Handbook of Vanilla Science and Technology

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Lesage-Meessen, L., Haon, M., Delattre, M., Thibault, J., Colonna-Ceccaldi, B. and Asther, M. (1997) An attempt to channel the transformation of vanillic acid into vanillin by controlling methoxyhydroquinone formation in Pycnoporus cinnabarinus with cellobiose. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 47, 393-397.

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Lesage-Meessen, L., Delattre, M., Haon, M. and Asther, M. (2000) Aspergillus niger which produces vanillic acid from ferulic acid. US patent 6,162,637.

Lessage-Messen, L., Lomascolo, A., Bonnin, E. et al. (2002) A biotechnological process involving filamentous fungi to produce natural crystalline vanillin from maize bran. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 102-103, 141-153.

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Li, Y.H., Sun, Z.H., Zao, L.Q. and Xu, Y. (2005) Bioconversion of isoeugenol into vanillin by crude enzyme extracted from soybean. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 125, 1-10.

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Merkens, H., Beckers, G., Wirtz, A. and Burkovski, A. (2005) Vanillate metabolism in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Current Microbiology, 51, 59-65.

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Nishimura, M., Ishiyama, D. and Davies, J. (2006) Molecular cloning of Streptomyces genes encoding vanillate demethylase. Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 70, 2316-2319.

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