Method for producing hydroquinone.

摘要

Hydroquinone is produced by contacting the cells defined below and or after-treatment products thereof containing an oxidase system with benzene and or phenol in the presence of molecular oxygen or air and an aqueous medium and, furthermore, in the presence or absence of an electron Source, said cells being obtained by culturing in a culturing medium a microorganism belonging to Rhodococcus or Mycobacterium and capable of oxidizing benzene and/or phenol.