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Appl. Environ. Microbiol., Aug 1997, 3164-3169, Vol 63, No. 8
Copyright © 1997, American Society for Microbiology

Thermophilic Carbon-Sulfur-Bond-Targeted Biodesulfurization

J Konishi, Y Ishii, T Onaka, K Okumura and M Suzuki
Bio-Refining Process Laboratory, Advanced Technology and Research Institute, Petroleum Energy Center, Shimizu-Shi, Shizuoka 424, Japan

Petroleum contains many heterocyclic organosulfur compounds refractory to conventional hydrodesulfurization carried out with chemical catalysts. Among these, dibenzothiophene (DBT) and DBTs bearing alkyl substitutions are representative compounds. Two bacterial strains, which have been identified as Paenibacillus strains and which are capable of efficiently cleaving carbon-sulfur (C--S) bonds in DBT at high temperatures, have been isolated for the first time. Upon attacking DBT and its various methylated derivatives at temperatures up to 60(deg)C, both growing and resting cells of these bacteria can release sulfur atoms as sulfate ions and leave the monohydroxylated hydrocarbon moieties intact. Moreover, when either of these paenibacilli was incubated at 50(deg)C with light gas oil previously processed through hydrodesulfurization, the total sulfur content in the oil phase clearly decreased.

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