On the Mannitol-forming Bacteria Isolated from Kaki-fruits (Diospyros Kaki)

Abstract

The author isolated mannitol-forming bacteria from Kaki-fruits, which produce mannitol, from fructose, but not from glucose, mannose and galactose. They are short rod forms, but more spherical than those bacteria isolated from sweet potatoes. These bacteria isolated from Kaki-fruits grow onthe potato agar slant with porcelaneous optical character but those bacteria from sweet potatoes, with translucency.