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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
May. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Natarajan Savithiry, Okemos, MI (US);
Patrick J Oriel, Midland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Board of Trustees operating Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12P / ; C12P / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435148 ; 435136 ; 435147 ; 435155 ; 43525233 ; 4352525 ; 435832 ;
Abstract
Enzymatic microbial degradation of limonene with simultaneous extraction of the degradation products with a non-water miscible organic solvent is described. Microbial degradation at elevated temperatures employing both an aqueous phase containing limonene and a neat limonene phase produced .alpha.-terpineol with additional production of carvone.