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Microbial Production of L-Ascorbic Acid from D-Sorbitol, L-Sorbose, L-Gulose, and L-Sorbosone by Ketogulonicigenium vulgare DSM 4025

Teruhide SUGISAWABiotechnology R&D, DSM Nutritional Products Ltd.
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Taro MIYAZAKIDepartment of Genome Antibody Product Research, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Fuji Gotemba Research Labs
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Tatsuo HOSHINOTamagawa University Research Institute
Pages 659-662 | Received 10 Nov 2004, Accepted 04 Jan 2005, Published online: 22 May 2014

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