Alkylated benzothiophene desulfurization by Rhodococcus sp. strain T09.
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.
Matsui
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Tsukuba branch of Bio-Refining Process Laboratory, Advanced Technology and Research Institute, Petroleum Energy Center, Ibaraki, Japan. tmatsui@nibh.go.jp
Onaka
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T
Tanaka
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Y
Tezuka
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T
Suzuki
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M
Kurane
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R
D000478:Alkylation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D012240:Rhodococcus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D013457:Sulfur Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
D013457:Sulfur Compounds; D013876:Thiophenes; C088015:benzothiophene