Strain Rhodococcus -Cedrenol by a sec -Cedrene to α Novel Allylic Oxidation of

Weidentified oneisolate, designatedKSM-7358,thatuseda-cedrene as the sole source of carbon and energy andproduced sec-cedrenol from a-cedrene in quantity. Thisstrain wasoriginally isolated, as follows, froma soil samplecollectedin Wakayama,Japan(22). Aspoonful(0.5 g) ofthesoil samplewassuspendedin 10mlofsaline. Thesuspensionwas mixed well and then spread on an agar plate thatcontained 1%