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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2010
Applicants:
Akihiko Kondo, Kobe, JP;
Kenji Okano, Kobe, JP;
Hideo Noda, Amagasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Bio-energy Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/56 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/87 (2006.01); C12N 15/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Provided is a lactic acid bacterium capable of homolactic fermentation using a pentose as a substrate, the lactic acid bacterium utilizing a pentose, and in which a phosphoketolase pathway is blocked and a pentose phosphate pathway is activated. Also provided is a method for producing lactic acid from a pentose using the lactic acid bacterium and a method for preparing the lactic acid bacterium.