ERYTHRITOL-PRODUCING MICROORGANISM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME

摘要

A microorganism which does not form substantial foams during aerobic cultivation and which has an ability of producing erythritol is obtained by cultivating a microorganism having an ability of producing erythritol in a liquid medium, removing a microbial aggregate from the culture, collecting a microorganism which has physical properties such that when fractionated with water and a water-insoluble solvent the microorganism remains in a water layer in an amount of at least 20% or which has a hydrophobicity of 80% or less and further collecting a microorganism which does not form substantial foams during aerobic cultivation.