title: Production of L-sorbitol from L-fructose by Aureobasidium pullulans LP23 isolated from soy sauce mash.
abstract: A strain LP23 that can convert L-fructose to L-sorbitol was isolated from soy sauce mash and identified as Aureobasidium pullulans. The cells grown on L-arabinose were found to have relatively high L-fructose to L-sorbitol conversion potential. Addition of erythritol to the reaction mixture considerably accelerated the conversion rate of L-fructose to L-sorbitol. During the conversion reaction, erythritol was added to the reaction mixture at 8-h intervals to maintain the concentration of erythritol at 1.0%. The final conversion ratios were 82.8%, 95.3%, 92.4%, and 42.6% using washed cells when the concentrations of L-fructose were 1.0%, 2.0%, 5.0% and 10.0%, respectively. The product from L-fructose was identified as L-sorbitol by HPLC analysis, infrared spectroscopy, optical rotation and melting point measurements.
authors.affiliation: Kagawa Prefectural Industrial Technology Center, Fermentation and Food Research Branch, Uchinomi-cho, Syozu-gun, Kagawa 761-4421, Japan. sasahara@itc.pref.kagawa.jp
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sasahara
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Izumori
mesh_terms: D001203:Ascomycota / Q000378:metabolism*; D005632:Fructose / Q000378:metabolism*; D013012:Sorbitol / Q000378:metabolism*; D045730:Soy Foods
chemical_list: D005632:Fructose; D013012:Sorbitol