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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Myriam Elseviers, Kampenhout, BE;
Harald Wilhelm Walter Röper, Brussels, BE;
Assignee:
Cerestar Holding B.V., Sas Van Gent, US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/18 ; C12P 7/04 ; C12N 1/00 ; C12N 1/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/18 ; C12P 7/04 ; C12N 1/00 ; C12N 1/14 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for the production of xylitol. Specifically the process comprises two reaction steps. The first step is the fermentative conversion of a hexose to a pentitol. The second step is the catalytic chemical isomerisation of the pentitol to xylitol. Optionally, the xylitol is separated from the other pentitols.