• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.41-45
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• 1996

Effects of yeast extract and ammonium sulfate were investigated on the production of L-or-nithine by an arginine auxotroph, Brevibacterium ketoglutamicum in flask and batch cultures. Yeast extract as an arginine source and ammonium sulfate as an inorganic nitrogen source had significant effects on L-ornithine production and cell growth. L-ornithine production was repressed by the excessive addition of arginine. Reversion of auxotrophic cells to the wild type was observed when the initial yeast extract concenfration was too low. There existed optimum concentrations of yeast extract and ammonium sulfate for L-or-nithine production. The effects of yeast extract and ammonium sulfate concentrations of the Leudeking-Piret model parameters were examined to analyze the relationship between cell growth and L-ornithine production.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.292-297
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• 1999

Overproduction of L-ornithine by mutant strains isolated from Brevibacterium detoglutamicum BK1046 was investigated. The strain was a L-ornithine auxotroph and exhibited culture instability during fermentation. Through a sequential screening effort, a highly stable strain with lless revertant formation was finally selected and designated B. ketoglutamicum BK52 (KCTC0141BP). It prouduced L-ornithine at a high concentration (above 9 g/L) independent of subculture or cultivation time, and also had a very low tendency of revertant formation. In a long-term storage, this strain maintained its cell stability and productivity of L-ornithine to a reasonable range.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.95-101
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• 1994

The effects of glycine on cell growth and L-omithine production were investigated in shake-flask and jar fermentor cultures of a citrulline auxotrophic mutant, Brevibacterium ketoglutamicum BK 1046. In the shake-flask culture, the optimal concentration of glycine for L-ornithine production was found to be 20 g/l. In the jar fermentor culture with the glycine at an initial concentration of 20 g/l, L-ornithine production increased by 28%, compared to that of the culture with no glycine added. 37 g/l of L-ornithine was produced when additional feeding of glycine (5 g/l) was made. This was a significant improvement in L-ornithine production compared to that (ca. 24 g/l) of the corresponding batch culture conducted without glycine. According to the stoichiometric analysis with the batch fermentation results, the experimental and theoretical L-ornithine yields based on the glucose consumption were 0.24 and 0.59, respectively. This indicates that the performance of L-ornithine fermentation can further be improved by the supplementation of glycine and the development of a mutant strain possessing a higher growth yield.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.327-332
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• 1999

A highly productive fed-batch fermentation process was developed for the production of L-ornithine by using a new stabilized strain, Breviabcterium ketoglutamicum BK52. Fed-batch cultures with a continuous feeding of the complex medium were conducted on various operating conditions. The optimal concentration of phosphate in the complex medium was 2.1g/L. The optimal feeding rate of L-arginine was 0.028g/L/hr. The optimal feeding point of the complex medium was determined to be at 40 OD of the cell mass. The final L-ornithine concentrations within 64hrs of cultivation in 5 and 50 liter fermenters were 73g/L and 71g/L, respectively. The maximum overall L-ornithine productivity was 1.14g/L/hr which was about 2 times higher than that of the conventional fed-batch culture with intermittent feeding. The overall productivity of the fermentation system is remarkably improved by employing the optimized conditions, and it offers a significant potential for industrial application.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.102-107
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• 1992

For the purpose of producing L-ornithine by microbial fermentation, mutant strains were developed from glutamate-producing bacteria by mutagenesis using N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (NTG) and UV irradiation. Brevibacterium ketoglutamicum BK1046, a L-citrulline auxotroph which is also resistant to arginine hydroxamate (Arghx), was isolated and selected as the best producer of L-ornithine. This strain was capable of producing L-ornithine at a concentration of 24 g/l after 69 hours of cultivation in the 21 jar fermentor. The optimum supplementary level of L-arginine, a substitute for L-citrulline, was found to be about 0.2 g/l in the shake-flask fermentation.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.167-172
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• 1998

의료용 아미노산인 오르니틴을 생산하는, 용존산소농도와 pH가 일정하게 유지되는 회분식 배양에서 산화환원전위의 시간에 따른 변화를 주요 발효 상태변수들(균체, 포도당, 오르니틴 농도)과 함께 관찰하였다. 산화환원전위는 배양상태를 반영하는 네 개의 다른 구간을 나타내었으며 특히 균체농도의 변화와 밀접한 관계가 있으며 오르니틴 농도에 의해서도 영향을 받음을 알 수 있었다. 산화환원전위와 발효상태변수들과의 상관관계를 구하기 위해 먼저 오르니틴 및 포도당이 산화환원전위에 미치는 영향을 별도의 실험을 통해 알아보았다. 이들 실험 결과들을 바탕으로 하여 산화환원전위의 발효상태변수에 대한 상관관계를 제시하였다. 이 상관관계는 산화 환원전위, 포도당 농도, 균체농도의 on-line data로부터 오르니틴 농도를 on-line 추정하는데 이용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.