Patent ID: 6723540
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: C12N,C12P

Abstract:
A method for the production of xylitol from a recombinant host, wherein said method comprises:(a) growing a recombinant host on a carbon source other than D-xylose, D-xylulose, mixtures of D-xylose and D-xylulose, and polymers and oligomers containing D-xylose or D-xylulose as major components and producing said xylitol by reactions in which arabitol is not an intermediate; (b) recovering said xylitol in step (a); and (c) and wherein said recombinant host is a yeast selected from the group consisting of Zygosaccharomyces rouxii, Candida polymorpha, Torulopsis candida, Pichia farinosa, Torulaspora hansenii, or said recombinant host is a fungus selected from the group consisting of Dendryphiella salina and Schizophyllum commune.