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This can be degraded by several mycobacteria including Mycobacterium aurum strain MOl (Combourieu et al. 1998), Mycobacterium strain RPl (Poupin et al. 1998), and Mycobacterium chelonae (Swain et al. 1991). The reaction is initiated by a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase that is also active against pyrrolidine and piperidine (Poupin et al. 1998). 

Coleman NV, JC Spain (2003) Epoxyalkane coenzyme M transferase in the ethene and vinyl chloride biodegradation pathways of Mycobacterium strain JS60. J Bacterial 185 5536-5546. 

Poupin P, N Truffaut, B Combourieu, M Sancelelme, H Veschambre, AM Delort (1998) Degradation of morpholine by an environmental Mycobacterium strain involves a cytochrome P-450. Appl Environ Microbiol 64 15-165. 

Spiess T, F Desiere, P Fischer, JC Spain, H-J Knackmuss, H Lenke (1998) A new 4-nitrotoluene degradation pathway in a Mycobacterium strain. Appl Environ Microbiol 64 446-452. 

Initiation of the degradation of morpholine by a strain of Mycobacterium strain RPl (Poupin et al. 1998), and additionally of pyrrolidine and piperidine. 

Vorbeck C, H Lenke, P Fischer, H-J Knackmnss (1994) Identification of a hydride-Meisenheimer complex as a metabolite of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene by a Mycobacterium strain. J Bacteriol 176 932-934. 

Multidrug resistant tuberculosis (TB) The presence of at least 1% of Mycobacterium strains in a bacterial population or culture that are resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampin. 

Three Mycobacterium strains have been identified to be capable of DBT desulfurization, which are M. phlei GTIS10 [29], M. phlei WU-F1 [30], and strain G3 [31] [93],... 

The second Mycobacterium strain capable of DBT desulfurization was M. phlei WU-F1 [30], This strain was also reported to desulfurize naphtho[2,l-b]thiophene (NTH) and 2-ethyl-NTH to sulfur free products with the following intermediates for the latter molecule 2-ethyl-NTH sulfoxide, l-(2 -hydroxynaphthyl)-l-butene, and l-naphthyl-2-hydroxy-1-butene [94], Thus, this organism was reported to consist of a sulfur-specific pathway capable of desulfurization of broad range of sulfur compounds including symmetric and asymmetric molecules. 

In addition to the strain X7B, several other Mycobacterium strains described in subsection (a. iv) of Section 2.2.3 have been reported to be capable of conversion of BT derivatives. A comparison on the activity of various strains is summarized in Table 5. 

E Nekodzuka, S. Toshiaki, N. Nakajima-Kambe, T., et al., Specific desulfurization of deben-zothiophene by Mycobacterium strain G3. Biocatal. Biotransform., 1997. 15 pp. 21-27. 

Since the isolation of IGTS8, many other Rhodococcus as well as Mycobacterium strains capable of sulfur-specific desulfurization via the 4S pathway have been isolated. Genetic analysis of some of these strains has shown that the dsz genes are almost identical in all these strains however, the strains still differ in their rate of desulfurization. It has been realized that this is due to the difference in non-desulfurizing traits of the strains. These traits are mostly physiological differences between the strains. These parameters play a secondary role in determining the rate of desulfurization in these strains. These include the ability to emulsify the oil phase, solvent tolerance and resistance to various... 

Szymona, O. Szymona, M. Multiple forms of polyphosphate-glucose phosphotransferase in various Mycobacterium strains. Acta Microbiol. Pol, 27, 73-76 (1978)... 

Jin Yo and Mattes TE. 2008. Adaptatirai of Aerobic, Ethene-Assimilating Mycobacterium Strains to Vinyl Chloride as a Growth Substrate. Envimnmental Science Technology 42 4784-4789. 

The ethene-oxidizing microorganism Mycobacterium strain NBB4 contains an ethylene monooxygenase, which have recently been used in the synthesis of stereo-complementary (l )-styrene oxide with 98% ee [110]. The reaction efficiency was enhanced in a biphasic system with styrene as the organic phase, but the enantioselectivity of the reaction decreased and yielded the oxides with 66-86% ee. The authors proposed a possible mechanism that a second, less stereoselective monooxygenase might be induced that also contributed to styrene oxide production. 

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