Table 2 Comparison of the substrate spectra of selected ω-TAs.

aliphatic β-amino acid

aromatic β-amino acid

aromatic amine

β-ALA

β-ABA

γ-ABA

β-PHE

α-MBA

Pseudomonas sp. F-126

(Yonaha et al. 1976; Yonaha et al. 1977)

++

++

+

Moraxella lacunata WZ34

(Chen et al. 2008)

++

Alcaligenes denitrificans Y2k-2

(Yun et al. 2004)

+

++

-

+

Caulobacter crescentus

(Hwang and Kim 2004)

++

++

+

++

V. fluvialis JS17

(Shin and Kim 2002)

-

+

-

-

++

Chromobacterium violaceum

(Kaulmann et al. 2007)

-

+

+

-

++

Arthrobacer sp. KNK168

(Iwasaki et al. 2006)

-

-

++

Alcaligenes eutrophus

(Banerjee et al. 2005)

-

++

Mesorhizobium LUK sp.

(Kim et al. 2007)

++

++

+

Mesorhizobium loti MAFF303099

(Kwon et al. 2010)

++

Variovorax paradoxus

(Banerjee et al. 2005)

++

Variovorax sp. JH2

(Mano et al. 2006)

++

Variovorax sp. BC114

(Brucher et al. 2010)

++

Burkholderia sp. BS115

(Brucher et al. 2010)

++