Patent ID: 6037155
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: C12P,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for producing compounds represented by a general formula [II], RCH(OH)COOH, wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally-substituted C1-C6 alkyl group, an optionally-substituted C2-C6 alkenyl group, an optionally-substituted C1-C6 alkoxy group, an optionally-substituted aryl group, an optionally-substituted aryloxy group or an optionally-substituted heterocyclic group, characterized in that a compound represented by a general formula [II], RCH(OH)COOH, wherein R is as defined above, is produced and accumulated in an aqueous solvent in the presence of Variovorax spp. or Arthrobacter NSSC 104 strain in the process for converting a compound represented by a general formula [I], RCH(OH)CN, wherein R is as defined above, to a compound represented by a general formula [II], RCH(OH)COOH, wherein R is as defined above, by utilizing hydrolytic reaction provided by the enzymatic activity of the specific microorganisms.