Asahi Denka Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Haruyuki Yamashita

Hiromu Sugiyama

Akira Endo

Teiyu Shimada

A mevalonic acid-producing microorganism which belongs to Saccharomycopsis fibuligera and is resistant to ML-236B.

Mevalonic acid-producing microorganism

In the production of mevalonic acid by culturing a mevalonic acid-producing microorganism in a medium, at least peptone originating from casein and corn steep liquor are added to the medium. The content of said peptone ranges from 0.01 to 10% by weight in terms of dry matters, while that of the corn steep liquor ranges from 0.01 to 10% by weight in terms of dry matters.

Process for the production of mevalonic acid by a strain of

A metal salt of an organic phosphate, having good stability and cholesterol-lowering activity, is produced by reacting a known compound ##STR1## wherein R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are hydrogen or methyl, with a reaction agent such as metal hydroxide.

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Tokyo, Japan

Haruyuki Yamashita