Acetobacter pasteurianus

Several microbial alcohol oxidoreductases can catalyze the stereoselective oxidation of GLD. Quinohaemoprotein ethanol dehydrogenase of Acetobacter pasteurianus is able to oxidize stereospecifically (S)-GLD to (l )-glycidic acid in racemic GLD [41,42 ]. When washed cells of A. pasteurianus were incubated with 4.8 mg ml" of racemic GLD, (1 )-GLD was obtained, with an optical purity of 99.5% e. e. and 64% conversion. 

R)-3-Hydroxy-2-methyl propionic acid, an important building block for the synthesis of the widely used antihypertensive drug captopril, was obtained with 97% enantiomeric excess (e.e.) and 100% molar conversion by microbial oxidation of prochiral 2-methyl -1,3-propandiol with Acetobacter pasteurianus [25]. 

Molinari, F., Gandolfi, R., Villa, R., Urban, E. and Kiener, A. (2003) Enantioselective oxidation of prochiral 2-methyl-l, 3-propan diol by Acetobacter pasteurianus. Tetrahedron Asymmetry,... 

Zundel M. and Rohmer M. (1985c) Prokaryotic triterpenoids 3. The biosynthesis of 2j8-methylhopanoids and 3j8-methyl-hopanoids of Methylobacterium organophilum and Acetobacter pasteurianus spp. pasteurianus. Euro. J. Biochem. 150, 35-39. 

Gullo, M., E)e Vero, L., and Giudici, P. (2009). Succession of Selected Strains of Acetobacter pasteurianus and other acetic acid bacteria in traditional balsamic vinegar. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75,2585-2589. 

Du Toit, W.J., Pretorius, I.S., and Lonvaud-Funel, A. 2005. The effect of sulphur dioxide and oxygen on the viability and culturability of a strain of Acetobacter pasteurianus and a strain of Brettanomyces bruxellensis isolated from wine. Journal of Applied Microbiology 98 862-871. 

Machado SS, Wandel U, Straathof AJJ, Jongejan JA, Duine JA (1996) Production of (R)-glycidol by Acetobacter pasteurianus. International Conference on Biotechnology for Industrial Production of Fine Chemicals. Zermatt, Switzerland... 

Acetic acid fermentation Vinegar Grapes, potatoes, various fruits after alcoholic fermentation Acetobacter europeus Acetobacter aceti Acetobacter pasteurianus Acetobacter hansenii Gluconobacter oxydans... 

Takemura H, Horinouchi S, Beppu T (1991) Novel insertion sequence IS1380 from Acetobacter pasteurianus is involved in loss of ethanol-oxidizing ability. J Bacteriol 173 7070-7076... 

BasOTiym Acetobacter pasteurianus subsp. estunensis (Carr 1958) De Ley and Frateur 1974. 

Komesu Acetobacter pasteurianus Entani and Masai (1984), Ameyama (1990), and Nanda et al. (2001)... 

Onion vinegar Acetobacter pasteurianus Horiuchi et al. (2000) and Gonzalez et al. (2008)... 

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