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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Solenis Technologies, L.p., Wilmington, DE (US);
Michael Budde, Ilvesheim, DE;
Michael Braun, Heidelberg, DE;
Juergen Daeuwel, Heidelberg, DE;
Peter Oedman, Neustadt, DE;
Kai-Uwe Baldenius, Mannheim, DE;
Matthias Kleiner, Goennheim, DE;
Stephan Freyer, Neustadt, DE;
SOLENIS TECHNOLOGIES, L.P., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to means and methods for producing an amide compound from a nitrile compound with less acrylic acid as by-product using a Nitrile hydratase (NHase) and Amidase producing microorganism as biocatalyst. Also provided is an aqueous amide compound obtained by the methods of the invention as well as a composition comprising acrylamide or polyacrylamide as well as a dried microorganism exhibiting a NHase/Amidase activity ratio of at least 400 when being brought into contact with a nitrile compound to convert said nitrile compound into an amide compound.