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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2007, p. 5055-5057, Vol. 73, No. 15
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00774-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Production of Lactic Acid from Cellobiose and Cellotriose by Lactobacillus delbrueckii Mutant Uc-3{triangledown}

Mukund Adsul, Jayant Khire, Kulbhushan Bastawde, and Digambar Gokhale*

NCIM Resource Center, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411 008, Maharashtra, India

Received 6 April 2007/ Accepted 2 June 2007

Lactobacillus delbrueckii mutant Uc-3 utilizes both cellobiose and cellotriose efficiently, converting it into L(+) lactic acid. The enzyme activities of cellobiose and cellotriose utilization were determined for cell extracts, whole cells, and disrupted cells. Aryl-ß-glucosidase activity was detected only for whole cells and disrupted cells, suggesting that these activities are cell bound. The mutant produced 90 g/liter of lactic acid from 100 g/liter of cellobiose with 2.25 g/liter/h productivity.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: NCIM, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411 008, Maharashtra, India. Phone: 91-20-25902670. Fax: 91-20-25902671. E-mail: dv.gokhale{at}ncl.res.in

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 8 June 2007.


Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2007, p. 5055-5057, Vol. 73, No. 15
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00774-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.




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