High acetoin production by a newly isolated marine Bacillus subtilis strain with low requirement of oxygen supply

Acetoin is a natural flavor and mainly used as a food additive and important intermediate to synthesize novel optically active compounds. In this work a new acetoin producer, Bacillus subtilis DL01 was isolated from samples of sea sediment, and its growth properties and acetoin productivity were explored. The experiments showed that the new strain can grow well in a simple fermentation medium only containing sugarcane molasses, (NH4)2HPO4 and...