abstract |
The invention concerns a method for the preparation of 3-hydroxyphenylacetic acid by cultivating a microorganism of the species (Rhizoctonia), (Ceratobasidium) or (Pellicularia) in the presence of a phenyl compound of general formula (I), in which X = COOR, CH2OH, CH2NH2 or (II) and R = methyl, ethyl, hydrogen, sodium, potassium or ammonium. |