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- Title
Production of arabitol by yeasts: current status and future prospects.
- Authors
Kordowska‐Wiater, M.
- Abstract
Arabitol belongs to the pentitol family and is used in the food industry as a sweetener and in the production of human therapeutics as an anticariogenic agent and an adipose tissue reducer. It can also be utilized as a substrate for chemical products such as arabinoic and xylonic acids, propylene, ethylene glycol, xylitol and others. It is included on the list of 12 building block C3-C6 compounds, designated for further biotechnological research. This polyol can be produced by yeasts in the processes of bioconversion or biotransformation of waste materials from agriculture, the forest industry ( l-arabinose, glucose) and the biodiesel industry (glycerol). The present review discusses research on native yeasts from the genera Candida, Pichia, Debaryomyces and Zygosaccharomyces as well as genetically modified strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae which are able to utilize biomass hydrolysates to effectively produce l- or d-arabitol. The metabolic pathways of these yeasts leading from sugars and glycerol to arabitol are presented. Although the number of reports concerning microbial production of arabitol is rather limited, the research on this topic has been growing for the last several years, with researchers looking for new micro-organisms, substrates and technologies.
- Subjects
ARABITOL; YEAST; FOOD industry; SWEETENERS; CARIOGENIC agents; ADIPOSE tissues
- Publication
Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2015, Vol 119, Issue 2, p303
- ISSN
1364-5072
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jam.12807