Abstract: A process for producing Coenzyme Q.sub.10 which comprises cultivating a microorganism belonging to genus Cryptococcus, Rhodotorula, Sporobolomyces, Torulopsis, Sporidiobolus, Oosporidium, Aspergillus, and Cladosporium in a culture medium to which isopentenyl alcohol is added and recovering the thus formed Coenzyme Q.sub.10.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 7, 1979
Date of Patent:
September 2, 1980
Assignee:
Ko Aida
Inventors:
Ko Aida, Kinya Uchida, Izumi Kawada, Hideichi Ito
Abstract: A process for producing Coenzyme Q which comprises cultivating a microorganism belonging to genus Pseudomonas in a culture medium to which at least one member selected from the group consisting of isopentenyl alcohol (3-methyl-3-butene-1-ol), dimethyl allyl alcohol (3-methyl-2-butene-1-ol), geraniol, isopentenyl acetate, dimethyl allyl acetate, geranyl acetate and .beta.-methyl crotonic acid is added, and obtaining thus formed Coenzyme Q.