Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

Hiroko Shibamoto

Takeshi Fukuda

Kiyoshi Ito

Takeya Abe

Teruo Arii

Toshikazu Aikawa

Masanori Muramoto

Souichi Hazama

A method of producing isopropyl alcohol includes: culturing an isopropyl alcohol-producingunder a bacterial cell growth condition in which thestably proliferates in an isopropyl alcohol production period while continuously supplying a substrate solution to a culture tank and continuously removing a product-containing culture solution from the culture tank, the substrate solution containing a plant-derived raw material, the number of cells of the isopropyl alcohol-producingin the culture tank being maintained during the culturing, and the isopropyl alcohol-producinghaving isopropyl alcohol production ability introduced or modified by genetic recombination; bringing the isopropyl-alcohol-producinginto contact with the plant-derived raw material in the culture tank to produce isopropyl alcohol; and recovering the isopropyl alcohol produced by the isopropyl alcohol-producingfrom the culture solution that contains the product and that has been removed from the culture tank.

Method for producing isopropyl alcohol by continuous culture

Provided is a method for producing lactic acid, which includes: obtaining D-lactic acid or L-lactic acid by carrying out lactic acid fermentation using a lactic acid-producing microorganism under a pressurized condition that exceeds normal pressure and is capable of maintaining lactic acid production activity of the lactic acid-producing microorganism.

Method for producing lactic acid under pressure that exceeds normal atmospheric pressure

A method for producing an amide compound from a nitrile compound in an aqueous medium in the presence of a catalyst having a nitrile hydratase activity wherein the concentration of benzene in the aqueous medium is 4.0 ppm or less and a method for producing an amide-based polymer excellent in quality from the amide compound. Also provided are a method for more efficiently producing an acrylamide with higher quality by a microbial catalyst containing a nitrile hydratase and the like and a method for producing an acrylamide-based polymer, which is excellent in hue, has a good balance between water solubility and high molecular weight and is excellent in quality.

Method for producing amide compound

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Hiroko Shibamoto