Mycobacterium goodii X7B has the ability to remove organic sulfur from a broad range of sulfur species in gasoline, diesel and crude oil.
The predominant properties make M. goodii X7B as a potential workhorse for petroleum biodesulfurization process.
The first released genome sequence of facultative thermophilic biodesulfurizing strain M. goodii X7B may facilitate the further strain improvements to increase the efficiency.