Microbiological Conversion of α-Terpineol (2)

Abstract

Microbiological conversion of α-terpineol to borneol and terpinolene was studied with a newly isolated microorganism. Borneol is assumed to be an end-product of the degradation of α-terpineol by the organism, but with terpinolene this is not the case because of its poor reproducibility. The strain through the results of physiological tests was tentatively identified as Ps. aeruginosa.