• Journal of Life Science
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.162-166
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• 2008

The production of heteropolysaccharide-7 (PS-7) by Beijerinckia indica (B. indica L3) was evaluated in shaker flask culture. The medium optimization was studied using response surface methodology (RSM). A five-level three-factor central composite design was employed to determine the maximum PS-7 yield at optimum levels for whey lactose, glucose and ammonium nitrate contents. The validity of the model could be determined by the regression coefficient, $R^2$. The values of $R^2$ were 0.72, 0.64 and 0.85 in PS-7, DCW and viscosity, respectively. The optimal medium combinations of whey lactose, glucose and ammonium nitrate concentrations on the PS-7 production were whey lactose (2%), glucose (1 %) and ammonium nitrate 5 mM, respectively. The result indicated that PS-7 production was affected significantly by the addition of glucose to whey lactose based on medium and C/N ratio.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2001.09a
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• pp.75-78
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• 2001

Authors evaluated the feasibility of a permeable reactive biobarrier (PRB) treated with biofilm formed by Beijerinckia indica (B.indica). This study focused on evaluating two potentials of B.indica for the requirements of PRB: reducing the hydraulic conductivity and degrading the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The hydraulic conductivity was estimated by rigid wall column test and finally the values were converted to the values of intrinsic permeability. The nutrient solution was passed through the biobarrier column to activate the bacterium and then leachate was in turn carried into the column to evaluate the durability of the biobarrier. Phenanthrene was selected as a representative substance of PAHs. The ability of degrading phenanthrene by B.indica was evaluated by two-phase partitioning bioreactor after estimating the possibility with two pretests: observing the colony formation and the optical density on glucose-free medium containing phenanthrene. With the results, B.indica produced large amount of strongly adhesive exopolysaccharides (EPS) and reduced several orders of magnitude of the hydraulic conductivity after 2 weeks of cultivation. Furthermore, about 1000mg/1 of phenanthrene could be degraded by B.indica in the two-phase partitioning bioreactor. In conclusion, the application of the bacterium, B.indica, was found to have a potential role of a PRB to retain and remove contaminants in porous media.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.91-98
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• 2005

In order to investigate central metabolic changes in Beijerinckia indica, cells were grown on different carbon sources and intracellular flux distributions were studied under varying concentrations of nitrogen. Metabolic fluxes were estimated by combining material balances with extracellular substrate uptake rate, biomass formation rate, and exopolysaccharide (EPS) accumulation rate. Thirty-one metabolic reactions and 30 intracellular metabolites were considered for the flux analysis. The results revealed that most of the carbon source was directed into the Entner-Doudoroff pathway, followed by the recycling of triose-3-phosphate back to Hexose­6-phosphate. The pentose phosphate pathway was operated at a minimal level to supply the precursors for biomass formation. The different metabolic behaviors under varying nitrogen concentrations were observed with flux analysis.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.117-122
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• 2005

Beijerinckia indica was cultured in mineral salts medium (MSM) medium with various carbon and nitrogen sources to improve the production yield of heteropolysaccharide-7 (PS-7). At high C/N ratio, the high concentration of PS-7 was produced until 40 h of the culture, whereas most of the glucose as a carbon source was used for the cell growth at low C/N ratio. However, at the high C/N ratio, PS-7 accumulation stopped at 48 h of the culture due to the increasing viscosity of the culture broth would inhibit the cell growth. Therefore, the optimized value of C/N ratio was 33.3 (20 g/L glucose, 7.5 mM $NH_{4}NO_3$) for the high production of PS-7. In the culture with various carbon sources, B. indica effectively used the hexoses or glucose-generating sugars for PS-7 formation. Especially, sucrose was the best carbon source for the high production of PS-7 (6.96 g/L) with a high viscosity (40772 cp). In the culture of B. indica with MSM medium containing 20 g/L glucose and 7.5 mM $NH_{4}NO_3$ in a 51 fermentor, the highest cell concentration was 2.5 g/L and the highest concentration of PS-7 was 7.5 g/L (35174 cp). The additional nitrogen sources of 7.5 mM $NH_{4}NO_3$, glutamine and glutamate at 12 h of the culture after exhaustion of a nitrogen source regulated the metabolism of carbon sources, therefore the nitrogen sources could control PS-7 synthesis.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.247-248
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• 2003

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.147-147
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• 2005

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.334-334
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• 2005

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.384-387
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• 2000

Heteropolysaccharide-7 (PS-7) was produced by Beijerinckia indica HS-2001 under aerobic condition. Production of PS-7 was investigated under various ratios of glucose as carbon source to ammonium nitrate as nitrogen source. Maximal production of PS-7 was 7.13 g/l when concentrations of glucose and ammonium nitrate were 10 g/l and 0.3 g/l, respectively. But its conversion rate from glucose was as low as 7 %. The highest conversion rate of PS-7 was 46% when those of glucose and ammonium nitrate were 1.0 g/l and 0.3 g/l, respectively.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.249-252
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• 2003

Maximal production of heteropolysaccharide-7(PS-7) with a batch culture for 48 hr was $10.0\;g/{\ell}$ and its conversion rate from 2% (w/v) glucose to PS-7 was 50%. After substitution of media, production of PS-7 continued and reached its maximal production. The highest productivity occurred when the fresh medium, which contained all ingredients, for the production of PS-7 was substituted. Higher production of PS-7 was maintained at a dilution rate of 0.0125, which was established as the optimal dilution rate for the production of PS-7 by B. indica HS-2001.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.192-195
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• 2002

Effect of aeration rate and agitation speed on cell growth and the production of heteropolysaccharide-7 (PS-7) by Beijerinckia indica was investigated. Aeration rate and agitation speed in a 7L bioreactor ranged from 0.5 to 1.5 vvm and from 300 to 500 rpm, respectively. Higher agitation speed with an aeration rate of 0.5 vvm in the bioreactor resulted in maintenance of higher concentration of dissolved oxygen in the medium, which enhanced the production of PS-7. In this study with a 7L bioreactor, maximal production of PS-7 was 11.0 g/L and its conversion rate from 2% (w/v) glucose was 0.55 when the aeration rate and agitation speed were 1.0 vvm and 500 rpm, respectively. Proper aeration rate and agitation speed might enhance the production of PS-7 as well as reduce the time to reach maximal production.