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http://dx.doi.org/10.3746/jfn.2008.13.4.354

Physicochemical Properties of Poly-γ-glutamic Acid Produced by a Novel Bacillus subtilis HA Isolated from Cheonggukjang  

Seo, Ji-Hyun (The Center for Traditional Microorganism Resources (TMR), Keimyung University)
Kim, Chan-Shick (Faculty of Biotechnology, College of Applied Life Sciences, Cheju National University)
Lee, Sam-Pin (Department of Food Science and Technology, Keimyung University)
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Preventive Nutrition and Food Science / v.13, no.4, 2008 , pp. 354-361 More about this Journal
Abstract
A novel bacterium isolated from Cheonggukjang was identified as a glutamate-dependent Bacillus subtilis HA with 98.3% similarity to Bacillus subtilis Z99104. Optimization of poly-$\gamma$-glutamic acid ($\gamma$-PGA) production by modulating fermentation factors including carbon sources, nitrogen sources, inorganic salts and fermentation time was investigated. Optimum culture broth for $\gamma$-PGA production consisted of 3% glutamate, 3% glucose and various salts, resulting in the PGA production of 22.5 g/L by shaking culture for 72 hr at $37^{\circ}C$. Average molecular weight of $\gamma$-PGA was determined to be 1,220 kDa through MALLS analysis. The $\gamma$-PGA solution showed a typical pseudoplastic flow behavior, and a great decrease in consistency below pH 6.0 regardless of the same molecular weight of $\gamma$-PGA. The molecular weights of isolated $\gamma$-PGA were drastically decreased by heat treatment in various acidic conditions, resulting in different hydrolysis of $\gamma$-PGA. The consistency of $\gamma$-PGA solution was greatly decreased with increase heating time in acidic conditions.
Keywords
Bacillus subtilis; poly-$\gamma$-glutamic acid; consistency index; molecular weight;
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