Biotechnology Letters

, Volume 12, Issue 2, pp 137–138 | Cite as

Microbial transformation of abietic acid to methyl abietate

  • J. Orpiszewski
  • C. Hebda
  • J. Szykula
Article

Summary

Abietic acid was quantitatively converted into methyl abietate in a shaken culture of Mycobacterium MB 3683 within 144 hours at the concentration of 200 mg/l.

Keywords

Methyl Organic Chemistry Bioorganic Chemistry Mycobacterium Microbial Transformation 
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Copyright information

© Kluwer Academic Publishers 1990

Authors and Affiliations

  • J. Orpiszewski
    • 1
  • C. Hebda
    • 1
  • J. Szykula
    • 1
  1. 1.Institute of Organic and Physical ChemistryTechnical UniversityWroclawPoland

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