title: [Trends in polymer-grade L-lactic acid fermentation by non-food biomass].
abstract: Lactic acid has a wide range of uses in the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industry. With rapid development of poly (lactic acid) industry, the demand for polymer-grade L-lactic acid is continuously increasing. Developing low-cost, non-food-biomass-lactic-acid fermentation process and the fermentation-separation coupled technology are trends to reduce polymer-grade L-lactic acid production cost. This review summarized the most recent advances in low-cost L-lactic acid fermentation based on the use of non-food biomass, followed by addressing the key issue that might be strategically important for future development of polymer-grade L-lactic acid production in industry.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China. yub@im.ac.cn
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Limin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yanhe
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D018533:Biomass; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000639:trends; D002482:Cellulose / Q000378:metabolism*; D005285:Fermentation; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D002365:Manihot / Q000378:metabolism; D011108:Polymers / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D011108:Polymers; D019344:Lactic Acid; D002482:Cellulose