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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Toshio Suzuki, Osaka, JP;
Kouji Nishikawa, Osaka, JP;
Atsushi Nakagawa, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Daiso Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for producing an optically active compound comprising: a first step of culturing a microorganism capable of assimilating either the R-isomer or the S-isomer of a compound represented by Formula (1): wherein R is a methyl, ethyl, propyl, chloromethyl, or hydroxyethyl group, in a culture medium whose Caconcentration at the beginning of culturing is controlled and which contains a racemic mixture of the compound as a carbon source; and a second step of recovering the optically active compound remaining in the culture broth.