• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.548-553
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• 1999

A production of $\beta-Carotene$was attempted in a fed-batch culture of Blakeslea trispora by controlling both foam and dissolved oxygen in the presence of surfactant, Span 20. Results obtained from the shake flask cultures indicated that a high concentration of dissolved oxygen was needed for both cell growth and $\beta-Carotene$ synthesis, and the optimal concentration of glucose was found to be in the range of 50-100 g/l. In order to maintain the dissolved oxygen concentration level at higher than 50% of air saturation, pure oxygen was automatically sparged into the medium with air. Foam was controlled by bypassing air from the submerged aeration to the headspace in response to the foam that was caused by Span 20. High agitation speed was found to be detrimental to the cell growth due to shear damage, even though it provided sufficient dissolved oxygen. On the other hand, a low aeration speed caused stagnant regions in the fermentor because of improper mixing. Thus, for the fed-batch operation, agitation speed was increased gradually from 300 to 700 rpm to prevent cell damage at the initial stage of fermentation and to give efficient mixing for a viscous culture broth as the culture proceeded. By controlling dissolved oxygen and foam, a high concentration of $\beta-Carotene$otene (1,190 mg/l) was obtained in 6 days of the fed-batch culture of B. trispora with 2.5% of the dry cell weight, which was approximately 5 times higher than that of the batch cultures.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.252-258
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• 2003

The carbon utilizations of Bacillus species and Pythium species were investigated by using a Biolog$^{(R)}$ microplate assay to determine if there are differences in the carbon utilizations of selected strains of these species. It may be possible to afford a competitive advantage to bacterial biological control agents by providing them with a substrate that they can readily use as a carbon source, for example, in a seed coating formulation. Microplates, identified as SFP, SFN and YT were used to identify spore-forming bacteria, nonspore-forming bacteria, and yeast, respectively. Bacterial and mycelial suspensions were adjusted to turbidities of 0.10 to 0.11 at 600 nm. One hundred microliters of each of the bacterial and mycelial suspension were inoculated into each well of each of the three types of microplates. L-arabinose, D-galactose, D-melezitose and D-melibiose of the 147 carbohydrates tested were found to be utilized only by bacteria, and not by Pythium species, by Biolog$^{(R)}$ microplate assay, and this was confirmed by traditional shake flask culture. Thus, it indicated that the Biolog$^{(R)}$ microplate assay could be readily used to search for specific carbon sources that could be utilized to increase the abilities of bacterial biological control agents to adapt to contrived environments.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.306-308
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• 2001

A recombinant human growth hormone(hGH) was expressed as a secretory product in the yeast Saccharomyuces cerevisiae. There different leader sequences derived from the mating fac-tor $\alpha$1(MF$\alpha$1) inulinase and invertase were used to direct the secretion of hGH into the extracel-lular medium. Among three leader sequences tested, the inulinase leader sequence was found to be the most efficient in the secretory expression of hGH. In contrast, no hGH was detected in the ex-tracellular medium with the invertase leader sequence. After 48 h shake-flask culture, the yields of hGH secreted into th emedium by the invertase. MF$\alpha$1 inulinase and invertase leader sequences were approximately 0, 0.3 and 0.9 mg/L, respectively. The secretion efficiencies were also found to be 0, 3.8 and 13% for the invertase , MG$\alpha$1 and inulinase leader sequences, respectively.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제58권3호
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• pp.209-218
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• 2015

Fructooligosaccharides have been mainly produced by microbial fructosyltransferases (FTase) enzymes. The present work focuses on the optimization of medium composition and cultivation parameters affecting FTase produced by Penicillium aurantiogriseum AUMC 5605 in shake flask cultivation. FTase production was optimized in two steps using DeMeo's fractional factorial design. A 1.46-fold increase in FTase production (105.4 U/mL) was achieved using the optimized culture medium consisting of (g/L): sucrose, 600; yeast extract, 10; $K_2HPO_4$, 5; $MgSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O$, 0.5; $(NH_4)_2SO_4$, 1.0 and KCl, 0.5. The obtained results showed that the maximum FTase enzyme activity was produced at initial cultivation pH values ranging from 6.0-6.5, at agitation speed of 200 rpm and using vegetative fungal cells as inoculum. Moreover, results showed that optimization of medium composition and some cultivation parameters resulted in an increase of about 93.7% in the enzyme activity than the nonoptimized cultivation conditions after 96 h of cultivation. Additionally, maximum production and specific production rates recorded 2340 U/L/h and 102 U/L/h/g cells, respectively.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.950-957
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• 2010

Serratiopeptidase (SRP), a 50 kDa metalloprotease produced from Serratia marcescens species, is a drug with potent anti-inflammatory property. In this study, a powerful statistical design, evolutionary operation (EVOP), was applied to optimize the media composition for SRP production in shake-flask culture of Serratia marcescens NRRL B-23112. Initially, factors such as inoculum size, initial pH, carbon source, and organic nitrogen source were optimized using one factor at a time. The most significant medium components affecting the production of SRP were identified as maltose, soybean meal, and $K_2HPO_4$. The SRP so produced was not found to be dependent on whey protein, but rather was notably induced by most of the organic nitrogen sources used in the study and free from other concomitant protease contaminant, as revealed by protease inhibition study. In addition, experiments were performed using different sets of EVOP design with each factor varied at three levels. The experimental data were analyzed with a standard set of statistical formula. The EVOP-optimized medium, with maltose 4.5%, soybean meal 6.5%, $K_2HPO_4$ 0.8%, and NaCl 0.5% (w/v), gave a SRP production of 7,333 EU/ml, which was 17-fold higher than the unoptimized media. The application of EVOP resulted in significant enhancement of SRP production.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.98-102
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 cellulase를 보다 경제적으로 생산하기 위해 다양한 리그노셀룰로스계 폐기물 기질에 대해 cellulase 생산을 검토, 비교하였으며 가능성이 높은 기질에 대해 대량 생산 실험을 수행하였다. 폐 신문지는 0.2％ NaOH를 사용하여 전처리한 경우 FPase와 CMCase의 최대활성이 각각 0.25 IU/mL, 4.6 IU/mL로 좋았으나, 폭쇄재 및 당화잔사 등 다른 기질의 최대활성인 0.6∼0.8 IU/mL, 5.5∼6.5 IU/mL에 비해 매우 낮았다. 30 L 발효기를 이용한 cellulase 생산 실험에서 FPase 최대활성은 lactose와 폭쇄재에서 각각 0.75 IU/mL, 0.72 IU/mL로서 당화 잔사의 최대 활성인 0.58 IU/mL에 비해 30％ 높았으나 CMCase는 당화 잔사에서 최대활성이 6.3 IU/mL로 폭쇄재를 기질로 하였을 때 보다 15％높았다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.251-258
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• 1998

Scutellaria baicalensis. G. 식물 세포의 현탁 배양에서 세포의 성장과 flavonoid glycosides 생산에 관한 구조적 성장 모텔 을 제안하였다 제안된 모델식은 현탁 배양의 형광을 측정함으 써 결정될 수 있는 세포 생존도와 세포 활동도 등플 세포의 생리학적 변수로서 고려하였다. 제안된 모델식에서는 세포의 상태에 따라 세포블 크게 생존 세포와 비생존 세포로 나누고 생존 세포를 분화 가능한 생존 세포와 비분화 생존 세포로 나누어 각 각의 모델을 구성하였다. 이 중 생존 세포 중량은 광섬유 형광 센서로 측정한 상대 형광 세가로부터 결정될 수 있었다. Flavonoid 배당체의 생산 속도는 분화 가능한 생존 세포와 바 분화 생존 세포에 의해 지배되며, 배양액의 삼투압에 의한 서l포 팽창과 세포내 생성불절의 방출은 비생존 세포에 의해 이루어진다고 가정하였다. 종속변수는 가칠농도(포도당), 세포 중량(건조 세포중량과 생체중량), 대사산물농도(flavone glycosides), 활동도와 생존도플 포함한다 Scutellaria baicalensis. G. 식물 세포 의 푹라스크 배양으로부터 모델과 실험결과가 잘 일치함을 알 수 있었다. 제시된 모델은 세포의 성장, flavone glycosides 및 중간매개체 합성을 예측할 수 있다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.534-538
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• 1999

식물세포배양을 위한 bioreactor의 운전조건 최적화를 위해 Nicotiana tabacum 현탁세포를 model system으로 bioreator의 종류, 교반기의 형태, 그리고 통기량에 따른 세포생장을 관찰하였다. Bioreactor로는 stirred tank bioreactor과 airlift bioreactor를 사용하였으며 두가지 배양기 모두 flask에서의 생장보다 낮은 생장을 보였으며 stirred tank bioreactor보다는 airlift bioreator에서 높은 세포농도를 얻을 수 있었다. 교반기의 종류에 따른 세포의 생장은 큰 차이가 없었으나 hollowed paddle impeller를 사용하였을 경우에는 배양기간 동안 세포의 크기가 작게 유지되었다. 통기량을 0.30 vvm으로 유지하는 경우에 가장 좋은 세포생장을 관찰할 수 있었으며 1.0 vvm이상의 통기량에서는 과도한 foam의 형성과 세포의 갈색화 현상을 보이며 세포의 생장도 저해되었다. 또한 통기량이 증가할수록 세포크기지수가 감소하는 결과를 보였다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.324-332
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• 2016

왕겨를 탄소원으로 사용하여 증균 배양을 실시함으로써 국내 사찰에서 제조된 된장으로부터 xylan 분해능 우수한 균주를 분리하였다. 분리균 YB-1301은 DNA gyrase subunit B 유전자(gyrB)의 염기서열에 근거하여 Bacillus safensis로 동정되었다. B. safensis YB-1301을 밀기울 또는 여러 종류의 xylan들이 첨가된 배지에서 배양하였을 때 xylanase의 생산성이 급격하게 증가되었다. 특히 birchwood xylan이 첨가된 LB 배지에서 플라스크 배양을 하였을 때 최대 340 U/ml 이상의 xylanase 생산성을 보였다. Xylan이 첨가되지 않은 LB 배지에서는 매우 소량의 xylanase가 균의 성장과 연계되어 항시적으로 생산되지만, xylan이 첨가된 배지에서는 정지기 생육단계에서 xylanase의 생산이 크게 유도되었다. 더구나 xylanase 생합성은 가수분해되지 않은 xylan 보다 xylan의 효소적 가수분해 산물에 의해 더 빠르게 유도되었다. 또한 B. safensis YB-1301의 배양상등액에 존재하는 xylanase는 55℃와 pH 6.5−7.0의 반응조건에서 최대활성을 나타냈다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1136-1140
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• 2008

The Rhodopseudomonas palustris KUGB306 hemA gene codes for 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) synthase. This enzyme catalyzes the condensation of glycine and succinyl-CoA to yield ALA in the presence of the cofactor pyridoxal 5'-phosphate. The R. palustris KUGB306 hemA gene in the pGEX-KG vector system was transformed into Escherichia coli BL21. The effects of physiological factors on the extracellular production of ALA by the recombinant E. coli were studied. Terrific Broth (TB) medium resulted in significantly higher cell growth and ALA production than did Luria-Bertani (LB) medium. ALA production was significantly enhanced by the addition of succinate together with glycine in the medium. Maximal ALA production (2.5 g/l) was observed upon the addition of D-glucose as an ALA dehydratase inhibitor in the late-log culture phase. Based on the results obtained from the shake-flask cultures, fermentation was carried out using the recombinant E. coli in TB medium, with the initial addition of 90 mM glycine and 120 mM succinate, and the addition of 45 mM D-glucose in the late-log phase. The extracellular production of ALA was also influenced by the pH of the culture broth. We maintained a pH of 6.5 in the fermenter throughout the culture process, achieving the maximal levels of extracellular ALA production (5.15 g/l, 39.3 mM).