Patent · US Expired

Process for fermentatively producing vitamin B.sub.12

US4210720A · kind A · utility

1Cited by
3References
10Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMay 23, 1978
Grant dateJul 1, 1980
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 23, 1998

Classification

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

Abstract

A process for fermentatively producing vitamin B.sub.12, which comprises cultivating a vitamin B.sub.12 -producing microorganism belonging to at least one of the genus Arthrobacter and the genus Propionibacterium in the presence of a pre-cultivation product of a vitamin B.sub.12 -producing microorganism belonging to at least the other genus, and separating vitamin B.sub.12 from the culture broth.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.