Journal
APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 118, Issue 1-3, Pages 321-336Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1385/ABAB:118:1-3:321
Keywords
sorbitol; Zymomonas mobilis; glucose-fructose oxidoreductase; glucono-delta-lactone; gluconic acid
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Sorbitol, a polyol found in many fruits, is attracting increasing industrial interest as a sweetener, humectant, texturizer, and softener. It is principally produced by chemical means. The bacterium Zymomonas mobilis is able to produce sorbitol together with gluconic acid from fructose and glucose, respectively. This is possible in a one-step reaction via the enzyme glucose-fructose oxidoreductase, so far only known from Z. mobilis. The possibilities for the production of sorbitol by Z. mobilis are discussed also under the aspect of an industrial process and compared with the current chemical as well as other microbiologic processes. The production process by Z. mobilis shows economic possibilities for certain countries, such as Brazil, considering only the products sorbitol and ethanol as an important by product. For the other by product, gluconic acid, further studies for its partial substitution must be conducted.
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