Abstract: This invention provides a new strain Rhodococcus rhodochrous having a high nitrile hydratase activity and capable of hydrating aliphatic and aromatic nitriles to corresponding amides. An isolated culture of Rhodococcus rhodochrous VKM Ac-1515D is also disclosed for use in the production of nitrile hydratase. An enzymatic inducer is not required in the growth medium, however, the growth medium does include a salt, a carbon source, and a nitrogen source.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 15, 1995
Date of Patent:
October 27, 1998
Assignee:
Gosudarstvenny. Nauchno-Issledovatelsky Institut Genetiki I Selektsii Promshlennykh Mikroorganizmov
Inventors:
Alexandr Stepanovich Yanenko, Olga Borisovna Astaurova, Sergei Petrovich Voronin, Tatyana Vasilievna Gerasimova, Nikolai Borisovich Kirsanov, Vladimir Nikolaevich Paukov, Inga Nikolaevna Polyakova, Vladimir Georgievich Debabov