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List of Organic Compounds Produced by Microbial Fermentation -

Compound Common substrate Common microorganism used
Amino acids    
DL-alanine Glucose Microbacterium ammnoniaphilum
L-glutamic acid Glucose Micrococcus glutamics
L-leucine Glucose Brevibacterium
L-lysine Acetate Brevibacterium flavum
L-threonine Surose Escherichia coli K12
Nucleotides    
5'IMP Starch hydrolysate Bacillus subtilis
5'IMP Starch hydrolysate glucose Brevibacterium
5'GMP Glucose Bacillus subtilis
Organic acids    
Acetic acid Sugarcane juice Acetobacter spp
Citric acid Beet molasses Aspergillus niger
Citric acid N. alkane Sacchoaromyces cerevisiae
Lactic acid Whey Lactobacillus prueckii
Lactic acid Glucose Lactobacillus
Vitamins    
Vitamin B12 Sugarcane Pseudomonas denitrificans
Vitamin B12 Glucose Propionobacterium sphemanii
Riboflavin Maize steep liquor Ashbya gossypii