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Effects of cultivation conditions on the production of gamma-PGA with Bacillus subtilis ZJU-7.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18668374     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Poly-gamma-glutamic acid (gamma-PGA) is a kind of water-soluble and biodegradable polymer made from D- and L-glutamic acid units, which are linked by amide bonds formed between alpha-amino and gamma-carboxylic acid groups. As a potential targeted biopolymer that can be refined from biomass directly, gamma-PGA has been increasingly applied to food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical industries. In this work, a suitable nitrogen source was screened out for the high and cost-effective production of gamma-PGA in Bacillus subtilis ZJU-7. The effects of inoculation time and initial glucose concentration on the gamma-PGA production were investigated systematically in both shake flasks and a bench-top 15-l fermentor. Under the optimized culture conditions, a high gamma-PGA productivity (46.4 g/l) was obtained after 48 h cultivation at 37 degrees C. Finally, the large-scale fermentation of gamma-PGA production was successfully scaled up to a 100-l fermentor, with the highest gamma-PGA productivity for over 54.0 g/l.
Authors:
Jie Chen; Feng Shi; Bin Zhang; Fan Zhu; Weifeng Cao; Zhinan Xu; Guohua Xu; Peilin Cen
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Evaluation Studies; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2008-07-31
Journal Detail:
Title:  Applied biochemistry and biotechnology     Volume:  160     ISSN:  1559-0291     ISO Abbreviation:  Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol.     Publication Date:  2010 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-01-26     Completed Date:  2010-04-01     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8208561     Medline TA:  Appl Biochem Biotechnol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  370-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Institute of Bioengineering, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Bacillus subtilis / chemistry,  metabolism*
Bioreactors / microbiology
Culture Media / chemistry,  metabolism
Culture Techniques / methods*
Fermentation
Glucose / metabolism
Industrial Microbiology / methods*
Polyglutamic Acid / analogs & derivatives*,  metabolism
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Culture Media; 0/poly(gamma-glutamic acid); 25513-46-6/Polyglutamic Acid; 50-99-7/Glucose

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