Some organic compounds produced by microbial fermentation
Compound |
Common substrate |
Common microorganism used |
Amino acids |
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|
DL-alanine |
Glucose |
Microbacterium ammoniaphilum |
L-glutamic acid |
Glucose |
Micrococcus glutamicus |
L-leucine |
Glucose |
Brevibacterium lactofermentum |
L-lysine |
Acetate |
Brevibacterium flavum |
L-threonine |
Sucrose |
Escherichia coli K12 |
Nucleotides |
|
|
5’ IMP |
Starch hydrolysate |
Bacillus subtilis |
5’ IMP |
Starch hydrolysate; glucose |
Brevibacterium ammoniagenes |
5’ GMP |
Glucose |
Bacillus subtilis |
Organic acids |
|
|
Acetic acid |
Sugarcane juice |
Acetobacter spp. |
Citric acid |
Beet molasses |
Aspergillus niger |
Citric acid |
N-alkane |
Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
Lactic acid |
Whey |
Lactobacillus prueckii |
Lactic acid |
Glucose |
Lactobacillus balgaricus |
Vitamins |
|
|
Vitamin B12 |
Sugarcane |
Pseudomonas denitrificans |
Vitamin B12 |
Glucose |
Propionobacterium sphermanii |
Riboflavin |
Maize step liquor |
Ashbya gossypii |


