Poster Presentation 3-55

 

Production of Erythritol by an Osmophilic Mutant of

Candida magnoliae in Fed-batch Culture

 

Eun-Sung Koh1, Do-Yup Lee1, Kyu-Ho Choi, Yeon-Woo Ryu2,

Jung-Kul Lee3 and Jin-Ho Seo1

 

1Department of Food Science and Technology

Seoul National University, Suwon , 441-744, Korea

 

2Department of Molecular Science and Technology

Aju university, Suwon 442-749, Korea

 

3Bolak Company Limited

Kyonggi-Do, 307-1, Korea

 

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An osmophilic mutant of Candida magnoliae was used to produce erythritol from glucose with  high yield and productivity.  The mutant produced erythritol in a batch culture containing 20% (w/v) glucose medium with 0.54 g/L/hr of erythritol productivity and 43% of conversion yield based on glucose.  The fermentation preparations were further improved by adopting a two-stage fed-batch process where the first stage was operated for cell growth and the second stage for erythritol production.

 

When the initial glucose concentration was adjusted to 400 g/L in the second stage, 2.8 g/L/hr of overall erythritol productivity and 41% of conversion yield were achieved.

 

A high glucose concentration in the production phase resulted in formation of organic acids such as gluconic acid and butyrate

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