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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2004
Applicant:
Roel Otto, Gorichem, NL;
Inventor:
Roel Otto, Gorichem, NL;
Assignee:
Purac Biochem BV, Gorichem, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/56 (2006.01); C12P 17/00 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); A01N 63/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Cost-effective processes for producing lactic acid and/or lactate from pentose-containing substrates, such as xylose-containing substrates, are provided. In particular, processes for producing lactic acid and/or lactate include fermentation of pentoses, such as xyloses, to enantiomerically pure lactic acid and/or lactate by moderately thermophilicspecies. This fermentation runs by a homofermentive pathway and produces predominantly Ccompounds, so that Ccompounds can be recovered as lactic acid and/or lactate.