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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2001, p. 1949-1952, Vol. 67, No. 4
0099-2240/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.4.1949-1952.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Deep Desulfurization of Extensively Hydrodesulfurized Middle Distillate Oil by Rhodococcus sp. Strain ECRD-1

M. J. Grossman,1,* M. K. Lee,1 R. C. Prince,1 V. Minak-Bernero,1 G. N. George,2 and I. J. Pickering2

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co., Annandale, New Jersey 08801,1 and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Stanford, California 943092

Received 24 October 2000/Accepted 25 January 2001

Dibenzothiophene (DBT), and in particular substituted DBTs, are resistant to hydrodesulfurization (HDS) and can persist in fuels even after aggressive HDS treatment. Treatment by Rhodococcus sp. strain ECRD-1 of a middle distillate oil whose sulfur content was virtually all substituted DBTs produced extensive desulfurization and a sulfur level of 56 ppm.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co., Route 22 East, Annandale, NJ 08801. Phone: (908) 730-2205. Fax: (908) 730-3198. E-mail: mjgross{at}erenj.com.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2001, p. 1949-1952, Vol. 67, No. 4
0099-2240/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.4.1949-1952.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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