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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1978
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1977
Bio Research Center Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The production of epoxide from .alpha.-olefin or .alpha.,.omega.-diene using an epoxide producing microorganism that belongs to Nocardia genus, wherein said microorganism is cultured aerobically in a medium containing more than one straight-chain .alpha.-olefin and/or straight-chain, .alpha.,.omega.-diene chosen from .alpha.-olefins having 4 to 20 carbon atoms and .alpha.,.omega.-dienes having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, or cells obtained by culturing said microorganism in a medium containing assimilable carbon sources is allowed to react aerobically in a medium containing more than one .alpha.-olefin and/or .alpha.,.omega.-diene selected from said straight-chain .alpha.-olefins and/or .alpha.,.omega.-dienes, and produced .alpha.-epoxide or .alpha.,.omega.-diepoxide or a mixture of these is separated and harvested.