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Biotransformation/Bioconversion

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Aroma Biotechnology

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Many volatile target compounds are not amenable to a microbial de novo synthesis in anything like acceptable yields. Both constitutive or inducable microbial enzymes, however, turn over biotic intermediates and even xenobiotics in single step (biotransformations) or multistep reactions (bioconversions) to products more valuable from a flavor point of view. Biocatalysts can enlarge, degrade, or modify the substrate, thereby supplementing or replacing chemosynthesis. Particularly attractive is the breakdown of complex natural products to volatiles. Recent oil tanker accidents near the Shetlands and in Prince William Sound, Alaska, have unintentionally demonstrated to a broader public the impressive biodegradative capabilities of the indigenous microflora (Venosa et al., 1992).

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Berger, R.G. (1995). Biotransformation/Bioconversion. In: Aroma Biotechnology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79373-8_6

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