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Newly isolated Xanthobacter spp. were able to grow on the gaseous alkenes like ethene, propene, 1-butene and 1,3-butadiene. Resting-cell suspensions of propene-, 1-butene- or 1,3-butadiene-grown Xanthobacter Py10 accumulated 1,2-epoxyethane from ethene. Ethene-grown Xanthobacter Py10 did not produce any 1,2-epoxyalkane from the alkenes tested. Furthermore, propenegrown Xanthobacter Py2 accumulated 2,3-epoxybutane from trans-butene and cis-butene but did not form epoxides from other substrates tested.
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van Ginkel, C.G., Welten, H.G.J. & de Bont, J.A.M. Epoxidation of alkenes by alkene-grown Xanthobacter spp.. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 24, 334–337 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00257059
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