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A strain ofAcinetobacter calcoaceticus hydrolysed phenyl-2-octyl carbonate (P-2-OC) by an inducible intracellular hydrolase to phenol and 2-octanol. Washed cells ofA. calcoaceticus grown on yeast extract produced 25% of 2-octanol with 54% enantiomeric excess of the R-enantiomer. The 2-octanol produced was oxidized to 2-octanone and then further degraded. Hydrolytic and oxidative activities, with an optimum pH of 7.0, appeared to be in the supernatant.
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Andreoni, V., Baggi, G., Bernasconi, S. et al. Biotransformation of alkyl and aryl carbonates: enantioselective hydrolysis. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 33, 633–636 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00604928
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