylated benzothiophenes depended on the alkylated position and the length of the alkyl moiety.

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