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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1997
Masahiro Yamagishi, Yokohama, JP;
Yukie Takai, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Takashi Mikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Mari Hara, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Ueda, Yokohama, JP;
Akiko Ohara, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Microbial cells and/or a preparation thereof of a microorganism is allowed to act on ester of .gamma.-halogenated-acetoacetic acid, and its carbonyl group at .beta.-position is stereospecifically reduced to produce ester of (S)-.gamma.-halogenated-.beta.-hydroxybutyric acid in a short period of time at a highly accumulated degree and at a high yield, the microorganism being selected from the group consisting of those belonging to the genera Phoma, Nectria, Pseudonectria, Spondylocladium, Melanospora, Metarhizium, Gliocladium, Pestalotia, Pestalotiopsis, Curvularia, Hormonema, Sydowia, Sarcinomyces, Dothiora, Xanthothecium, Dothidea, Pringsheimia, and Selenophoma.