PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ERYTHRITOL BY USING MICROORGANISM

摘要

A process for producing erythritol which comprises incubating a strain belonging to Trichosporonoides megachiliensis in a medium with a high sugar concentration and recovering the erythritol thus accumulated in the medium. This process makes it possible to remarkably shorten the incubation time required for producing erythritol and achieve a high yield of erythritol based on the sugar. Since the same effect can be achieved by using a medium with a high surgar concentration, erythritol can be produced economically and efficiently thereby.