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A method for the determination of glucose-fructose oxidoreductase (GFOR) activity in whole cells of Zymomonas mobilis is described. The K m and the theoretical V max for GFOR were 192 g glucose.l-1 and 17 g gluconic acid.g-1 cell.h-1, respectively. The changes in enthalpy (31.1 kJ.mol-1), entropy (0.41 kJ.K-1), and Gibbs free energy (-97.5 kJ.mol-1) related to glucose to gluconic acid conversion were also determined.
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Erzinger, G.S., Silveira, M.M., Vitolo, M. et al. Determination of glucose-fructose oxidoreductase activity in whole cells of Zymomonas mobilis . World J Microbiol Biotechnol 12, 22–24 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00327793
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