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## Abstract The biocatalysis of β-myrcene into value-added compounds, with enhanced organoleptic/therapeutic properties, may be performed by resorting to specialized enzymatic machinery of β-myrcene-biotransforming bacteria. Few β-myrcene-biotransforming bacteria have been studied, limiting the diversity of genetic modules/catabolic pathways available for biotechnological research. In our model __Pseudomonas__ sp. strain M1, the β-myrcene catabolic core-code was identified in a 28-kb genomic island (GI). The lack of close homologs of this β-myrcene-associated genetic code prompted a bioprospection of cork oak and eucalyptus rhizospheres, from 4 geographic locations in Portugal, to evaluate the environmental diversity and dissemination of the β-myrcene-biotransforming genetic trait (Myr^+^). Soil microbiomes were enriched in β-myrcene-supplemented cultures, from which β-myrcene-biotransforming bacteria were isolated, belonging to __Alphaproteobacteria__, __Betaproteobacteria__, __Gammaproteobacteria__, and __Sphingobacteriia__ classes. From a panel of representative Myr^+^ isolates that included 7 bacterial genera, the production of β-myrcene derivatives previously reported in strai

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Author

Pedro Soares-Castro; Filipa Soares; Francisca Reis; Teresa Lino-Neto; Pedro M. Santos

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)