title: Mannitol production by lactic acid bacteria grown in supplemented carob syrup.
abstract: Detailed kinetic and physiological characterisation of eight mannitol-producing lactic acid bacteria, Leuconostoc citreum ATCC 49370, L. mesenteroides subsp. cremoris ATCC19254, L. mesenteroides subsp. dextranicum ATCC 19255, L. ficulneum NRRL B-23447, L. fructosum NRRL B-2041, L. lactis ATCC 19256, Lactobacillus intermedius NRRL 3692 and Lb. reuteri DSM 20016, was performed using a carob-based culture medium, to evaluate their different metabolic capabilities. Cultures were thoroughly followed for 30 h to evaluate consumption of sugars, as well as production of biomass and metabolites. All strains produced mannitol at high yields (>0.70 g mannitol/g fructose) and volumetric productivities (>1.31 g/l h), and consumed fructose and glucose simultaneously, but fructose assimilation rate was always higher. The results obtained enable the studied strains to be divided mainly into two groups: one for which glucose assimilation rates were below 0.78 g/l h (strains ATCC 49370, ATCC 19256 and ATCC 19254) and the other for which they ranged between 1.41 and 1.89 g/l h (strains NRRL B-3692, NRRL B-2041, NRRL B-23447 and DSM 20016). These groups also exhibited different mannitol production rates and yields, being higher for the strains with faster glucose assimilation. Besides mannitol, all strains also produced lactic acid and acetic acid. The best performance was obtained for L. fructosum NRRL B-2041, with maximum volumetric productivity of 2.36 g/l h and the highest yield, stoichiometric conversion of fructose to mannitol.
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Bioenergia, LNEG-Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar, 22, 1649-038, Lisbon, Portugal. florbela.carvalheiro@ineti.pt
authors.forename: Florbela
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Carvalheiro
authors.forename: Patrícia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moniz
authors.forename: Luís C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.forename: M Paula
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Esteves
authors.forename: Francisco M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Gírio
mesh_terms: D003470:Culture Media / Q000378:metabolism; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000737:chemistry; D005285:Fermentation; D005632:Fructose / Q000378:metabolism; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D007218:Industrial Microbiology; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000378:metabolism*; D007934:Leuconostoc / Q000378:metabolism*; D008353:Mannitol / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D005632:Fructose; D008353:Mannitol; D005947:Glucose
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