title: Bacterial Reduction of 9-Fluorenone to 9-Hydroxyfluorene.
abstract: A wild type of the Gram-positive bacterium, Bacillus brevis, reduced polycyclic aromatic compounds such as 9-fluorenone to the corresponding alcohol, 9-hydroxyfluorene, at 30°C in an anaerobic atmosphere in a 97% yield by extraction with an organic solvent. The products could be also continuously isolated by dialysis from a flowing reaction solution.
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Engineering, Toyama University.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Engineering, Toyama University.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tasaka
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Engineering, Toyama University.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Engineering, Toyama University.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sumita
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Engineering, Toyama University.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Engineering, Toyama University.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue
keywords: 9-fluorenone; 9-hydroxyfluorene; Bacillus brevis; dialysis; reduction