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A new isolate of Arthrobacter sulfureus, when incubated at 50 g resting cells (dry cell wt) l-1 with 50 g glucose l-1 and 1 g 2-aminoacetophenone l-1 in 50 mm potassium buffer (pH 7, 4 ml) at 30 °C, produced (S)-2-amino-1-phenylethanol (e.e. >99%) with 75% yield in 6 h.
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Zhao, G., Wang, J., Ma, K. et al. Transformation of 2-aminoacetophenone to (S)-2-amino-1-phenylethanol by Arthrobacter sulfureus . Biotechnology Letters 26, 1255–1259 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:BILE.0000044921.03737.c2
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