Achromobacter pestifer

L-alanine can be prepared from aspartic acid (Figure A8.13). L-Aspartate-(5-decarboxylase produced by Xanthomonas oryzae No 531 has been used to prepared L-alanine in 95% yield from 15% L-aspartic add solution. Other strains, ie Pseudomonas dacunhae or Achromobacter pestifer, give comparable yields of L-alanine. The process has been commercialised by Tanabe. 

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