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Physicochemical Properties of a Biopolymer Flocculant Produced from Bacillus subtilis PUL-A  

Ryu, Mi-Jin (Department of Food Science and Technology, Keimyung University)
Jang, Eun-Kyung (Traditional Microorganism Resources Center, Keimyung University)
Lee, Sam-Pin (Department of Food Science and Technology, Keimyung University)
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Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters / v.35, no.3, 2007 , pp. 203-209 More about this Journal
Abstract
Soybean milk cake (SMC) was used for the solid-state fermentation by Bacillus subtilis PUL-A isolated from soybean milk cake. In the presence of 5% glutamate the maximum production of biopolymer (59.9 g/kg) was performed by fermentation at $42^{\circ}C$ for 24 hr. The recovered biopolymer was consisted of 87% $\gamma$-polyglutamic acid with molecular weight of $1.3{\times}10^6$ dalton and other biopolymer. The biopolymer solution showed the great decrease in consistency below pH 6.0, regardless of the molecular weight of PGA. Biopolymer solution has a typical pseudoplastic flow behavior and yield stress. The consistency of biopolymer solution was greatly decreased by increasing heating time and temperature in acidic condition compared to the alkaline condition. In kaolin clay suspension, the flocculating activity of biopolymer was the highest value with 15 mg/L biopolymer and 4.5 mM $CaCl_2$, but decreased greatly with $FeCl_3$. The flocculating activity of biopolymer was maximum at pH5, but decreased drastically by heating at $60{\sim}100^{\circ}C$. In particular, biopolymer with native PGA showed the efficient flocculating activity compared to that of modified biopolymer containing low molecular weight of PGA.
Keywords
Soybean milk cake; bioflocculant; Bacillus subtilis; consistency;
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