title: Efficient homofermentative L-(+)-lactic acid production from xylose by a novel lactic acid bacterium, Enterococcus mundtii QU 25.
abstract: Enterococcus mundtii QU 25, a newly isolated lactic acid bacterium, efficiently metabolized xylose into l-lactate. In batch fermentations, the strain produced 964 mM l-(+)-lactate from 691 mM xylose, with a yield of 1.41 mol/mol xylose consumed and an extremely high optical purity of ≥99.9% without acetate production.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Division of Applied Molecular Microbiology and Biomass Chemistry, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
authors.forename: Mohamed Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Abdel-Rahman
authors.forename: Yukihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tashiro
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zendo
authors.forename: Katsuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hanada
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sonomoto
mesh_terms: D016983:Enterococcus / Q000378:metabolism*; D005285:Fermentation; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D014994:Xylose / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D019344:Lactic Acid; D014994:Xylose