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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1994
Akinobu Matsuyama, Arai, JP;
Michio Ito, Arai, JP;
Yoshinori Kobayashi, Joetsu, JP;
Naoki Kawada, Tsukuba, JP;
Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A microorganism or a preparation thereof is permitted to act on a mixture of enantiomers of 3-phenyl-1,3-propanediol, and the residual optically active 3-phenyl-1,3-propanediol is harvested. The genera of those microorganisms which are able to leave (R)-3-phenyl-1,3-propanediol include Candida, Hansenula, Rhodotorula, Protaminobacter, Aspergillus, Alternaria, Macrophomina, Preussia and Talaromyces. The genera of those microorganisms which are able to leave (S)-3-phenyl-1,3-propanediol include Candida, Geotrichum, Leucosporidium, Pichia, Torulaspora, Trichosporon, Escherichia, Micrococcus, Corynebacterium, Gordona, Rhodococcus, Aspergillus, Emericella, Absidia, Fusarium, Dactylium, Serratia and Pseudomonas.