• KSBB Journal
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.35-41
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• 2000

We tried to prepare encapsulated whole cell cyclodextrin glucanotransferase(CGTase) in order to produce glycosyl-xylitol using xylitol as glucosyl acceptor. The organic nitrogen source was more effective for the production of CGTase from Bacillus macerans IFO 3490 than the inorganic one. Most of the CGTase which had been produced during cultivation was excreted to the growth medium. B. macerans cells inocculated in the capsule failed to grow to the high cell density. Adsorbents such as activated charcoal, Sephadex and Amberite resins could not adsorb efficiently the CGTase from the broth solution. We obtained successfully the encapsulated whole cell CGTase by immobilizing the concentrated broth solution in the calcium alginate capsules. The encapsulated whole cell CGTase carried out the transglycosylation reaction which converts xylitol into glucosyl-xylitol using dextrin as glucosyl donor.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.67-71
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• 2001

Most of the Cyclodextrin glucanotransferase (Gtases) which have been produced from B. subtilis were found to be excreted from the cells during cultivation. Immobilized whole cell CGTase from B. subtilis was prepared by encapsulating the broth solution which had been concentrated ten times with a rotary vacuum evaporator. Cyclization activity of CGTase was reduced by about 10% during the concentrating process, however, its transglycosylation activity, to convert xylitol to glucosyl-xylitol, using dextrin as glucosyl donor, increased by a factor of 3 or 5.