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The present invention provides a process for the enantioselective resolution of racemic 1-arylethyl acetates with an indigenous soil microbe strain Pseudomonas fluorescens RRLJ 134 isolated from the top soil of a tea plantation of north-east India. The strain, maintained in nutrient agar slant and grown in King's B medium, was inoculated with the substrate 1-aryl acetates in succinate medium. The resolution of R/S-1-arylethyl acetate with Pseudomonas fluorescens RRLJ 134 was highly enhanced in presence of surfactant Tween-80 (0.01%) to afford S(-)-1-arylethyl acetate and R(+)-l-arylethanol in high enantiomeric excess.