Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2001, p. 2867-2870, Vol. 67, No. 6
0099-2240/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.6.2867-2870.2001
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Wageningen Centre for Food Sciences (WCFS),1 ATO Agrotechnological Research Institute,2 6700 AA Wageningen, Subdepartment of Food and Bioprocess Engineering, Wageningen University, 6700 EV Wageningen,3 and NIZO Food Research, 6710 BA Ede,4 The Netherlands
Received 19 March 2001/Accepted 22 March 2001
We report the spontaneous formation of a stable mannitol-producing variant of Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides. The mannitol-producing variant showed mannitol dehydrogenase activity which was absent in the parental strain. It was also able to use fructose and glucose simultaneously, whereas the parental strain showed diauxic growth with these sugars. A possible explanation of these observations is discussed.
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