Method of producing trehalose.

摘要

A method of producing trehalose, in which a microorganism belonging to the genus Brevibacterium, Corynebacterium, Microbacterium or Arthrobacter and having the ability of producing trehalose is cultured in a liquid medium containing sucrose or maltose as an essential carbon source and the trehalose produced and accumulated in the culture is collected therefrom. In accordance with the method of the present invention, trehalose is produced inexpensively and efficiently by industrial mass-production.