title: Production of lactic acid from xylose and wheat straw by Rhizopus oryzae.
abstract: Rhizopus oryzae NBRC 5378 was the best among 56 strains of R. oryzae for the production of lactic acid from xylose. This strain produced lactic acid from wheat straw powder by a simultaneous saccharification and fermentation process, with a yield of 0.23 g/g from cellulose and hemicellulose in wheat straw.
authors.affiliation: Applied Microbiology Division, National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. k.saito@affrc.go.jp
authors.forename: Katsuichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hasa
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abe
mesh_terms: D002482:Cellulose / Q000378:metabolism*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism; D005285:Fermentation; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000378:metabolism*; D012233:Rhizopus / Q000378:metabolism*; D014908:Triticum / Q000737:chemistry*; D014994:Xylose / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011134:Polysaccharides; D019344:Lactic Acid; D000431:Ethanol; C007916:hemicellulose; D002482:Cellulose; D014994:Xylose