Oxidation of substituted benzyl alcohols to carboxylic acids by Nocardia corallina B-276

Perez HI; Luna H; Maldonado LA; Sandoval H; Manjarrez N; Solis A; Sanchez RS

Biotechnology Letters, Vol.20, No.1, 77-79, 1998

DOI10.1023/A:1005343516888 Export Citation

Oxidation of substituted benzyl alcohols to carboxylic acids by Nocardia corallina B-276

Perez HI, Luna H, Maldonado LA, Sandoval H, Manjarrez N, Solis A, Sanchez RS

Whole cells of Nocardia corallina B-276, oxidized 21 substituted benzyl alcohols, at 1 mM scale, to carboxylic acids at 28-30 degrees C, giving yields of products from 5 to 77%.