• Korean Journal of Microbiology
• /
• 제29권5호
• /
• pp.267-269
• /
• 1991

The hyphal tip laccase of Coprinus congregatus which is a membrane-associated enzyme and shows diffdrdnt banding patterns of PAGE analysis when compared with the enzyme of liquid culture (Choi et al. 1987) has been successfully secreted to culture medium in liquid shake culture by lowering the pH of medium to 4.0. When the fungus is cultivated in YpSs(pH 4.0) liquid, only the hyphal tip laccase is found in the medium after 6 hr incubation and there is no liquid-type enzyme when examined by PAGE analysis.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
• /
• 제16권12호
• /
• pp.1856-1861
• /
• 2006

A Bacillus sp. A-6 strain that produced xylanase was isolated from rice bran. The optimal temperature and pH for xylanase activity of the culture supernatant of Bacillus sp. A-6 were 40$^{\circ}C$ and pH 7, respectively. The optimal temperature and pH for xylanase production in the xylan medium were 30$^{\circ}C$ and pH 9, respectively. The optimal concentrations of oat spelt xylan and peptone for xylanase production were 0.5% and 1.5%, respectively. The best nitrogen sources for xylanase production was beef extract, but xylanase production was also supported comparably by tryptone and peptone. The bacterial growth in the optimal xylan medium reached stationary growth phase after 12 h of incubation. The xylanase production in the culture supernatant increased dramatically during the initial 12 h exponential growth phase and then remained constant at 23.8-24.5 unit/ml during the stationary growth phase. The pH of the culture medium decreased from 8.8 to 6.7 during the exponential growth phase and subsequently increased to 8.1 during the stationary growth phase. Rice bran, sorghum bran, and wheat bran as well as oat spelt xylan induced xylanase production. The xylanase production was repressed when glucose was added to the xylan-containing medium.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
• /
• 제24권2호
• /
• pp.156-169
• /
• 1997

This experiment was carried out to exame the effects of sweeteners, sucrose(2.0~10.0%), aspartame(0.01~0.05%) and oligosaccharide(3.6~11.6%) on the fermentation of yoghurts by single or mixed culture (Lact. bulgaricus and Str. thermophilus). The acidity, pH and number of lactic acid bacteria in yoghurts added different level of sweeteners were examined by the fermentation time. The results were summarized as follows; 1. The acidity increased and the pH decreased more rapidly by 4.0% sucrose and 5.6% oligosaccharide. By the addition of 8.0% sucrose and 9.6% oligosaccharide the acidity and pH of yoghurts were changed less significantly. 2. The number of Lact. bulgaricus and Str. thermophilus increased more rapidly by 4.0% sucrose and 5.6% oligosaccharide and increased slowly above those levels. 3. Aspartame as a sweeteners did not affect on the acidity, pH and number of lactic acid bacteria in yoghurts. 4. The number of lactic acid bacteria, acidity and pH in yoghurts added sucrose and oligosaccharide were affected more by single culture than by mixed culture.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
• /
• 제25권3호
• /
• pp.277-285
• /
• 1997

Kluyveromyces marxianus var. marxianus isolated as an inulin-assimilating microorganism produces inulin fructotransferase (inulaseII) which catalyses the conversion of inulin into di-D-fructofuranose 1, 2' : 2, 3' dianhydrde (DFAIII). The DFA produced by the organism was isolated by using active carbon column, and identified as DFAIII by high performance liguid chromatography. The culture medium giving maximum inulaseII production was found to consist of 1% sucrose and 0.75% yeast nitrogen base (YNB). The inulasell production was induced by inulin or sucrose as a carbon source and increased by addition of YNB as a nitrogen source. Optimal initial pH of the culture medium, culture temperature and medium volume for the enzyme production were pH 4.7, 30$\circ$C and 140 ml, respectively. Under the optimal conditions described above, the enzyme activity in the culture supematant reached 4.2 units/ml after cultivation for 36 h. The DFAIII was accumulated at 13.25 mg/ml after 48 h of culture in the Jerusalem artichoke tuber medium.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
• /
• 제32권3호
• /
• pp.243-248
• /
• 2004

Production of (R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid (R3HB) by fed-batch culture and continuous culture of metabolically engineered Escherichia coli harboring Ralstonia eutropha PHB biosynthesis and depolymerase genes was examined in a 30 1 pilot-scale fermentor. A new stable two-plasmid system, pBRRed containing the R. eutropha PHB depolymerase gene and pMCS 105 containing the R. eutropha PHB biosynthesis genes, was developed. Among a variety of E. coli strains harboring plasmids, recombinant E. coli XL-10 Gold (pBRRed, pMCS105) was able to produce R3HB with the highest efficiency in a batch culture. By the fed-batch culture of recombinant E. coli XL-10 Gold(pBRRed, pMCS 105) in a 30 1 fer-mentor, the final R3HB concentration was 22.4 g/l giving a productivity of 0.97 g/l-h. To produce R3HB to a high concentration with high productivity, a new strategy of fed-batch culture followed by a continuous culture was investigated. The maximum productivity and R3HB concentration were 5.06 g/l-h and 25.3 g/l, respectively. These results show that economical production of R3HB is possible by recombinant E. coli in large scale.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
• /
• 제29권2호
• /
• pp.343-347
• /
• 1997

Effect of culture conditions on the fermentation of wheat flour solution by mixed lactic acid bacteria of Lactobacillus brevis, L. fermentum and L. plantarum was investigated. The optimum temperature for the fermentation of wheat flour solution was $35^{\circ}C$ because pH decreased the lowest value and TTA (total titrable acidity) increased the highest value at this temperature. In aerobic condition, fermentor was purged with air at 1.0 vvm and was purged with nitrogen gas at 1.0 vvm in anaerobic condition. The decrease of pH and the increase of TTA in aerobic condition were higher than those in anaerobic condition. In aerobic condition, the optimum condition of oxygen supply was found to be oxygen transfer rate coefficient of $60\;hr^{-1}$ which corresponded to agitation speed of 250 rpm in a 5 L fermentor. Repeated fed-batch cultures were performed using pH-stat in order to increase the productivity of fermented wheat flour. With increasing the repeated fraction of culture volume, mean cycle time increased but maximum operation time decreased. However, the volume of produced broth per culture volume per time and total volume of produced broth per culture volume were maximum at the repeated fraction of culture volume of 20%. In a repeated fed-batch fermentation of wheat flour solution using mixed lactic acid bacteria, the culture condition was optimum at temerature of $35^{\circ}C$, aeration rate of 1.0 vvm, oxygen transfer rate coefficient of $60\;hr^{-1}$, and repeated fraction of culture volume of 20%.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
• /
• 제6권1호
• /
• pp.1-8
• /
• 1978

In order to develop the processes for the production of fermented feed from cellulosic agricultural by-product, cereal straw, by th action of cellulolytic fungus, the properties of the cellulolytic enzyme produced by Trichoderma sp. KI 7-2 was studied. A higher enzyme activity was obtained in the culture added by 1％ rice or barley straw powder than in the culture of pure cellulose. The crude enzyme was prepared by precipitating from 20∼60％ saturated ammonium sulphate of the culture supernatant. The optimum conditions for the enzyme reaction were temperature of of 50$^{\circ}C$ and pH 4.2. The crude enzyme was static at 50$^{\circ}C$ for two hours and at pH between 4 and 6. These properties were adopted for the fermented feed production, and several production. Thus, several processes of semisolid culture were devicced to up grade tile fermented feed and to develop into the acceptable quality.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
• /
• 제33권3호
• /
• pp.175-180
• /
• 1997

In an artificial pH-gradient hatch culture system, the author analyzed the effects of acidification on the species composition of heterotrophic bacteria. As the result of this study, it was found that the numbers of total bacteria were not affected by acidification and that the population size of heterotrophic bacteria decreased as pH became lower. The heterotrophic bacteria isolated from all of the pH gradient were 12 genera and 22 species. and among them, gram negative and gram positive bacteria were 64% and 36%, respectivcly. As pH decreased, the distribution rate of gram negative bacteria increased while that of gram positive bacteria decreased. Regarding to distrihution rate of genuses in each pH gradient, 13 genuses appeared at pH 7 while only 5 genuses appeared at pH 3. which means that the diversity of genera decrease as pH decreased. As a result of cluster analysis, diversity indices 01 species had ranges from 1.13 to 2.37, and decreased as pH decreased. In order to evaluate the diversity of different size samples, we analyzed the expected number of species appearance according to pH by rarefaction method. The statistical significance of species diversity was verified by the fact that the number decreased at lower pH.

• Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
• /
• 제8권3호
• /
• pp.139-148
• /
• 2008

A fluorine solution was used to measure the growth of S.mutans and the pH changes were also measured in order to find an effective and preventative dentistry lab within a limited time for the dental hygiene department curriculum and the following results were obtained. 1. In the growth comparison of S.mutans, the culture medium of the experiment group with fluorine weighed 0.3g and the culture medium with no fluorine weighed 0.5g, which shows that the growth rate of S.mutans is significantly decreased in the culture medium with the fluorine. 2. The pH7.8 of the culture medium was not nearly changed; it became 7.0 after culturing with fluoride, however the pH was significantly decreased to 3 in the culture medium that had no fluorine. 3. Since it has been proven that the fluorine can control the growth of germs, it is believed that the effect of fluorine as a cavity preventative should be emphasized to students and in addition, it will help students transmit the effect of fluoride to their patients since this knowledge has been acquired through practice. 4. It is considered that this is a simple test protocol providing effective results in the microorganism and preventive dentistry lab within a limited time and furthermore, it will furnish the students of dental hygiene with comprehensive accessibility to dental hygiene curriculum.

• KSBB Journal
• /
• 제8권4호
• /
• pp.382-389
• /
• 1993

In order to elucidate the effect of acetate ion on the growth of Escherichia coli, flask and fermentor cultures were performed using M9 and LB media. Acetic acid was secreted at a higher rate under the conditions of high glucose concentration as well as of richer medium, i. e., LB broth. The pH in flask culture could not be controlled as i fermentor and pH decreased with the formation of acetic acid. The inhibition effect of acetic acid was pronounced at a lower pH, and the effective inhibitory concentrations of acetic acid were 2.0g/l for LB flask culture, 4.0g/l for M9 flask culture, and 8.0g/l for M9 fermentor culture. Dialysis flask culture was designed to slowly provide E coli cells with glucose. Solid LB agar was layered under LB liquid medium with the variation of agar concentration and solid volume, The increase in the solid portion in the total volume(agar＋liquid) resulted in the increase of the final cell concentration. This can be ascribed to the fact that the larger solid phase behaves like a larger reservoir for glucose and controls the growth of E. coli with a controlled rate.