| abstract |
Xylitol is a microorganism belonging to the genus Metschnikowia and possessing D-arabitol producing ability, for example, Metschnikowia pulcherrima, Metschnikowia reukaufii, Under aeration conditions in medium containing saccharides such as Metschnikowia bicuspidata, Metschnikowia lunata and Metschnikowia zobellii as saccharides as the main carbon source Culturing to produce D-arabitol in the medium, inoculating the medium with a microorganism having the ability to produce D-xylulose from the D-arabitol, culturing it to produce D-xylulose in the medium And then causing the microorganism having the ability to convert D-xylulose to xylitol to function in a medium containing D-xylulose and produced xylitol It is produced by the step of collecting. |