Inventors:
Tom E. Patt - Kalamazoo MI
Haile M. Abebe - Kalamazoo MI
Assignee:
The Upjohn Company - Kalamazoo MI
International Classification:
C12N 114
C12N 116
Abstract:
Disclosed is a biologically pure culture of Aureobasidium pullmans deposited as NRRL 21064. Further disclosed are processes for decreasing the concentration of a type A/B chemical pollutants in an aqueous mixture containing the type A/B chemical pollutant which comprises adding sufficient amount of a fungal cyclic ether degrading microorganism to the aqueous mixture containing the chemical pollutant in the presence of a sufficient amount of cometabolite (type A chemical pollutant; not needed with type B) and a sufficient amount of oxygen.