A bacterium having close
affinity with Pseudomonas flava was isolated from eucalypt leaves for its ability
to utilize 1,8-cineole (1) as a carbon source. The bacterium is also capable of
utilizing α-terpineol, camphor, isoborneol and geraniol but
failed to grow on borneol, limonene and piperitone. Growth of the organism in mineral salts medium
containing 1,8-cineole resulted in the formation of four oxidation products. Keto lactone (2), alcohols (3)
and (4) and ketone (5) arereported as natural
products arising from the oxidation of 1,8-cineole by the bacterium.
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