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US 7,405,063 B2Granted
Biooxidation capabilities of Candida sp
AssigneeCognis Corporation
InventorsL. Dudley Eirich, Kevin W. Anderson, Jeffrey A. Gates, C. Ron Wilson, Manfred Biermann, Gilbert H. Vice
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Abstract
A bioprocess for producing carboxylic acids, alcohols and aldehydes is provided by culturing Candida sp. in a fermentation medium containing various defined substrates.
Claims12
A process for producing an alcohol comprising culturing Candida sp. in a fermentation medium containing a substrate of the formula R(CH2)nCH3 wherein n is ≧1 and R is selected from the group consisting of, ether, saturated primary alcohol, cycloalkyl, aryl, and diol, whereby at least one terminal methyl group of the substrate is oxidized to an alcohol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.