• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.587-592
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• 2005

Hydrolyzates from lignocellulosic biomass contain a mixture of simple sugars; the predominant ones being glucose, cellobiose and xylose. The fermentation of such mixtures to ethanol or other chemicals requires an understanding of how each of these substrates is utilized. Candida lusitaniae can efficiently produce ethanol from both glucose and cellobiose and is an attractive organism for ethanol production. Experiments were performed to obtain kinetic data for ethanol production from glucose, cellobiose and xylose. Various combinations were tested in order to determine kinetic behavior with multiple carbon sources. Glucose was shown to repress the utilization of cellobiose and xylose. However, cellobiose and xylose were simultaneously utilized after glucose depletion. Maximum volumetric ethanol production rates were 0.56, 0.33, and 0.003 g/L h from glucose, cellobiose and xylose, respectively. A kinetic model based on cAMP mediated catabolite repression was developed. This model adequately described the growth and ethanol production from a mixture of sugars in a batch culture.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.564-569
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• 2001

This study was carried out in order to investigate the characteristics of xylitol fermentation by a xylitol dehydrogenase defective mutant PXM-4 of P stipitis CBS 5776 and to determime optimum conditions for the high yield ofxylitol production from xylose. Gluconic acid was selected as a co substrate for the xylitol fermentation, since gluconic acid neither blocked xylose transport nor repressed xylose reductase expression. An increase of gluconic acid concentration reduced the rates of xylitol production and cell growth by decreasing medium pH, and the optimal concentration of gluconic acid was determined to be 20 gll with approximately 100% xylitol conversion yield. A fed-batch cell culture resulted in a 44.8 g/l xylitol concentration with 100% yield, based on the amount of xylose consumed.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.385-392
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• 1996

Bacillus stearotheymophilus, a potent xylanolytic bacterium isolated from soil, was tested for the strain's strategies of pentose utilization and the evidence of substrate preferences. The strain metabolized glucose, xylose, ribose, maltose, cellobiose, sucrose, arabinose and xylitol. The efficacy of the sugars as a carbon and energy source in this strain was of the order named above. The organism, however, could not grow on glycerol as a sole growth substrate. During cultivation on a mixture of glucose and xylose or arabinose, the major hydrolytic products of xylan, B. stearothermophilus displayed classical diauxic growth in which glucose was utilized during the first phase. On the other hand, the pentose utilization was prevented immediately upon addition of glucose. Cellobiose was preferred over xylose or arabinose. In contrast, maltose and pentose were co-utilized, and also no preference on between xylose and arabinose. Enzymatic studies indicated that B. stearothermophilus possessed constitutive hexokinase, a key enzyme of the glucose metabolic system. While, the production of $^{D}$-xylose isomerase, $^{D}$-xylulokinase and $^{D}$-arabinose isomerase essential for pentose phosphate pathway were induced by xylose, xylan, and xylitol but repressed by glucose. Taken together, the results suggested that the sequential utilization of B. stearothermophilus would be mediated by catabolite regulatory mechanisms such as catabolite inhibition or inducer exclusion.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.311-316
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• 1997

A high xylitol producing yeast was isolated from the sludge of xylose manufacturing factory and then identified as Candida tropicalis DS-72 according to physiological properties. The strain was able to produce xylitol in a high concentration up to 72g/l from 100g/l xylose in 32 hours. Medium optimization for xylitol production by C. tropicalis DS-72 was performed. Effect of various nitrogen sources on xylitol production was investigated. Of nitrogenous compounds, yeast extract was the most suitable organic nitrogen nutrient for the enhancement of xylitol production. However, inorganic nitrogen resulted in a low cell concentration and did not produce xylitol. Effect of inorganic salts such as KH$_{2}$PO$_{4}$, and MgSO$_{4}$, 7H$_{2}$O on xylitol production was also studied. Optimal medium was selected as xylose 100g/l, yeast extract 10g/l, KH$_{2}$PO$_{4}$, 5 g/l and MgSO$_{4}$, 7H$_{2}$O 0.2 g/l. Xylitol of 88 g/l was produced from 100 g/l xylose in 30 hours using the optimal medium in a flask. In a fermentor, a fed-batch culture with 300g/l xylose was carried out. A final xylitol concentration of 240 g/l in the culture could be obtained in 43 hours of culture time by maintaining the high level of dissolved oxygen during growth phase and limiting the dissolved oxygen in the same culture during production phase. This result corresponded to a xylitol yield of 80% and a xylitol productivity of 5.58 g/1-h.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.197-202
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• 1997

Effect of arabinose on xylitol production from xylose by Candida parapsilosis KFCC 10875 was investigated at the different concentrations of arabinose. When the arabinose was added in xylose medium, the cell growth increased and the final cell concentration was maximum at 10 g/l arabinose. The consumption rate of arabinose was greatly lower than those of xylose and arabinose. Above 10 g/l arabinose, it was not completely consumed and then remained in the medium during xylitol fermentation. Estimated cell mass obtained from arabinose increased with increasing consumed arabinose. As arabinose concentration was increased, xylitol production decreased but ethanol production increased. The inhibitory effect of ethanol, a major by-product, on xylitol production was also studied. As the ethanol concentration added increased, xylitol production decreased. When cells were inoculated in a xylose medium after removing ethanol, xylitol production was not inhibited. This results suggested that the inhibition of xylitol production resulted from ethanol which was formed by adding arabinose. It was also interesting that total products(xylitol and ethanol) yield was constant regardless of the arabinose concentration. This result suggested that the total amount of products such as xylitol and ethanol from xylose was constant regardless of the arabinose concentration and arabinose shifted the carbon flow from xylitol to ethanol.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.665-672
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• 2004

D-Ribose is a five-carbon sugar used for the commercial synthesis of riboflavin, antiviral agents, and flavor enhancers. Batch fermentations with transketolase-deficient B. subtilis JY1 were carried out to optimize the production of D-ribose from xylose. The best results for the fermentation were obtained with a temperature of $37^{\circ}C$ and an initial pH of 7.0. Among various sugars and sugar alcohols tested, glucose and sucrose were found to be the most effective for both cell growth and D-ribose production. The addition of 15 g/l xylose and 15 g/l glucose improved the fermentation performance, presumably due to the adequate supply of ATP in the xylose metabolism from D-xylulose to D-xylulose-5-phosphate. A batch culture in a 3.7-1 jar fermentor with 14.9 g/l xylose and 13.1 g/l glucose resulted in 10.1 g/l D-ribose concentration with a yield of 0.62 g D-ribose/g sugar consumed, and 0.25 g/l-h of productivity. Furthermore, the sugar utilization profile, indicating the simultaneous consumption of xylose and glucose, and respiratory parameters for the glucose and sucrose media suggested that the transketolase-deficient B. subtilis JY1 lost the glucose-specific enzyme II of the phosphoenolpyruvate transferase system.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.451-455
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• 2005

In this study, whole cells and a crude enzyme of Candida peltata were applied to an electrochemical bioreactor, in order to induce an increment of the reduction of xylose to xylitol. Neutral red was utilized as an electron mediator in the whole cell reactor, and a graphite-Mn(IV) electrode was used as a catalyst in the enzyme reactor in order to induce the electrochemical reduction of $NAD^+$ to NADH. The efficiency with which xylose was converted to xylitol in the electrochemical bioreactor was five times higher than that in the conventional bioreactor, when whole cells were employed as a biocatalyst. Meanwhile, the xylose to xylitol reduction efficiency in the enzyme reactor using the graphite-Mn (IV) electrode and $NAD^+$ was twice as high as that observed in the conventional bioreactor which utilized NADH as a reducing power. In order to use the graphite-Mn(IV) electrode as a catalyst for the reduction of $NAD^+$ to NADH, a bioelectrocatalyst was engineered, namely, oxidoreductase (e.g. xylose reductase). $NAD^+$ can function in this biotransformation procedure without any electron mediator or a second oxidoreductase for $NAD^+/NADH$ recycling

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.173-180
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• 1980

Streptomyces sp. strain K-17의 포도당 이성화효소의 강력한 분비를 위해서는 inducer로서 D-xylose를 필요로 하고 있다. 그런데 D-xylose를 가하지 않고 1.0% glucose를 가한 배지에서 배양한 이성화효소 역가가 낮은 균체를 모아서 이것을 다시 0.05M인 산 완충액 (PH7.0)에 현탁시켜 0.5 % xylose를 가하여 호기적으로 해주었을 때 효소의 induction pattern을 조사한 결과 효소활성이 10시간까지는 처리 시간에 따라 직선상으로 증가하고 이에 비례해서 D-xylose의 양이 감소했으나 cell mass에 있어서는 거의 변동이 없었다. 이때 효소단백의 합성이 일어나고 있지만, 전 RNA함량에 있어서는 오히려 감소하였다. 이와 같이 질소원을 가하지 않는 non-growth phase에서도 효소단백의 합성이 일어나는 것은 세포내에 축적되어 있는 단백질의 turn-over에 의한다는 것을 starvation 실험에서 알 수 있었다. D-xylose 이외에 D-ribose, L-arabinose, D-glucose, D-mannose, citrate, succinate 및 tartrate는 inducer로서의 효과가 없었다. 효소의 induction시, D-glucose를 가했을 경우catabolite repression 이 일어났으며 succinate 나 citrate 에 의해서도 강하게 효소생성이 억제되었다. 이와 같은 현상은 growth phase에서도 마찬가지 결과를 나타내었다. Induction시, $Ba^{2+}$, $Mg^{2+}$ 및 $Co^{2+}$가 효소생성을 발전시켰으며, C $u^{2+}$, C$d^{2+}$, A $g^{+}$ 및 H $g^{2+}$ 와 같은 중금속이 효소생성을 저해하였고, mitomycin C 몇 penicillin G는 효소생성에 영향을 주지 못하였으나, actinomycin D, streptomycin, chlora-mphenicol 및 tetra cycline등에 의해 강하게 저해되었다. 또 p-CMB 및 uncoupler 인 arsenate와 2.4-DNP에 의해서도 효소생성이 저해되었다.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.533-539
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• 2011

Metabolic alterations including postprandial hyperglycemia have been implicated in the development of obesity-related diseases. Xylose is a sucrase inhibitor suggested to suppress the postprandial glucose surge. The objectives of this study were to assess the inhibitory effects of two different concentrations of xylose on postprandial glucose and insulin responses and to evaluate its efficacy in the presence of other macronutrients. Randomized double-blind cross-over studies were conducted to examine the effect of D-xylose on postprandial glucose and insulin response following the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). In study 1, the overnight-fasted study subjects (n = 49) consumed a test sucrose solution (50 g sucrose in 130 ml water) containing 0, 5, or 7.5 g D-xylose powder. In study 2, the overnight-fasted study subjects (n = 50) consumed a test meal (50 g sucrose in a 60 g muffin and 200 ml sucrose-containing solution). The control meal provided 64.5 g of carbohydrates, 4.5 g of fat, and 10 g of protein. The xylose meal was identical to the control meal except 5 g of xylose was added to the muffin mix. In study 1, the 5 g xylose-containing solutions exhibited significantly lower area under the glucose curve (AUCg) and area under the insulin curve (AUCi) values for 0-15 min (P < 0.0001, P < 0.0001), 0-30 min (P < 0.0001, P < 0.0001), 0-45 min (P < 0.0001, P < 0.0001), 0-60 min (P < 0.0001, P < 0.0001), 0-90 min (P < 0.0001, P < 0.0001) and 0-120 min (P = 0.0071, P = 0.0016). In study 2, the test meal exhibited significantly lower AUCg and AUCi values for 0-15 min (P < 0.0001, P < 0.0001), 0-30 min (P < 0.0001, P < 0.0001), 0-45 min (P < 0.0001, P = 0.0005), 0-60 min (P = 0.0002, P = 0.0025), and 0-90 min (P = 0.0396, P = 0.0246). In conclusion, xylose showed an acute suppressive effect on the postprandial glucose and insulin surges.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.397-402
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• 1985

C. thermosaccharolyticum을 이용하여 xylose, glucose, cellobiose등을 각각 단일기질 및 혼합기질로 배양한 결과는 다음과 같다. 기질의 종류에 관계없이 에탄올의 생산양상은 Leudeking-Piret모델에 따랐으며 q$_{p}$=$\alpha$ $\mu$＋$\beta$의 식으로 나타낼 수 있었다. 단일당에서의 배양결과 glucose, xylose, cellobiose 각 당에서의 비증식속도는 0.363 h$^{-1}$, 0.242 h$^{-1}$, 0.144 h$^{-1}$로 균의 증식은 glucose를 기질로 사용하였을 때가 가장 좋았다. 에탄올 생산성은 xylose에서 가장 좋았으며, 각 당에서의 에탄올수율은 0.38g ethanol/g xylose, 0.34 g ethanol/g cellobiose, 0.242g ethano1/g glucose 이었다. glucose에서의 배양결과, 배양 12시간이후 균의 자기소화현상이 현저히 일어났으며, 다른 당에서와는 달리 에탄올 생산양상은 $\alpha$값이 음수를 나타내므로써, 균의 생육이 증가하면 오히려 에탄을 비생산속도는 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 서로 다른 당을 혼합하여 기질로 사용할 경우, 각 당의 이용특성은 이들을 단독기질로 배양하였을 때의 소비양상과 유사하여 각 당은 서로 영향을 미치지 않고, 독립적으로 자화되는 것으로 생각된다. 혼합당에서의 기질소비는 glucose, xylose, cellobiose순으로 소비되었으며, 또한 에탄을 생산성은 glucose가 첨가된 경우 glucose 농도가 낮고(5g/l), glucose를 기질로 하여 균이 왕성하게 증식한 상태에서 xylose나 cellobiose를 이용하므로써 glucose만을 단독기질로 배양한 결과보다 좋았다.