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http://dx.doi.org/10.5352/JLS.2006.16.2.175

Study on Production of Poly-γ-Glutamic Acid by Bacillus subtilis CH-10  

Gu Na-Yeon (Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Dong-Eui University)
Kim Choon-Hee (Department of Biomaterial Control, Dong-Eui University)
Kim Byung-Woo (Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dong-Eui University)
Nam Soo-Wan (Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Dong-Eui University)
Kwon Hyun-Ju (Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dong-Eui University)
Kim Dong-Eun (Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Dong-Eui University)
Kim Young-Man (Department of Food and Nutrition/Oriental Biotech. Co., Dong-Eui University)
Jeon Sung-Jong (Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Dong-Eui University)
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Journal of Life Science / v.16, no.2, 2006 , pp. 175-179 More about this Journal
Abstract
A bacterium that produced a large amount of poly-$\gamma$-glutamate (PGA) was isolated from the compost and designated as Bacillus subtilis CH-10. The optimum temperature and pH for PGA production were at $37^{\circ}C$ and 7.5, respectively. The maximum amount of PGA production (18.84 mg/ml) was obtained when it was grown in a medium containing 3% L-glutamate and 5% sucrose at $37^{\circ}C$ with shaking. The result that the L-glutamate significantly induced PGA production indicates that it produces a PGA by the glutamate dependent manner. Some properties of the PGA obtained at different times of cultivation were investigated by SDS-PAGE and ninhydrin analysis. The PGA production was elongated along with cultivation time and maximum amount was achieved at 96 h. Average molecular weight of PGA was estimated to be 1100 kDa by FDNB method.
Keywords
Bacillus subtilis; poly-$\gamma$-glutamic acid; glutamate; 16s rRNA;
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