• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.72-79
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• 2006

Kojic acid production by Aspergillus flavus strain S44-1 using sucrose as a carbon source was carried out in a 250-mL shake flask and a 2-L stirred tank fermenter. For comparison, production of kojic acid using glucose, fructose and its mixture was also carried out. Kojic acid production in shake flask fermentation was 25.8 g/L using glucose as the sole carbon source, 23.6 g/L with sucrose, and 6.4 g/L from fructose. Reduced kojic acid production (13.5 g/L) was observed when a combination of glucose and fructose was used as a carbon source. The highest production of kojic acid (40.2 g/L) was obtained from 150 g/L sucrose in a 2 L fermenter, while the lowest kojic acid production (10.3 g/L) was seen in fermentation using fructose as the sole carbon source. The experimental data from batch fermentation and resuspended cell system was analysed in order to form the basis for a kinetic model of the process. An unstructured model based on logistic and Luedeking-Piret equations was found suitable to describe the growth, substrate consumption, and efficiency of kojic acid production by A. flavus in batch fermentation using sucrose. From this model, it was found that kojic acid production by A. flavus was not a growth-associated process. Fermentation without pH control (from an initial culture pH of 3.0) showed higher kojic acid production than single-phase pH-controlled fermentation (pH 2.5, 2.75, and 3.0).

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.154-157
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• 2004

고정화된 Aspenillus niger 세포가 우유공장폐수에서 발효로 구연산을 생산하는데 이용되었다. 구연산 생산균주로서 A. niger ATCC 9142가 3일간 전배양되었으며, 약 2.5∼3.5 mm Ca-alginate beads 로 포획되었다. 최적의 pH와 온도는 각각 3.0과 $30^{\circ}C$였다. 발효에 대한 최적 희석률은 $0.025h^{－1}$ 인 것으로 계산되었다. 구연산의 최대 생산량은 최적화된 발효조건과 함께 4.5 g/$\ell$에서 얻어졌다. 고정화된 Aspergillus niger ATCC 9142에 의해 생산된 구연산의 수율은 70.3%였다. Shake-flask배양실험에 비해 연속식 배양실험 결과가 고정화 세포에 의해 20%증가되었다. 따라서 우유공장폐수는 구연산 발효기질로서의 이용가치가 있다고 볼 수가 있겠다.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2001년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.390-393
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• 2001

The optimal temperature, pH and aeration rate for spore production by Bacillus polyfermenticus SCD in 500 ml shake flask and 5-1 jar fermenter were found to be $32^{\circ}C$, 7.0 and 1.0 vvm. respectively. When batch culture processes was performed under optimized culture conditions. viable cells were $3.3{\times}10^{10}$ CFU/ml and spore cells were $3.3{\times}10^{10}$ CFU/ml. Fed-batch culture processes were also examined with regard to higer maximum viable cell and spore production. The highe viable cells and spores were obtained in 5-1 jar fermenter at 72 h cultivation time by strategy in an intermediate feeding mode with 60% glucose solution 150 ml and 5% soybean flour solution 150 ml fed to the fermenter twice, and the productivity of spore cells was significantly increased. Finally. volumetric productivity of spore cells on fed-batch culture indicated $9.9{\times}10^8$ CFU/ml/h, which was approximately 2 times higher than batch culture. Thus, fed-batch culture show a promise as an industrial production method.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.298-301
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• 2006

트레할로스 합성효소(trehalose synthase)의 효율적인 생산을 위하여, 5 종류의 plasmid를 형질전환 시킨 재조합 E. coli를 이용하여 균체생산량과 효소발현량을 비교하였다. Trehalose synthase의 활성은 fusion partner를 이용한 system 에서는 활성이 나타나지 않았으며, IPTG 유도 발현 시스템보다 항시적 발현 시스템을 사용하는 E. coli K12/pHCETS에서 가장 높은 활성을 나타내었다. 선별된 재조합 E. coli K12/pHCETS를 사용하여 회분식 및 유가배양을 수행하였으며, 유가식 배양의 경우 균체논도는 20 g/L, 최종 trehalose synthase 활성은 13.7 U/ml을 나타내었다. 이러한 결과는 트레할로스 생산을 위한 trehalose synthase가 재조합 E. coli의 발효에 의해 경제적으로 생산되어질 수 있다는 가능성을 보여 주었다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.79-82
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• 2001

The influence of levulinic acid (LA) on the production of copolyester consisting of 3-hydroxybutyrate (3HB) and 3-hydroxyvalerate (3HV) by Ralstonia eutropha was investigated. Addition of LA into the culture medium greatly increased the molar fraction of 3HV in the copolyester, indicating that LA can be utilized as a precursor of 3HV. In shake flask culture, the 3HV content in the copolyester increased from 7 to 75 mol% by adding 0.5 to 4.0 g/L LA to the medium containing fructose syrup as a main carbon source. A maximal copolyester concentration of 3.6 g/L (69% of dry cell weight) was achieved with a 3HV content of 40 mo1% in a jar fermentor culture containing 4.0 g/L of LA. When LA (total concentration, 4 g/L) was added repeatedly into a fermentor culture to maintain its concentration at a low level, the copolyester content and the 3HV yield from LA reached up to 85% of dry cell weight and 5.0 g/g, respectively, which were significantly higher than those when the same concentration of the LA was supplied al1 at once. The present results indicated that LA is more effective than propionate or valerate as a cosubstrate fur the production of copolyesters with varying molar fractions of 3HV by R. eutropha.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.42-48
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• 1998

In order to maximize the secretory expression of human serum albumin (HSA) in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a series of HSA expression vectors were constructed with a combination of different promoters, 5' untranslated regions (5'UTR), and secretion signal sequences. The expression vector composed of the galactose-inducible promoter GALl0, the natural 5'UTR, and the natural signal sequence of HSA directed the most efficient expression and secretion of HSA among the constructed vectors when introduced into several S. cerevisiae strains. Although the major form of HSA expressed and secreted in the yeast transformants was the mature form of 66 kDa, the truncated form of 45 kDa was also detected both in the cell extract and in the culture supernatant. The level of the intact HSA protein in the culture supernatant reached up to 30 mg/l at 24 h of cultivation in a shake-flask culture but began to decrease afterwards, indicating that the secreted HSA protein was unstable in a prolonged culture of yeast.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.168-173
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• 1993

The expression kinetics of human lipocortin I (LCI), a potential anti-inflammatory agent, was studied in the shake-flask and fermenter cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae carrying a galactose-inducible expression system. The cell growth, expression level of LCI, and the plasmid stability were investigted under various galactose induction conditions. The expression of LCI was repressed by the presence of a very small amount of dextrose in the culture medium, but it was induced by galactose after dextrose became completely depleted. The optimal ratio of dextrose to galactose for lipocortin I production was found to be 1.0 (10 g/l dextrose and 10 g/l galactose). With optimal D/G ratio of 1.0 and the addition of galactose prior to dextrose depletion, LCI of about 100~130 mg/l was produced. LCI at a concentration of 174 mg/l was porduced in the fed-batch culture, which was nearly a twice as much of that produced in the batch culture. The plasmid stability was very high in all culture cases, and thus was considered to be not an important parameter in the expression of LCI.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.89-94
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• 2002

The continuous production of citric acid from dairy wastewater was investigated using calcium-alginate immobilized Asrergillus niger ATCC 9142. The citric acid productivity and yield were strongly affected by the culture conditions. The optimal pH, temperature, and dilution rate were 3.0, 30$^{\circ}C$, and 0.025 h$\^$-1/, respectively. Under optimal culture conditions, the maximum productivity, concentration, and yield of citric acid produced by the calcium-alginate immobilized Aspergillus niger were 160 mg L$\^$-1/ h$\^$-1/, 4.5 g/L, and 70.3%, respectively, The culture was continuously perfored for 20 days without any apparent loss in citric acid productivity. Conversely, under the same conditions with a batch shake-flask culture, the maximum productivity, citric acid concentration, and yield were only 63.3 mg L$\^$-1/h$\^$-1/, 4.7 g/L and 51.4%, respectively, Therefore, the results suggest that the bioreactor used in this study could be potentially used for continuous citric acid production from dairy wastewater by applying calcium-alginate immobilized Aspergillus niger.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.436-442
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• 1994

Aspergillus terreus NRRL 1960에 의한 이다콘산의 생산에 관해 연구하였다. pH, 접종량, 배지조성 등의 최적조건을 확립하였다. 이타콘산의 최대생산 량은 37°C, pH 2.5의 조건에셔, 5% (w/v) glu­c cose, 0.5 % (w/v) $NH_4Cl$, 0.2 % (w/v) yeast ex­tract, 0.1 % (w/v) $MgSO_4$, 0.2 % (w/v) NaCI을 포함하는 배지에서 7일만에 $19.18g/\ell$를 얻을 수 있었다. 종균배양 배지로서 2 % malt extract가 적합하였다. 교반식 반응기에서 유리균체에 의한 이타콘 산의 회분식 생산은 플라스크 배양에 비해 비효율적 이었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.56-62
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• 1994

A yeast strain, BT001, which can directly ferment D-xylose to ethanol was isolated from forest soils, and then identified as Candida sp. Cultural conditions for the optimum ethanol production, along with the effects of aeration on cell growth and ethanol production were investigated. Aeration stimulated the cell growth and the volumetric rate of ethanol production, but decreased the ethanol yield. Optimum temperature and initial pH for the ethanol production were $33{\circ}^C$ and 6.0, respectively. In a shake flask culture, this strain produced 52.3 g ethanol per liter from 12%(w/v) D-xylose after incubation for 96 hours. Ethanol yield was 0.436 g per g D-xylose consumed. This corresponds to 85.8% of theoretical yield. Also, this yeast strain produced ethanol from D-galactose, D-glucose and D-mannose, but not from L-arabinose and L-rhamnose. Among these sugars, D-glucose was the fastest in being converted to ethanol sugars.