Gluconic Acid: Properties, Applications and Microbial Production

Autor: Sumitra Ramachandran, Pierre Fontanille, Ashok Pandey, Christian Larroche
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Food Technology and Biotechnology, Vol 44, Iss 2, Pp 185-195 (2006)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1330-9862
1334-2606
Popis: Gluconic acid is a mild organic acid derived from glucose by a simple oxidation reaction. The reaction is facilitated by the enzyme glucose oxidase (fungi) and glucose dehydrogenase (bacteria such as Gluconobacter). Microbial production of gluconic acid is the preferred method and it dates back to several decades. The most studied and widely used fermentation process involves the fungus Aspergillus niger. Gluconic acid and its derivatives, the principal being sodium gluconate, have wide applications in food and pharmaceutical industry. This article gives a review of microbial gluconic acid production, its properties and applications.
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