Effects of rheological change by addition of carboxymethylcellulose in culture media of an air-lift fermentor on poly-D-3-hydroxybutyric acid productivity in autotrophic culture of hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium, Alcaligenes eutrophus
✍ Scribed by Naohiko Taga; Kenji Tanaka; Ayaaki Ishizaki
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 169 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-3592
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✦ Synopsis
The effects of rheological change by addition of sodium carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) to culture medium in an air-lift-type fermentor on autotrophic production of poly-(D-3-hydroxybutyric acid) [P(3HB)] by twostage culture of Alcaligenes eutrophus is investigated. Addition of 0.05% CMC increased P(3HB) production rate during the P(3HB) accumulation phase to twice that of the control culture. It was thought that addition of a small amount of CMC was beneficial for production of P(3HB) employing the air-lift fermentor under safe autotrophic culture conditions in wich oxygen concentration was maintained below 6.9% (v/v). the volumetric mass transfer coefficient (K L a) observed in the presence of CMC is shown to correlated with the P(3HB) production rate obtained.