Process for producing D-alanine

• Main Authors: TAKEUCHI, MASAE, YONEHARA, TETSU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 12.04.1989
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROCESSES USING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

It is possible to produce and accumulate D-alanine selectively and to improve the amount of production and accumulation of D-alanine by cultivating a microorganism having both an ability to produce D-alanine and a resistance to D-cycloserine and belonging to the genus Brevibacterium.