Schering Corporation

William Charney

Hans Reimann

Jan Ilavsky

Aris P Bayan

There is disclosed a novel microorganism Aspergillus niveus, ATCC 20922, and a process for chiral reduction of ketones using said microorganisms.

Microbiological chiral reduction of carbonyl groups

There is disclosed a novel microorganism Aspergillus niveus, ATCC 20922, and a process for chiral reduction of ketones using said mircoorganisms.

Novel Aspergillus niveus microorganism used for the chiral reduction of

Glycerol is efficiently converted to dihydroxyacetone by Acetobacter suboxydans at an acid pH under aerobic conditions in a medium consisting of yeast hydrolysate or fish hydrolysate, glycerol and water.

Process for the production of dihydroxyacetone

A mutant strain of Micromonospora purpurea herein designated M. purpurea JI-20 elaborates an antibiotic complex comprising gentamicin and at least two novel antibiotic substances namely Antibiotic JI-20A and Antibiotic JI-20B. The so-produced antibiotics have an adverse effect upon the growth of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.

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Montclair, NJ, United States of America

William Charney