Process for the manufacture of amides in the presence of a nitrile hydratase of microbial origin and new microorganism

摘要

Method of manufacture of amides, consisting of moisturizing a nitrile in a corresponding amide, in the presence of a nitrile - hydratase of microbial origin, characterized in that said nitrile hydratase is produced by a bacterium belonging to the species rhodococcus pyridinovorans.