Brzezińska-Rodak Małgorzata, Zymańczyk-Duda Ewa, Klimek-Ochab Magdalena, Kafarski Paweł, Lejczak Barbara
Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Wrocław University of Technology, 50-370 Wrocław, 27, Wybrzeze Wyspiańskiego, Poland.
Biotechnol Lett. 2006 Apr;28(7):511-3. doi: 10.1007/s10529-006-0009-4.
Both R- and S-phenylethyl alcohol of high enantiomeric purity (98%) and with a satisfactory yield (40-80%) were obtained by bioreduction of acetophenone, catalyzed by whole cells of baker's yeast.