title: Biotransformation of geraniol by Rhodococcus sp. strain GR3.
abstract: Microbial degradation of geraniol, a natural monoterpene alcohol, was studied using a Rhodococcus sp. strain GR3 isolated from soil. The bioconversion product was identified as geranic acid [(2 E )-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dienoic acid] and its structure was established by (1)H-NMR, Fourier-transform IR spectrometry and GC-MS. The optimum temperature for this bioconversion was found to be 30 degrees C, and the reaction proceeds to a saturation with a time constant of 12.5 h. No appreciable degradation of product was observed using this bacterium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biophysics, Bose Institute, 1/12 C.I.T. Scheme VII-M, Kolkata 700054, India. tanaya_chatterjee@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Tanaya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
mesh_terms: D000080462:Acyclic Monoterpenes; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D001711:Biotransformation / Q000502:physiology*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D007700:Kinetics; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D011522:Protons; D012240:Rhodococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013696:Temperature; D013729:Terpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000080462:Acyclic Monoterpenes; D011522:Protons; D013729:Terpenes; C007836:geraniol; C043081:decaprenoic acid