Biotechnology Letters, Vol.24, No.10, 779-781, 2002
Dibenzothiophene desulfurization in hydrocarbon environment by Staphylococcus sp resting cells
Staphylococcus sp. strain S3/C desulfurized dibenzothiophene/n-hexadecane (3 mg ml(-1)) in a hydrocarbon aqueous biphasic culture. The resting cells decreased the sulfur content of the hydrocarbon phase by 57% at 2.2 mg l(-1) h(-1) in the absence of any additional carbon and sulfur source.