Fermentation of glucose by Acetobacter melanogenus.
Growing cultures of Acetobacter melanogenus ATCC 9937 concerted D-glucose to 2,5-diketo-D-gluconic acid with D-gluconic acid and 5-keto-D-gluconic acid as intermediates. The 2,5-diketo-D-gluconic acid was isolated from the fermented medium by treatment with an anion exchange resin.
D000091:Acetobacter / Q000378:metabolism*; D005285:Fermentation; D005942:Gluconates / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007651:Keto Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013995:Time
D005942:Gluconates; D007651:Keto Acids; D005947:Glucose