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. 1981 Jul;42(1):66–69. doi: 10.1128/aem.42.1.66-69.1981

Enzymatic and Microbial Preparation of d-Xylulose from d-Xylose

Lin-Chang Chiang 1, Humg-Yu Hsiao 1, Pear P Ueng 1, George T Tsao 1
PMCID: PMC243963  PMID: 16345816

Abstract

A high-d-xylulose mixture (d-xylose-d-xylulose = 33:67) was prepared from the cold ethanol extract of preisomerized d-xylose solution (d-xylose-d-xylulose = 77:23). Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lini and Aspergillus niger were demonstrated to preferentially utilize d-xylose in the mixture of d-xylose and d-xylulose. Chromatographically pure d-xylulose was thus obtained in 90% yield. A high-d-xylulose mixture was also incubated with Rhodotorula toruloides, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Candida utilis, or Mucor rouxii.d-Xylose and d-xylulose were simultaneously consumed. When borate was added to the mixture, a d-xylulose-borate complex was formed, and it could be used to protect d-xylulose from being utilized.

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