The eLignin Microbial Database

A curated resource for microbial metabolism of lignin-derived aromatic compounds

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benzyl alcohol

Compound Overview

Name benzyl alcohol
IUPAC Name phenylmethanol
Formula C7H8O
SMILES C1=CC=C(C=C1)CO
Carbon Number 7
Molecular Weight 108.14
Polymer Type monomer
Synonyms phenylmethanol
(hydroxymethyl)benzene
alpha-Hydroxytoluene
alpha-toluenol
aromatic alcohol
benzenecarbinol
Benzenemethanol
benzylic alcohol
Hydroxymethylbenzene
Phenylcarbinol
Phenylmethanol
phenylmethyl alcohol

Chemical Structure

Chemical structure of benzyl alcohol

Structure from PubChem

External Databases

CAS 100-51-6
PubChem 244
KEGG C00556
ChEBI 17987
Empirical Data

Organisms that can utilize this substrate (4) Empirical

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Organism Strain Reference Comment
Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1 Collier et al (1997) -
Aromatoleum aromaticum EbN1 Rabus et al (1995) (anaerobically)
Cupriavidus necator JMP134 Pérez-Pantoja et al (2008) -
Thauera aromatica K172 Tschech et al (1987) (anaerobically)

Pathways Empirical

No pathways are currently linked to this substrate.

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Organisms predicted to process benzyl alcohol through a pathway Predicted

For each pathway where benzyl alcohol enters as a reactant, organisms recorded as being able to utilise it but not yet confirmed for that pathway are listed as predicted. Not experimentally verified. What does this mean?

No organisms predicted for this compound based on current pathway and substrate data.

Reactions involving benzyl alcohol

No reactions are currently linked to this substrate.

Transporters

No transporters are currently linked to this substrate.

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