Certain variants of the bacteria Pseudomonas putida have been used in organic synthesis, the first example being the oxidation of benzene, employed by Prof. S. V. Ley in the synthesis of (+/-)pinitol. ==Glycosides== Ciceritol is a pinitol digalactoside that can be isolated form seeds of chickpea, lentil and white lupin. A cyclitol derivative can b...