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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Dong Cheon Consulting Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435158 ; 4352555 ; 435938 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a fermentation process to have a high productivity with a novel mutant of Pichia sp., more specifically, for preparing erythritol under optimal fermentation conditions for maximum erythritol production by optimizing the environmental conditions of culture such as pH, temperature and by controlling osmotic pressure. A two-stage fermentation was performed to control osmotic pressure. Osmotic pressure was adjusted to a low level during growth phase and to a relatively high level during production phase by adding continuously glucose and NaCl or KCl. Therefore, erythritol production could be increased.