title: Biotransformations of 2-methylisoborneol by camphor-degrading bacteria.
abstract: Many camphor-degrading bacteria that are able to transform 2-methylisoborneol (2-MIB) have been identified. Three of these strains have been examined in detail. Rhodococcus ruber T1 metabolizes camphor through 6-hydroxycamphor but converts 2-MIB to 3-hydroxy-2-MIB. Pseudomonas putida G1, which metabolizes camphor through 5-hydroxycamphor, converts MIB primarily to 6-hydroxy-2-MIB. Rhodococcus wratislaviensis DLC-cam converts 2-MIB through 5-hydroxy-2-MIB to 5-keto-2-MIB. Together, these three strains produce metabolites resulting from hydroxylation at all of the three available secondary carbons on the six-member ring of 2-MIB.
authors.affiliation: Southern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124, USA. richard.eaton@ars.usda.gov
authors.forename: Richard W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Eaton
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sandusky
mesh_terms: D001711:Biotransformation; D001892:Camphanes / Q000378:metabolism*; D002164:Camphor / Q000378:metabolism; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D016958:Pseudomonas putida / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D012240:Rhodococcus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001892:Camphanes; C005536:2-methylisoborneol; D002164:Camphor