D(-) LACTIC ACID PRODUCTION

摘要

A process for producing D(-) lactic acid in high enatiopurity from lignocellulosic material includes providing a hydrolysate of cellulose polymers prepared from said lignocellulosic material and comprising hexose and pentose sugars and contacting said hydrolysate with the bacterium Lactobacillus coryniformis subsp. Torquens, strain 30 (ATCC 25600) in a fermentation reaction.