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A Method for isolating Bacteria capable of producing 6-Aminopenicillanic Acid from Benzylpenicillin

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BATCHELOR et al. discussed the isolation of 6-aminopenicillanic acid (I) from a submerged culture of Penicillium chrysogenum1. Recently, it was shown that (I) could be prepared by the microbial hydrolysis of benzylpenicillin (II)2–4.

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    YUKIO KAMEDA, YUKIO KIMURA, ETSUKO TOYOURA & TOMOO OMORI

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KAMEDA, Y., KIMURA, Y., TOYOURA, E. et al. A Method for isolating Bacteria capable of producing 6-Aminopenicillanic Acid from Benzylpenicillin. Nature 191, 1122–1123 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1911122a0

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