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Enhancement of Hyaluronic Acid Production by Batch Culture of Streptococcus zooepidemicus via the addition of n-Dodecane as an Oxygen Vector

  • Liu, Long (School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University) ;
  • Yang, Haiquan (School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University) ;
  • Zhang, Dongxu (School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University) ;
  • Du, Guocheng (School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University) ;
  • Chen, Jian (Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University) ;
  • Wang, Miao (School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University) ;
  • Sun, Jun (Institute of Information Technology, Jiangnan University)
  • Published : 2009.06.30
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Abstract

This study aimed to examine the influence of adding an oxygen vector, n-dodecane, on hyaluronic acid (HA) production by batch culture of Streptococcus zooepidemicus. Owing to the high viscosity of culture broth, microbial HA production during 8-16 h was limited by the oxygen transfer coefficient $K_La$, which could be enhanced by adding n-dodecane. With the addition of n-dodecane to the culture medium to a final concentration of 5% (v/v), the average value of $K_La$ during 8-16 h was increased to $36{\pm}2h^{-1}$, which was 3.6 times that of the control without n-dodecane addition. With the increased $K_La$ and dissolved oxygen (DO) by adding 5% (v/v) of n-dodecane, a 30% increase of HA production was observed compared with the control. Furthermore, the comparison of the oxygen mass transfer in the absence and presence of n-dodecane was conducted with two proposed mathematical models. The use of n-dodecane as an oxygen vector, as described in this paper, provides an efficient alternative for the optimization of other aerobic biopolymer productions, where $K_La$ is usually a limiting factor.

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