Process for producing unsaturated fatty acid or unsaturated hydrocarbon.

摘要

An unsaturated fatty acid or an unsaturated hydrocarbon is prepared from a fatty acid or a hydrocarbon with a bacterium belonging to the genus Rhodococcus and being capable of producing an unsaturated fatty acid or an unsaturated hydrocarbon in the presence of a carbohydrate or an amino acid, characterized by conducting the reaction with thiamine or an inorganic metal salt.