Gluconobacter spp

The ability of bacteria - particularly Pseudomonas spp. and Gluconobacter spp. - to prcxiuce gluconolactone and glucorric acid has been exploited and the process is used commerdally, mainly in tire production of tire lactone. 

Microorganisms. For example, bacitracin and polymyxin are obtained from some Bacillus species streptomycin, tetracyclines, etc. from Streptomyces species gentamicin from Mi-cromonospora purpurea griseofulvin and some penicillins and cephalosporins from certain genera (Penicillium, Acremonium) of the family Aspergillaceae and monobactams from Pseudomonas acidophila and Gluconobacter species. Most antibiotics in current use have been produced from Streptomyces spp. 

Gluconobacter oxydans is generally found growing in sugar-rich environments where alcohol is either absent or present in low concentrations. Typical sites of isolation include flower parts and deteriorating fruit. By comparison, Acetobacter spp. are generally isolated from fermented sub-... 

John Frost In the United States, you have a lot of K12 processes. In Japan, it is Corynebacterium spp. Another microbe Gluconobacter oxydans is used in the manufacture of ascorbic acid. 

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