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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masayasu Hasegawa, Kyoto, JP;
Yoh Honda, Hirakata, JP;
Assignee:
Nippon Gohsei Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12P / ; C12R / ; C12R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435136 ; 435137 ; 435822 ; 435823 ; 435829 ; 435886 ;
Abstract
A process for preparing sorbic acid which comprises treating sorbic aldehyde with at least one microorganism selected from Mycobacterium, Rhodopseudomonas, Streptomyces, Acetobacter, Alcaligenes and Gluconobacter. According to the present invention, sorbic acid can be prepared in high yield by oxidizing sorbic aldehyde with the specific microorganism.