Selection and Characterization of a High Erythritol Producing Mutant of Moniliella suaveolens var. nigra

에리스리톨 고생산성 변이주인 Moniliella suaveolens var. nigra의 선별과 배양특성

  • 박홍우 (한양대학교 화학공학과) ;
  • 이금숙 (한양대학교 화학공학과)
  • Published : 2002.06.01

Abstract

The present work describes the improvement of an erythritol-producing strain to lower the formation of glycerol, which is a characteristic by-product of the strain and could cause difficulties in the recovery and purification of the final product. The yeast-like fungi Moniliella suaveolens var. nigra, isolated previously in the same laboratory from beehives, was mutated by exposing it to a 4 g/L NTG solution. From a total of 2000 mutated strains, Em6j30-14 was selected as the one having the most desirable properties. Cultivating the strain for seven days in 300 mL flasks containing 30 mL of a 400 g/L glucose medium resulted in an erythritol yield of 43%. The glycerol yield was 5%, which is a value 50% lower as compared with the wild type. However, attempts to reproduce the above results in a 5L-fermenter failed, resulting in a similar erythritol concentration but a much higher formation of glycerol. Possible reasons for such a different behaviour could be oxygen limitation or the aggregation of cells, but the exact mechanism could not yet be identified. Foam formation, which is another major problem in large-scale fermentation, tended to be much lower for the mutant strain.

경제적으로 에리스리톨을 대량 생산하기 위해 Moniliella suaveolens var. nigra의 wild type을 mutation시켜 변이주를 선별하였다. 선별된 변이주는 400 g/L 포도당배지 플라스크 배양에서 에리스리톨 172 g/L, 글리세롤 20 g/L를 생산하였는데 wild-type의 배양결과와 비교하면 에리스리롤의 생산성은 비슷하고 부산물인 글리세롤의 생성은 50% 적다. 변이주는 wild type 배양시 발생하는 다량의 foam을 적게 발생시킴이 관찰되었다. 배양기 5 L 배양에서 변이주는 에리스리톨의 생산과 부산물 글리세롤의 생성이 wild-type의 것들과 비슷하였다. 이의 원인은 아직 규명되지 않았으나 배양 중 부적절한 산소전달이나 배양 중 발생하는 거품에 세포가 응집하였기 때문인 것으로 추측된다. 균주의 대사를 조사한 결과, 글리세롤은 에리스리톨로 변환되나 에리스리톨은 글리세롤로 변환되지 않음이 관찰되었다. 새로운 고생산성 Moniliella 변이주는 분리.정제 비용이 절감된 순도 놀은 에리스리톨 생성을 가능 하게 할 것이다.

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