FERMENTATION OF GALACTURONIC ACID AND OTHER SUGARS IN ORANGE PEEL HYDROLYSATES BY THE ETHANOLOGENIC STRAW OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI

Authors
GROHMANN K BALDWIN EA BUSLIG BS INGRAM LO
Citation
K. Grohmann et al., FERMENTATION OF GALACTURONIC ACID AND OTHER SUGARS IN ORANGE PEEL HYDROLYSATES BY THE ETHANOLOGENIC STRAW OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI, Biotechnology letters, 16(3), 1994, pp. 281-286
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Biotechnology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01415492
Volume
16
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
281 - 286
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-5492(1994)16:3<281:FOGAAO>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Enzymatic hydrolysates of orange peel contain relatively high levels o f galacturonic acid and arabinose which are not fermentable to ethanol by yeasts. We observed complete utilization of both sugars during fer mentation of peel hydrolysates by the ethanologenic construct of E. co li KO11. The bacterium exhibits a novel pattern of galacturonic acid f ermentation producing equimolar amounts of acetate and ethanol accompa nied by carbon dioxide.