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Anaerobic Reduction of Glycerol to Propanediol-1.3 by Lactobacillus brevis and Lactobacillus buchneri

1984

Summary Three strains of Lactobacillus brevis and one strain of Lactobacillus buchneri grew very poorly on glucose. Good growth was observed on glucose plus glycerol; while glucose was fermented to acetate or ethanol, lactate and CO 2 , glycerol was dehydrated to 3-hydroxypropanal and subsequently reduced to propanediol-1.3. Cell extracts of L. brevis and L. buchneri grown on glucose plus glycerol contained a B 12 -dependent glycerol dehydratase and a propanediol-1.3 dehydrogenase. Glycerol was not metabolized when used as the only substrate. Fructose as sole carbon source was partially reduced to mannitol. The joint fermentation of fructose and glycerol yielded propanediol-1.3 from glycero…