TY - JOUR AU - Xia, Jun AU - Xu, Jiaxing AU - Liu, Xiaoyan AU - Xu, Jiming AU - Wang, Xingfeng AU - Li, Xiangqian PY - 2017 DA - 2017/02/23 TI - Economic co-production of poly(malic acid) and pullulan from Jerusalem artichoke tuber by Aureobasidium pullulans HA-4D JO - BMC Biotechnology SP - 20 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - poly(L-malic acid) (PMA) is a water-soluble polyester with many attractive properties in medicine and food industries, but the high cost of PMA fermentation has restricted its further application for large-scale production. To overcome this problem, PMA production from Jerusalem artichoke tubers was successfully performed. Additionally, a valuable exopolysaccharide, pullulan, was co-produced with PMA by Aureobasidum pullulans HA-4D. SN - 1472-6750 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12896-017-0340-y DO - 10.1186/s12896-017-0340-y ID - Xia2017 ER -