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Quantitative production of xylitol from D-xylose by a high-xylitol producing yeast mutantCandida tropicalisHXP2
✍ Scribed by Cheng-Shung Gong; Li Fu Chen; George T. Tsao
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 222 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0141-5492
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✦ Synopsis
Xylitol was produced as a metabolic by-product by a number of yeasts when grown on medium containing D-xylose as carbon and energy sources.
Among the yeast strains tested, a mutant strain of Oandida tropicalis (HXP2) was found to produce xylitol from D-xylose with a high yield (>90%). Ethanol was also produced by HXP2 when D-glucose, D-fructose, or sucrose were used as substrates.
The high-xylitol-producing yeast mutant is a good organism for the production of xylitol from biomass that contains D-xylose.