Open AccessMicrobial oxidation of isoprene, a biogenic foliage volatile and of 1,3‐butadiene, an anthropogenic gas
Author(s) -
Ginkel C.G.,
Jong E.,
Tilanus J.W.R.,
Bont J.A.M.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1987.tb02377.x
Subject(s) - isoprene , chemistry , environmental chemistry , organic chemistry , copolymer , polymer
Nocardia strains that were able to degrade isoprene were isolated from several locations using enrichment cultures with isoprene or 1,3‐butadiene as the sole carbon and energy source. Specific growth rates of representative isolates on isoprene and 1,3‐butadiene ranged from 0.05 to 0.2 h −1 . The initial oxygenation of both 1,3‐butadiene and isoprene was mediated by mono‐oxygenases which converted these alkadienes into the respective epoxyalkanes.