Bacterial strain Rhodococcus aetherivorans VKM Ac-2610D producing nitrile hydratase, method of its cultivation and method for producing acrylamide
AssigneeKemira Oyj
InventorsSergey Vladimirovich Kozulin, Tatiana Nicolaevna Kozulina, Alexey Sergeevich Kozulin
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Abstract
The invention relates to a bacterial strain belonging to the genus Rhodococcus which is a producer of a nitrile hydratase. The invention also relates to a method for producing acrylamide by hydration of acrylonitrile using a biomass of the bacterial strain and to a method of culturing the bacterial strain.
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A method for producing acrylamide, the method comprising hydration of acrylonitrile using a biomass of a bacterial strain belonging to the genus Rhodococcus and having a nitrile hydratase activity, wherein hydration is carried out at a working concentration of acrylonitrile which is no more than 0.5%, and the bacterial strain is Rhodococcus aetherivorans VKM Ac-2610D.
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