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Glucosamine (GlcN) is a natural amino monosaccharide in which a hydroxyl group of glucose is substituted by an amino group. It belongs to functional amino sugar compounds. In the traditional preparation process, GlcN and GlcNAc are obtained by hydrolyzing the cell wall of shrimp and crab. There are many potential problems with this method, such as geographical and seasonal restrictions on the supply of raw materials, serious environmental pollution and potential allergic reactions. Microbial fermentation has the advantages of mild conditions, low environmental pollution, high production intensity, and product safety. It can effectively solve the problem of shrimp and crab hydrolysis process, attracting many researchers to participate in the research of microbial fermentation production of GlcN. This paper mainly summarizes the research on strain construction method, metabolic pathway design and fermentation condition optimization in microbial fermentation, which has certain guiding significance for the further production, research and production of glucosamine.
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This work was funded by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China (grant number BK20150417); Jiangsu Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Biomass Conversion and Process Integration Open Project (grant number JPELBCPI2017003, JPELBCPI2015003); and Jiangsu Provincial Key Construction Laboratory of Probiotic Preparation Open Project (grant number JSYSZJ2019001).
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Conceptualization: Yuxiang Yang, Xiangqian Li, Jia Zhou; Methodology: Xiangqian Li, Jia Zhou; Formal analysis and investigation: Xiaoqing Lu, Hanwen Zhang; Writing - original draft preparation: Yuxiang Yang, Jia Zhou; Writing - review and editing: Yuxiang Yang, Baoxia Tian, Jia Zhou, Jiahui Wang; Funding acquisition: Xiangqian Li, Xiaoqing Lu; Resources: Yuxiang Yang, Junyi He, Mengdie Yao; Supervision: Xiangqian Li, Jia Zhou.
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Yang, Y., Wang, J., Yao, M. et al. An update on the review of microbial synthesis of glucosamine and N-acetylglucosamine. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 39, 93 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-023-03531-5
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