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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
May. 15, 2002
Applicant:
Badal C. Saha, Peoria, IL (US);
Inventor:
Badal C. Saha, Peoria, IL (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P007/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Mannitol is produced in a highly efficient fermentative method usingNRRL B-30560, or in a biochemical method using mannitol dehydrogenase isolated from this strain. Fructose serves as the primary carbon substrate in both the fermentative and biochemical conversions, but important secondary carbon sources include glucose, maltose, mannose and galactose. Mannitol is useful in the food, pharmaceutical, and medicine industries as a sweet-tasting bodying and texturing agent.