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Residual acrylonitrile monomer was quantitatively removed from aqueous polymer emulsions (latexes) of nitrilic rubbers by means of whole cells and cellular lysates of Brevibacterium imperiale and Corynebacterium nitrilophilus. A commercially-available immobilized nitrilase preparation allowed the conversion of acrylonitrile into acrylic acid and the recycle of the catalyst with retention of the reaction efficiency.
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Battistel, E., Bernardi, A. & Maestri, P. Enzymatic decontamination of aqueous polymer emulsions containing acrylonitrile. Biotechnology Letters 19, 131–134 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018352012093
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