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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2000
Shie-Jea Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Chiou-Yen Wen, Hsinchu, TW;
Wen-Haw Hsu, Hsinchu, TW;
Guey-Yuh Liou, Hsinchu, TW;
Wen-Shen Chu, Hsinchu, TW;
Food Industry Research & Development Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A yeast strain capable of converting glucose to erythritol, said strain having the following identifying characteristics: an absence of motile spores; septate mycelia; asexual reproduction; an absence of reniform cells; conidia optionally formed on short denticles but not on elongate stalks; an absence of ballistoconidia; non-monopolar budding on a broad base; acropetal chains of blastoconidia; dark brown, thick-walled chlamydospores; an ability to assimilate sucrose, glycerol and maltose; an inability to assimilate lactose; an inability to ferment galactose; an ability to grow in a vitamin-free medium; and an ability to grow at 25° C. to 36° C.