Gj. Grobben et al., Spontaneous formation of a mannitol-producing variant of Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides grown in the presence of fructose, APPL ENVIR, 67(6), 2001, pp. 2867-2870
We report the spontaneous formation of a stable mannitol-producing variant
of Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides. The mannitol-producing variant showed m
annitol dehydrogenase activity which was absent in the parental strain. It
was also able to use fructose and glucose simultaneously, whereas the paren
tal strain showed diauxic growth with these sugars, A possible explanation
of these observations is discussed.