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Process for fermentatively producing vitamin B.sub.12

US4119492A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 28, 1977
Grant dateOct 10, 1978
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Expiry dateJan 28, 1997

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S435/83
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for producing vitamin B.sub.12, which comprises cultivating a vitamin B.sub.12 -producing micro-organism of the genus Arthrobacter under aerobic conditions in a culture medium containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of alcohols with 2 or 3 carbon atoms and ketones, and separating vitamin B.sub.12 from the culture broth.

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