Isolation of strains for producing ellagic acid from vlonia tannin by biodegradation

Fourteen strains with valonia tannin resisting were isolated from nature.Three of them were proved to be quite effective in biodegradation of valonia tannin to produce ellagic acid.Cultured in 5g/L tannin solution at pH4.5 and 28℃ in 120r/min for 8 d,they led to 52%,45% and 64% COD removed rates of culture medium and 41.6%,41.3% and 41.8% production rates of ellagic acid,respectively.