title: Microbial Production of Optically Pure l-Iditol by Yeast Strains.
abstract: Several yeast strains belonging to genus Candida were found to selectively hydrogenate l-sorbose with enantiomeric specificity, yielding optically pure l-iditol in the culture broth. The most active strain, isolated from a commercial lemon, was identified as Candida intermedia, which produced 50 g of l-iditol per liter from 150 g of l-sorbose per liter during a 5-day fermentation period (35% yield).
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Chemotherapy, Nippon Roche Research Center, Kamakura-247, Japan.
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authors.lastname: Ogawa
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authors.lastname: Sawada
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authors.lastname: Okuda
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authors.lastname: Suhara
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authors.lastname: Maruyama