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. 2017 Nov 25;16:213. doi: 10.1186/s12934-017-0827-1

Table 4.

Comparison of d-lactic acid production by recombinants strains

Organism Fermentation temperature (°C) Fermentation mode pH d-Lactate concentration (g/L) Total sugar addition Yield (g/g)a Productivity (g/L/h)b Optical purity (%) References
Saccharomyces cerevisiae 30 Batch 60 100 g/L (glucose) 0.65 2.8 99.9 [18]
Pediococcus acidilactici 42 SSF 97 25% (w/w, corn stover) 0.93 1.0 99.1 [24]
Lactobacillus plantarum 37 SSF 5.5–6.0 117 20% (w/v, brown rice) 0.93 0.8 99.6 [2]
Saccharomyces cerevisiae 30 Fed-batch 112 ~190 g/L (glucose) 0.80 2.2 [25]
Escherichia coli 35 Batch 7.0 96 10% (w/v, sucrose) 0.93 2.6 > 99.5 [26]
Sporolactobacillus inulinus 42 Batch 5.0 93 100 g/L (glucose) 0.93 1.1 [27]
Bacillus sp. 54 Batch 6.5 28 50 g/L (sucrose) 0.96 99.5 [23]
Bacillus coagulans 50 Batch 5.0 90 110 g/L (glucose) 0.96 1.3 100 [12]
Bacillus coagulans 50 Batch 5.5–6.0 118 120 g/L (glucose) 0.98 2.0 99.6 This study
Bacillus coagulans 50 Fed-batch 5.5–6.0 145 150 g/L (glucose) 0.98 1.5 99.9 This study

SSF simultaneous saccharification and fermentation

aYield (g/g) was calculated as the ratio of d-lactate produced (g) to consumed sugars (g)

bProductivity (g/L/h) was calculated as the ratio of d-lactate concentration (g/L) to the fermentation time (h)