. 2018 Apr 6;8(23):12918–12926. doi: 10.1039/c8ra00628h

Strains used for the kinetic resolution of (rac)-BGE.

Name of the organism	Type of biocatalyst	E value	%ee	Remarks
Talaromyces flavus ³¹	Whole cells	13 (R)	96	Whole cell biotransformation after growing cells for 72 h and reaction time of 4 h
Rhodococcus fascians M022	Whole cells	3–4 (S)	45	Biotransformation completion occurs in 12–24 h
Rhodocccus mucilaginosa M002 (ref. 17)	Whole cells	7–8 (R)	77	Biotransformation completion occurs in 12–24 h
Aspergillus sydowii ³²	Whole cells	E-value not specified (R)	46	Maximum % ee obtained after growing cells for 120 h and 120 h of biotransformation
Trichoderma sp.³²	Whole cells	E-value not specified (S)	60	Maximum % ee obtained after growing cells for 120 h of and growth and after 25 h of biotransformation
Agromyces mediolanus ZJB120203 (ref. 24)	Purified protein	E-value not specified (S)	>99	Resolution of BGE has been done in this study but epichlorohydrin remains the most suitable substrate for this protein
Yarrowia lipolytica NCIM 3589 (this study)	Purified protein (Ylehd)	10.37 (R)	95	Catalysis brought about by purified enzyme in 30 min