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Thermophilic biodesulfurization of naphthothiophene and 2-ethylnaphthothiophene by a dibenzothiophene-desulfurizing bacterium, Mycobacterium phlei WU-F1.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11876417     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Naphtho[2,1-b]thiophene (NTH) is an asymmetric structural isomer of dibenzothiophene (DBT), and NTH derivatives can be detected in diesel oil following hydrodesulfurization treatment, in addition to DBT derivatives. Mycobacterium phlei WU-F1, which possesses high desulfurizing ability toward DBT and its derivatives over a wide temperature range (20-50 degrees C), could also grow at 50 degrees C in a medium with NTH or 2-ethylNTH, an alkylated derivative, as the sole source of sulfur. At 50 degrees C, the resting cells of WU-Fl degraded 67% and 83% of 0.81 mM NTH and 2-ethylNTH, respectively, within 8 h. By GC-MS analysis, 2-ethylNTH-desulfurized metabolites were identified as 2-ethylNTH sulfoxide, 1-(2'-hydroxynaphthyl)-1-butene and 1-naphthyl-2-hydroxy-1-butene, and it was concluded that WU-F1 desulfurized 2-ethylNTH through a sulfur-specific degradation pathway with the selective cleavage of carbon-sulfur bonds. Therefore, M. phlei WU-Fl can effectively desulfurize asymmetric organosulfur compounds, NTH and 2-ethylNTH, as well as symmetric DBT derivatives under high-temperature conditions, and it may be a useful desulfurizing biocatalyst possessing a broad substrate specificity toward organosulfur compounds.
Authors:
T Furuya; K Kirimura; K Kino; S Usami
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Evaluation Studies; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Applied microbiology and biotechnology     Volume:  58     ISSN:  0175-7598     ISO Abbreviation:  Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol.     Publication Date:  2002 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-03-05     Completed Date:  2002-09-27     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8406612     Medline TA:  Appl Microbiol Biotechnol     Country:  Germany    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  237-40     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Mycobacterium phlei / growth & development*,  metabolism*
Sulfur / metabolism
Temperature
Thiophenes / metabolism
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Thiophenes; 132-65-0/dibenzothiophene; 7704-34-9/Sulfur

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