“…The diols can be oxidized by some AAB strains, too. For example, 1,3-butandiol, 2,3- butandiol, (2R,3R)-2,3-butandiol, N -2-1,4-nonanodiol, 1,2-propanediol, ethanediol (ethylene glycol), racemical-1,2-butanediol, 1,3-propanediol and (R)-1-phenyl-1,2-ethanediol are oxidized to 3-hydroxybutyric acid [21] (Romano et al, 2002 ), (S)-acetoin [22] (Romano et al, 2002 ; Wang et al, 2013 ; Zhou et al, 2018 ), diacetyl [23] , γ-nonanoic lactone [24] (Romano et al, 2002 ), (R)-2-hydroxy-propionic acid ( d -(-)-lactic acid) [25] (Su et al, 2004 ), glycolic acid [26] (Wei et al, 2009 ), (R)-2-hydroxybutyric acid [27] (Gao et al, 2012 ), 3-hydroxypropionic acid [28] (Dishisha et al, 2015 ; Zhu et al, 2018 ), and (R)-mandelic acid [29] (Li et al, 2014 ), respectively.…”