Robert S. Robison - North Brunswick NJ Michael G. Doremus - South Bound Brook NJ
Assignee:
E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc. - Princeton NJ
International Classification:
C12P 742
US Classification:
435146
Abstract:
A method is provided for preparing L-(+)-. beta. -hydroxyisobutyric acid by fermentation employing microorganisms of the species Pseudomonas aeruginosa and of the genus Protaminobacter such as of the species Protaminobacter alboflavus, and isobutyric acid and/or methacrylic acid and/or derivatives thereof as the substrate.
Method Of Preparing D(-)-.Beta.-Hydroxyisobutyric Acid By Fermentation
Robert S. Robison - North Brunswick NJ Laszlo J. Szarka - East Brunswick NJ
Assignee:
E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc. - Princeton NJ
International Classification:
C12P 742
US Classification:
435146
Abstract:
A method is provided for preparing D(-)-. beta. -hydroxyisobutyric acid by fermentation employing the method and/or ethyl esters of isobutyric acid, the methyl and/or ethyl esters of methacrylic acid, isobutyl isobutyrate and/or isobutyl methacrylate as the substrate and a microorganism of the genus Candida and other fungi. In an alternative method, the isolated cells of the various microorganisms are employed with one or mixtures of the above substrates.
Dr. Robison graduated from the Indiana University School of Medicine in 1979. He works in Indianapolis, IN and specializes in Congenital Cardiac Surgery (Thoracic Surgery). Dr. Robison is affiliated with St Vincent Carmel Hospital and St Vincent Indianapolis Hospital & Heart Center.
Normandy Elementary School Littleton CO 1972-1979, Euclid Middle School Littleton CO 1979-1981, John Wesley Powell Middle School Littleton CO 1981-1981