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Efficient production of poly-gamma-glutamic acid by Bacillus subtilis ZJU-7.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16720907     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A strain with high poly-gamma-glutamic acid (gamma-PGA) production was isolated from fermented bean curd, a traditional Chinese food. The strain was named Bacillus subtilis ZJU-7 according to 16s rDNA sequencing and its taxonomic characters. The culture conditions for gamma-PGA production were evaluated. The most suitable carbon and nitrogen sources were sucrose and tryptone, respectively. Exogenous L-glutamic acid was necessary for gamma-PGA production, and the production of gamma-PGA increased on the addition of L-glutamic acid to the medium. In the medium containing 60 g/L of sucrose, 60 g/L of tryptone, 80 g/L of L-glutamic acid, and 10 g/L of NaCl, the yield of gamma-PGA reached 54.4 g/L after cultivation at 37 degrees C for 24 h, which was the highest gamma-PGA production compared with values reported in the literature. The average molecular mass of gamma-PGA produced was about 1.24 x 106 Daltons. B. subtilis ZJU-7 is genetically stable and can synthesize levan instead of gamma-PGA without the addition of L-glutamic acid to the medium.
Authors:
Feng Shi; Zhinan Xu; Peilin Cen
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Applied biochemistry and biotechnology     Volume:  133     ISSN:  0273-2289     ISO Abbreviation:  Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol.     Publication Date:  2006 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-05-24     Completed Date:  2006-09-05     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8208561     Medline TA:  Appl Biochem Biotechnol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  271-82     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Institute of Bioengineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Bacillus subtilis / metabolism*
Culture Media
Fermentation*
Glutamic Acid / pharmacology
Industrial Microbiology
Molecular Weight
Peptones / pharmacology
Polyglutamic Acid / biosynthesis*
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
Sodium Chloride / pharmacology
Soybeans / chemistry*
Sucrose / pharmacology
Temperature
Time Factors
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Culture Media; 0/Peptones; 0/RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; 25513-46-6/Polyglutamic Acid; 56-86-0/Glutamic Acid; 57-50-1/Sucrose; 73049-73-7/tryptones; 7647-14-5/Sodium Chloride

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