Microbial transformation of a tertiary allylalcohol: Regioselective isomerisation of linalool to geraniol without nerol formation

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-75

  Foß, Sabine ^a   Harder, Jens ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allylic rearrangement; Biotransformation; Denitrifying bacteria; Monoterpene; Tertiary alcohol

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ALCOHOL; CITRAL; LINALOOL; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0342506813     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00057-8     Document Type: Article

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