Aspergillus linalool

In the eighties, the bioconversion of monoterpene alcohols by fungi had not been studied intensively [32]. However, a strain of Aspergillus niger was isolated from garden soil, able to transform geraniol, citronellol and linalool to their respective 8-hydroxy derivatives. This reaction was called fu-hydroxylation [39,40]. 

The bioconversion of geraniol and nerol was also performed with sporulated surface cultures of Aspergillus niger. Geraniol was converted to linalool, a-terpineol and limonene, and nerol was converted mainly to linalool and a-terpineol [57]. 

Only few literature data are available about the fungal biotransformation of linalool and its acetates. As mentioned before, the biotransformation of linalyl acetate by Aspergillus niger isolated from garden soil was studied [39,40]. Part of the unmetabolised substrate was... 

Demyttenaere, J.C.R. and H.M. Willemen, 1998. Biotransformation of linalool to furanoid and pyranoid lin-alool oxides hy Aspergillus niger. Phytochemistry. 47 1029-1036. 

Madyastha, K.M. and N.S.R. Krishna Murthy, 1988b. Transformations of acetates of citronellol, geraniol, and linalool by Aspergillus niger Regiospeci c hydroxylation of citronellol by a cell-free system. Microbiol. BiotechnoL. 28 324-329. 

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