The potential for the production of 1.4-piperazinium-(L, L)-dilactate from L(+)-lactic acid preparations obtained by fermentation was studied. Piperazinium dilactate was found to be a very suitable source material for poly(1actic acid) production. In a novel polymerization process, the intermediate dilactide was directly formed in the salt melt at a moderate temperature. High-performance cultivation of Lucrobocillus pumcawi on a glucose-MRS medium was carried out using high-viability inocula. After the cell mass had been removed from the fermentation broth by centrifugation and/or ultrafiltration, the lactic acid solution was concentrated to 45% [wlw] by ; 1 two-stage electrodialysis process. Two methods of preparing 1,4-piperazinium dilactate were developed: the first from the medium-concentrated lactic acid ( 4 5 4 ) and the second from a highly-concentrated lactic acid (85%) obtained by evaporation from the first one. Because there were no physical data on 1,4-piperazinium-(l, L)-dilactate in specialized literature, the pure product was characterized according to its solubility characteristics. melting point and spectroscopic analysis.