PRODUCTS OF 1,8-CINEOLE OXIDATION BY A PSEUDOMONAD

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) are reported as natural products arising from the oxidation of 1, 8-cineole by the bacterium. © 1979, CSIRO. All rights reserved.