• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제26권10호
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• pp.805-808
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• 2003

Preliminary microbial metabolism studies of bisphenol A (BPA) (1) on twenty six microorganisms have shown that Aspergillus fumigatus is capable of metabolizing BPA. Scale-up fermentation of 1 with A. fumigatus gave a metabolite (2) and its structure was established as bisphenol $A-O-{\beta}-D-glucopyranoside$ (BPAG) based on spectroscopic analyses.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.204-211
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• 2011

To yield high concentrations of protein expressed by genetically modified Escherichia coli, it is important that the bacterial strains are cultivated to high cell density in industrial bioprocesses. Since the expressed target protein is mostly accumulated inside the E. coli cells, the cellular product formation can be directly correlated to the bacterial biomass concentration. The typical way to determine this concentration is to sample offline. Such manual sampling, however, wastes time and is not efficient for acquiring direct feedback to control a fedbatch fermentation. An E. coli K12-derived strain was cultivated to high cell density in a pressurized stirred bioreactor on a pilot scale, by detecting biomass concentration online using a capacitance probe. This E. coli strain was grown in pure minimal medium using two carbon sources (glucose and glycerol). By applying exponential feeding profiles corresponding to a constant specific growth rate, the E. coli culture grew under carbon-limited conditions to minimize overflow metabolites. A high linearity was found between capacitance and biomass concentration, whereby up to 85 g/L dry cell weight was measured. To validate the viability of the culture, the oxygen transfer rate (OTR) was determined online, yielding maximum values of 0.69 mol/l/h and 0.98mol/l/h by using glucose and glycerol as carbon sources, respectively. Consequently, online monitoring of biomass using a capacitance probe provides direct and fast information about the viable E. coli biomass generated under aerobic fermentation conditions at elevated headspace pressures.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.711-717
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• 2008

To speed up the conversion of rice straw into feeds in a low-temperature region, a start culture used for ensiling rice straw at low temperature was selected by continuous enrichment cultivation. During the selection, the microbial source for enrichment was rice straw and soil from two places in Northeast China. Lab-scale rice straw fermentation at $10^{\circ}C$ verified, compared with the commercial inoculant, that the selected start culture lowered the pH of the fermented rice straw more rapidly and produced more lactic acid. The results from denatured gradient gel eletrophoresis showed that the selected start culture could colonize into the rice straw fermentation system. To analyze the composition of the culture, a 16S rRNA gene clone library was constructed. Sequencing results showed that the culture mainly consisted of two bacterial species. One (A) belonged to Lactobacillus and another (B) belonged to Leuconostoc. To make clear the roles of composition microbes in the fermented system, quantitative PCR was used. For species A, the DNA mass increased continuously until sixteen days of the fermentation, which occupied 65%. For species B, the DNA mass amounted to 5.5% at six days of the fermentation, which was the maximum relative value during the fermentation. To the authors' best knowledge, this is the first report on ensiling rice straw with a selected starter at low temperature and investigation of the fermented characteristics.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.451-455
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• 2006

본 실험실에서는 음식폐기물을 효율적으로 소화처리하기위해 Pilot 규모 (10톤)의 3단계 메탄 발효 공정을 개발하여 운전하고 있다. 3단계 메탄발효시스템은 반혐기성 가수분해조, 혐기성 산발효조, 혐기성 메탄발효조로 구성되어 있으며, 이 가운데 두 번째 공정인 혐기성 산발효조로부터 알코올발효능이 우수한 균주 KA4를 분리하였다. 세포의 형태는 타원형 모양이며, 크기는 $5.5-6.5{\times}3.5-4.5\;{\mu}m$ 이었고, 26S rDNA D1/D2 rDNA sequence를 분석한 결과를 바탕으로 Saccharomyces cerevisiae KA4로 명명하였다. 이 균주를 YM 배지에서 배양하였을 경우 $30-35^{\circ}C$에서 최대 생장을 보였으며, 배지내의 초기 에탄올 농도가 5% (v/v)까지는 생장에 영향을 받지 않았으나 그 이상에서는 생장에 저해를 받았고 7% 이상에서는 생장하지 못하였다. 한편 초기 50% (w/v)까지의 당 농도에서는 생장이 가능하였으나 잔류 당 농도를 고려할 때 에탄올 발효를 위한 최적 당 농도는 10%이었다. 이 농도의 당을 이용하여 초기 pH4에서 10까지의 넓은 범위에서 에탄올 발효가 가능하였으며 최적 pH는 6이었다 이 때 에탄올 생산량은 7.4%이었으며, 에탄올 생산수율은 2.87 mol EtOH/mol glucose이었다.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.108-118
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• 2015

꾸지뽕 열매의 부가가치를 증대하기 위해 꾸지뽕 발효식초를 제조하고 그의 발효조건을 확립하였다. 전통발효식품으로부터 초산내성, 초산 고생산능, ethanol 내성 및 아황산 내성이 우수한 49종의 초산 균주를 분리하였고, 16S rRNA 유전자 염기서열의 해독 결과, Acetobacter indonesiensis, A. cerevisiae, A. orientalis, A. tropicalis, A. fabarum, A. pasteurianus 및 A. syzygii으로 동정되었다. 이들 중 GRAS 균주인 A. pasteurianus SCMA5와 SCMA6를 발효 균주로 최종 선정하였다. 최적 발효는 꾸지뽕 열매 함량이 40%(v/v)인 즙액과 5%(v/v) ethanol을 첨가하여 $25^{\circ}C$에서 72시간 발효가 가장 적절하였다. 관능평가 결과, SCMA06 균주를 적용한 발효액의 선호도가 SCMA05 균주를 적용한 발효액보다 높았다. SCMA06 균주를 사용한 발효식초에서 항산화 능력을 측정하는 DPPH 라디컬 소거활성의 경우 대조구에 비해 $53.02{\pm}0.78%$이상 높게 나타났고, 항당뇨 능력을 측정하는 AGI활성은 발효 72시간에 $91.40{\pm}2.43%$ 저해능을 보여 시판중인 acarbose보다 활성이 높았다. 이번 연구는 꾸지뽕 열매를 활용한 발효식초 제조를 위한 산업화 연구에 기여할 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.1264-1269
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• 2011

Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is a vital cytokine secreted by activated T lymphocytes, and plays an important role in the regulation of cellular functions and immunity of animals. In this study, the recombinant duck IL-2 (rduIL-2) was secretory expressed in Pichia pastoris (P. pastoris). The recombinant P. pastoris strain was cultured in shake flasks and then scaled up in a 5.0-l bioreactor. The result showed that the maximal fresh-cell-weight of 594.1 g/l and the maximal $OD_{600}$ of 408 were achieved in the bioreactor. The rduIL-2 was purified by two steps of purification procedures, and approximately 311 mg of rduIL-2/L fermentation supernatant was obtained. SDS-PAGE showed that the purified rduIL-2 constituted a homogeneous band of ~16 kDa or ~14 kDa corresponding to the glycosylated or non-glycosylated duIL-2 protein in size, respectively. The bioactivity of rduIL-2 was determined by lymphocyte proliferation assay. The result indicated that the rduIL-2 greatly promoted the proliferation of ConA-stimulated lymphocytes in vitro. The P. pastoris expression system described here could provide promising, inexpensive, and large-scale production of the rduIL-2, which lays the foundation for development of novel immunoadjuvants to enhance both the immunity of ducks against various infectious pathogens and vaccine efficacy.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.293-297
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• 2018

Controlling the residual glucose concentration is important for improving productivity in $\text\tiny{L}$-threonine fermentation. In this study, we developed a procedure to automatically control the feeding quantity of glucose solution as a function of ammonia-water consumption rate. The feeding ratio ($R_{C/N}$) of glucose and ammonia water was predetermined via a stoichiometric approach, on the basis of glucose-ammonia water consumption rates. In a 5-L fermenter, 102 g/l $\text\tiny{L}$-threonine was obtained using our glucose-ammonia water combined feeding strategy, which was then successfully applied in a 500-L fermenter (89 g/l). Therefore, we conclude that an automatic combination feeding strategy is suitable for improving $\text\tiny{L}$-threonine production.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.297-301
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• 1995

An anthracycline antibiotic, aclacinomycin A (aclarubicin), was produced from a mutant strain of Streptomyces lavendofoliae. The mutant strain which showed a 4-fold higher productivity of aclacinomycin A compared with the parent strain was also found to produce a significantly higher amount of aclacinomycin A than the reported production strain, Streptomyces galilaeus. The aclacinomycin A was produced up to 125 mg/l using potato starch and soybean meal as carbon and nitrogen sources, respectively, on a 3 liter scale fermentation in a 5 liter jar fermentor. The mutant strain also produced significant amount of aclacinomycins Band Y. Aclacinomycin A was isolated from the culture broth by solvent extractions and further purified by silica gel column chromatography. The yield of aclacinomycin A with over 99$%$ purity was found to be over 60$%$ starting from 3 liters of culture broth.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.484-488
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 식품부산물을 원료로 사용하여 회분식 발효를 통한 Propionibacterium acidipropionici의 유기산 생산성을 검토하고 세포재순환식 연속발효를 통해 유기산의 대량생산을 위한 기초자료를 마련하고자 하였다. CSL의 함유량에 따른 회분식 발효를 실시하여 균주의 생산성이 최대가 되는 발효조건을 구하여 연속 발효공정에 적용하였다. 희석률을 $0.1{\sim}0.2\;hr^{-1}$로 변화시키며 세포재순환식 연속발효를 실시한 결과 $0.2\;hr^{-1}$에서 최대 세포량은 150 g drycell/L으로 회분식 발효에 비해 21배 증가하였으며, 유기산의 최대 생산성은 3.32 g total acids/L/h로서 13배가 향상된 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 이 발효공정을 scale-up한다면 유기산뿐만 아니라 바이오매스 자원으로서 세포량의 대량생산도 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.1494-1500
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• 2012

Fermentation with filamentous fungi in a bioreactor is a complex dynamic process that is affected by flow conditions and the evolution of the rheological properties of the medium. These properties are mainly affected by the biomass concentration and the morphology of the fungus. In this work, the rheological properties of a fermentation with the fungus Beauveria bassiana under different hydrodynamic conditions were studied and the rheological behavior of this broth was simulated through a mixture of carboxymethyl cellulose sodium and cellulose fibers (CMCNa-SF). The bioreactor was a 10 L CSTR tank operated at different stir velocities. Rheological results were similar at 100 and 300 rpm for both systems. However, there was a significant increase in the viscosity accompanied by a change in the consistence index, calculated according to the power law model, for both systems at 800 rpm. The systems exhibited shear-thinning behavior at all stir velocities, which was determined with the power law model. The mixing time was observed to increase as the cellulose content in the system increased and, consequently, the efficiency of mixing diminished. These results are thought to be due to the rheological and morphological similarities of the two fungal systems. These results will help in the optimization of scale-up production of these fungi.