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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1973 March; 25(3): 447-453
Copyright © 1973 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Synthesis of Glycols by Microbial Transformation of Some Monocyclic Terpenes

Barid B. Mukherjee1, Gary Kraidman2 and Ira D. Hill3

a Tenneco Chemicals Inc., Piscataway, New Jersey 08854

ABSTRACT

The transformation of three monocyclic terpenes by three soil microorganisms have been studied. The organisms were isolated on, and grew rapidly in, mineral salts medium containing the appropriate terpene substrates as sole carbon sources. These organisms belong to the class Fungi Imperfecti, and two of them have been tentatively identified as Cladosporium species. A Cladosporium species designated T1 was isolated from terpene-soaked soil, using 1-menthene as the sole source of carbon. The major catabolic product isolated from the growth medium of this organism was found to be a cyclic 1,2-diol identified as trans-p-methane-1,2-diol. A similar but biochemically distinct Cladosporium sp. designated T7 was isolated on D-limonene. After growth, the medium of this organism contained 1.5 g/liter of the analogous product, trans-limonene-1,2-diol. Minor quantities of the corresponding cis-1,2-diol were also isolated. The third organism, designated as laboratory culture T8, was isolated on 3-menthene and yielded a diol identified as trans-p-menthane-3,4-diol. From these results it is concluded that the formation of diols is a common intermediate in the fungal metabolism of monocyclic terpenes.

FOOTNOTES

1 Present address: Squibb Institute for Medical Research, Princeton, N. J. 08540.

2 Present address: New Brunswick Scientific Co., Inc., New Brunswick, N. J. 08903.

3 Present address: Monsanto Co., St. Louis, Mo. 63166.

Appl Environ Microbiol. 1973 March; 25(3): 447-453
Copyright © 1973 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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