Microbiological oxidation process
US4473643A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 1, 1982 |
| Grant date | Sep 25, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2002 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12P17/02
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process of oxidizing a hydrocarbon which is an alkane or alkene or substituted alkane or alkene by contacting it with a culture of a bacterium as deposited under accession number NCIB 11613 or a mutant or derivative thereof which is capable of utilizing an alkane having from 6 to 28 carbon atoms as a source of carbon and energy or an enzyme extract thereof, and separating an oxidized derivative of the hydrocarbon.
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