Screening and production of erythritol by newly isolated osmophilic yeast-like fungi

High-yield production of erythritol from raw glycerol in fed-batch cultures of Yarrowia lipolytica

“…Biomass (g l -1 ) The results presented in this paper clearly indicate that the production of erythritol from raw glycerol by the newly screened strain of Y. lipolytica Wratislavia K1 is, in several respects, superior to erythritol production by other strains (Ishizuka et al 1989;Park et al 1998;Lin et al 2001). Firstly, we obtained a high erythritol concentration (170 g l -1 ) and yield (0.56 g g -1 ) at pH 3.…”

“…, Candida magnoliae (Ryu et al 2000) and Moniliella sp. (Lin et al 2001). Leuconostoc oenos can also produce erythritol but only under anaerobic conditions (Veigada-Cunha et al 1992).…”

High-level production of erythritol by mutants of osmophilic Moniliella sp.

“…440 was isolated from honey obtained from the Institute of Bee Breeding in Taiwan [17]. The standard cultivation was done by transferring single colonies of the strain from plates to 10 mL of media consisting of 30-50% glucose and 1.0% yeast extract (pH 5.5) in 50-ml flasks.…”

“…As reported in the previous paper, we screened 658 strains grown on various sources, such as pollen, honey, and high sugar foods, and were able to isolate 6 high erythritol-producing microorganisms [17]. One of these, Moniliella sp.…”

Comparison of propolis from Apis mellifera and Tetragonisca angustula

“…(Anacardiaceae) and from Brazilian honeys, which were able to convert sucrose, glucose and fructose to erythritol. Erythritol is a non-caloric and non-cariogenic sweetner that is safe for diabetics, and is 70-80% as sweet as sucrose and exists naturally in fruits, fermented food, seaweed and mushrooms (Lin et al, 2001). …”