Patent ID: 8084237
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: C12N,C12P

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a dodecahydro-3a,6,6,9a-tetramethylnaphtho[2,1-b]furan intermediate comprising: i. culturing in a sclareol-containing medium a microorganism belonging to Ascomycetes and having the ability of producing an intermediate during a step of synthesizing dodecahydro-3a,6,6,9a-tetramethylnaphtho[2,1-b]furan using sclareol as a substrate; and ii. producing an intermediate during the process of synthesizing dodecahydro-3a,6,6,9a-tetramethylnaphtho[2,1-b]furan using sclareol as a substrate, wherein said microorganism has 28S rDNA comprising a nucleotide sequence having 95% or higher identity to the nucleotide sequence as shown in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 3 or 18S rDNA comprising a nucleotide sequence having 95% or higher identity to the nucleotide sequence as shown in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 4 to 6.