Rhodococcus rubropertinctus

Patent literature reports on the analogous resolutions of phosphinotricin using, among others, penicillin G-acylase, penicillin G-amidase, subtilisin or microorganisms such as Enterobacter aerogenes, Klebsiella oxytoca, Corynebac-terium sp., Rhodococcus rubropertinctus and others7°... 

Scheme 23.13 Biocatalytic-chemocatalytic reaction sequence to produce a-sinensal from trans-nerolidol. 1 Aspergillus niger sp., Aspergillus niger ATCC 9142, Rhodococcus rubropertinctus DSM 43197 2 chemical conversion steps...

As mentioned before (2.1.1) Arfmann et al. [133] studied the co-hydroxylation of the sesquiterpenes nerolidol and famesol and the related compounds neryl- and geranylacetone. This was done because co-hydroxylated sesquiterpenes are important intermediates in the synthesis of industrially used fragrances and flavours. Aspergillus niger ATCC 9142 and Rhodococcus rubropertinctus DSM 43197 were unable to hydroxylate nerylacetone or its -isomer geranylacetone, at the co-position of the molecule. Incubation of nerylacetone with Mucor circinelloides CBS 27749 for 25 hr resulted in seven transformation products, including one co-hydroxylation compound, in 3% yield [140]. 

Engesser, K.H., R.B. Cain, and H. J. Knackmuss. 1988b. Bacterial metabolism of side chain fluorinated aromatics cometabolism of 3-trifluoromethyl (TFM)-benzoate by Pseudomonas putida (arvilla) mt-2 and Rhodococcus rubropertinctus N657. Arch. Microbiol. 149 188-197. 

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