Supported by the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (20103514110002);the Science and Technology Key Project of Fujian Province (2009N0046)
A bacterium strain B26 capable of producing(R)-α-hydroxyphenylacetic acid [(R)-HPA](yield,47.5%;enantiomeric excess,99.1%) from phenylglyoxylic acid(PGA) with high optical purity was isolated and identified as Bacill...