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SUBMITTER: Gao C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2832366 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gao Chao C Zhang Wen W Lv Chuanjuan C Li Lixiang L Ma Cuiqing C Hu Chunhui C Xu Ping P
Applied and environmental microbiology 20100115 5
2-Oxobutyrate is an important intermediate in the chemical, drug, and food industries. Whole cells of Pseudomonas stutzeri SDM, containing NAD-independent lactate dehydrogenases, effectively converted 2-hydroxybutyrate into 2-oxobutyrate. Under optimal conditions, the biocatalytic process produced 2-oxobutyrate at a high concentration (44.4 g liter(-1)) and a high yield (91.5%). ...[more]