Production of extracellular bifidogenic growth stimulator (BGS) from Propionibacterium shermanii using a bioreactor system with a microfiltration module and an on-line controller for lactic acid concentration

Production of a bifidogenic growth stimulator (BGS) by Propionibacterium freudenreichii subsp. shermanii (Propionibacterium shermanii) using lactic acid as a carbon source was investigated using different cultivation methods. When a continuous bioreactor system with a filtration device was used at a dilution rate of 0.075 h(-1), the average BGS concentration was 2.4 mg/l, which corresponds to a BGS productivity per cultivation time of 1.8 x 10(-1) mg x l(-1) x h(-1). The BGS productivity per cultivation time in continuous cultivation with filtration was 1.9-fold that (9.4 x 10(-2) mg x l(-1).h(-1)) in a conventional batch cultivation. In fed-batch cultivation with feed-back control using an on-line lactic acid controller with a lactic acid biosensor, it was possible to prevent substrate inhibition by maintaining the lactic acid concentration in culture broth low at 3.3 g/l, and an enhanced BGS production (31 mg/l) was successfully attained. The BGS productivity per cultivation time (2.1x10(-1) mg x l(-1) x h(-1)) in the fed-batch cultivation with feed-back control was 2.2-fold that in the conventional batch cultivation. A new bioreactor system was developed by coupling a continuous bioreactor system with a filtration device to an on-line lactic acid controller. Using the new bioreactor system, we produced BGS continuously at a high level of 47 mg/l. The BGS productivities per cultivation time (3.5 mg.l(-1) x h(-1)) and the total volume of medium used (1.7 x 10(-1) mg x l(-1) x h(-1)) obtained in the new bioreactor system were 37-fold and 2.1-fold those in the conventional batch cultivation, respectively. These results described above clearly demonstrate the positive effects of both the continuous filtration for removal of metabolites (propionic and acetic acids) inhibitory to cell growth and feed-back control of lactic acid concentration in the culture broth on BGS production by P. shermanii. This paper is the first report on BGS production by the propionic acid bacterium using lactic acid as a carbon source.     

代谢工程改造大肠杆菌合成反式-4-羟基-L-脯氨酸

通过比对筛选,从Micromonospora sp.CNB394中获得高活性的L-脯氨酸-4-羟基化酶,随后利用规律成簇的间隔短回文重复-associated protein 9基因编辑方法,通过强化L-脯氨酸合成途径和引入高活性的L-脯氨酸-4-羟基化酶,构建1株以葡萄糖为碳源合成反式-4-羟基-L-脯氨酸的大肠杆菌基因工程菌HYP15。摇瓶发酵30 h,工程菌的反式-4-羟基-L-脯氨酸产量达到13.6 g/L。5 L发酵罐分批补料发酵40 h,反式-4-羟基-L-脯氨酸产量达到48.6 g/L,糖酸转化率和平均生产强度分别达到21.6%和1.22 g/(L h),具有良好的工业应用前景。     

Production of podophyllotoxin by plant cell cultures of Podophyllum hexandrum in bioreactor

Submerged cultivation of Podophyllum hexandrum for the production of podophyllotoxin was carried out in a 3l stirred tank bioreactor fitted with a low-shear Setric impeller. The specific requirements of the medium, such as carbon source (sugar) and light, were established for the growth of and podophyllotoxin production by P. hexandrum in suspension cultures. Substitution of sucrose by glucose resulted in higher growth and podophyllotoxin production. The biosynthesis of podophyllotoxin was favored when plant cells were cultivated in the dark. An agitation speed of 100 rpm was sufficient to mix the culture broth in the bioreactor without causing any significant cell damage. Biomass and podophyllotoxin accumulation in 3 l bioreactor under batch growth conditions were 6.5 g/l and 4.26 mg/l, respectively, in 22 d. This resulted in an overall podophyllotoxin productivity of 0.19 mg/(l.d), which represented an increase of 27% in comparison to its productivity in a shake flask. Podophyllotoxin production was found to be a combined growth-associated and non-growth associated process.     

Acetate-glycerol cometabolism: cultivating Schizosaccharomyces pombe on a non-fermentable carbon source in a defined minimal medium

The growth of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe on glucose and glycerol was monitored on-line in shake flasks and microtiter plates. The Edinburgh Minimal Medium 2 was improved by doubling its concentrations, improving its buffer and increasing its sulphur and iron concentrations additionally. By growing S. pombe on mixed carbon sources, it was shown that glycerol and glucose complement one another. Several tests were performed to establish the cultivation of S. pombe with non-fermentable glycerol as the main carbon source in minimal medium. Interestingly, a synergistic effect of glycerol and acetate was discovered which can significantly improve the growth of the fission yeast on glycerol. S. pombe showed optimal respiration activity, growth, and product formation by co-utilizing 20g/L glycerol and 2.5g/L sodium acetate.     

Effect of pre-fermentation on the production of cutinase by a recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The importance of controlling the expression of heterologous cutinase in a recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae SU50 strain was investigated. Maximum specific growth rate and the biomass yield increased 1.91 and 1.16 fold, respectively, when cutinase production was induced by galactose in a pre-fermentation step. However, only 19% of specific cell activity was obtained in comparison to other fermentations following a pre-fermentation step without induction of cutinase expression. Thus, the pre-fermentation step was performed using a selective medium not containing galactose, and the fermentation was performed with a cheaper and complex non-selective medium containing galactose. Under these conditions, and with the aim of maximising the specific cutinase activity, a pre-fermentation with low volume and high density of viable cells must be used. However, due to the low pre-fermentation volume, low yeast cell concentrations and low specific cell activities were obtained after 96 h of fermentation. Otherwise, when the aim was to maximise cutinase yield and productivity, a pre-fermentation volume of 10% (v/v) in relation to fermentation and in the exponential growth phase with a cell concentration between 1.1 and 1.8 g dcw/l should be used. A higher pre-fermentation volume, such as 20% (v/v), would still be economical in the case of a pre-fermentation with low cell density or low cell viability.     

Effect of Medium Composition on Glucoamylase Production During Batch Fermentation of Recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Plasmid stability of the recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae C468/pGAC9 (ATCC 20690) strain harboring a pGAC9 plasmid with glucoamylase genes has been investigated in shake flasks and in a bioreactor system using various compositions of media containing glucose or starch as the main carbon and energy source. The medium composition affected both the growth characteristics of S. cerevisiae and stability of the plasmid. Superior plasmid stability was obtained in yeast minimal medium and in complex medium with 0.5 to 2% D‐glucose. Plasmid stability of 92% was obtained in complex medium with 2% D‐glucose yielding 48 units of glucoamylase/g of cells compared to 54% plasmid stability achieved with 2% soluble starch, which yielded 23 units of glucoamylase/g of cells. The plasmid stability increased at high growth rates and decreased with increasing starch concentration in the complex media as compared to glucose medium. The kinetic characteristics of biomass and glucoamylase production were investigated, and a growth kinetic model was used to interpret the experimental results.     

放线菌327#的摇瓶补料分批发酵研究

为提高放线菌327#发酵生产拮抗物质的产量,在摇瓶中采用补料分批发酵方式,考察了发酵过程中补加碳源和氮源对菌体生产拮抗物质的影响.试验结果表明:在发酵36h补加0.5％大豆粉,48h补加1.5％葡萄糖,60h补加0.5％葡萄糖的补料方式获得了最佳的补料分批发酵结果,拮抗物质产量最高,其产生的抑菌圈平均直径达(25.2±0.4) mm,比对照(22.3+0.4) mm有显著的增加.     

Effects of pH and dissolved oxygen on cellulose production by Acetobacter xylinum BRC5 in agitated culture

Acetobacter xylinum BRC5 was cultivated in a jar fermentor using glucose as the sole carbon source. Strain BRC5 oxidized almost all of the glucose to gluconic acid; thereafter, it biosynthesized cellulose by utilizing gluconic acid accumulated in the broth. The optimal pH for metabolizing glucose to gluconic acid was 4.0, while a pH of 5.5 was preferred for cell growth and cellulose production from the accumulated gluconic acid in the medium. Shifting the pH from 4.0 to 5.5 during the cellulose production phase in batch cultures improved cellulose production and reduced the total fermentation time, compared to batch cultures at constant pH. In constant fed-batch culture, 10 g/l of cellulose was obtained from 40 g/l of glucose, a yield which was approximately 2-fold higher than in batch culture with the same initial glucose concentration, even without control of the level of dissolved oxygen. The highest cellulose yield was obtained in fed-batch cultures in which the dissolved oxygen concentration was controlled at 10% saturation. Control of pH and dissolved oxygen to optimal levels was effective for improving the production rate and yield of cellulose, to achieve a high cellulose productivity of 0.3 g cellulose/l x h. Approximately 15 g/l of cellulose was considered to be the highest yield obtainable using conventional fermentors because the culture broth then became too viscous to allow satisfactory aeration.     

Effect of ethanol on the production of carboxypeptidase Y using the GAL10 promoter in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae gal80 mutant

In the course of studying carboxypeptidase Y (CPY) production, we found that the expression level of the gene, which is under the control of the GAL10 promoter, increased in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae gal80 mutant grown in a medium containing ethanol as the sole carbon source. In the cultivation of the gal80 mutant KS58-2D/pCY303 carrying a multicopy plasmid, which contains the PRC1 gene fused to the GAL10 promoter, CPY production continued after the consumption of galactose. In this phase, the cells utilized ethanol as the carbon source. To increase the CPY production level, we examined the effect of carbon source feeding in a fed-batch culture. The production level in the fed-batch culture using ethanol was 1.3-fold higher than that in a batch culture and 1.6-fold higher than that in a fed-batch culture using galactose. By 5'-deletion analysis of the GAL10 promoter, the region between -256 and -232 was found to be important for the promoter activity in the gal80 mutant growing in the presence of ethanol.     

Enhanced Human Lysozyme Production by Kluyveromyces lactis

An attempt to enhance recombinant human lysozyme production by Kluyveromyces lactis K7 was performed in this study. In this study, the production of recombinant human lysozyme was investigated using shake flasks and bioreactor under different cultivation conditions. It was demonstrated that 25 °C could enhance human lysozyme production when compared with other temperatures tested. This study also demonstrated that higher biomass did not necessarily produce higher human lysozyme, and it was clear that human lysozyme production was enhanced under unfavorable conditions such as low acidity and oxygen limitation. Cultivation condition with no pH control demonstrated better production than with pH controlled near neutrality. Oxygen limitation also resulted in higher recombinant human lysozyme production. Overall human lysozyme was increased from 64.1 U/ml in flask to 123.6 U/ml in fed-batch fermentation using 4.5% (w/v) glucose initially and fed with concentrated lactose to achieve 9% lactose concentration.     

Effect of alternative C2 carbon sources on the growth, lipid, and γ-linolenic acid production of spirulina (Arthrospira platensis)

The influence of different organic carbon sources (glucose, ethanol, and acetic acid) at different concentrations (0.1, 0.5, and 1.0 g/L for batch and 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 g/L for fed-batch) were studied in the mixotrophic production (using both light and carbon source) of γ-linolenic acid (GLnA) by spirulina (Arthrospira platensis). The obtained spirulina was analyzed in terms of biomass, lipid, and GLnA production. In the batch media, increasing the concentrations of glucose, ethanol, and acetic acid led to an increase in the biomass, lipid, and GLnA production. However, carbon sources at concentrations greater than 1.0 g/L in fed-batch media appeared to have no significant effects on the above parameters. It was also demonstrated that biomass, lipid, and GLnA production using ethanol and acetic acid could be as good as those achieved with the classic glucose-based culture media.     

Inhibitory effect of mineral ion accumulation on high density growth of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus

A fed-batch operation for high density cultivation of Sulfolobus solfataricus (DSM 1617) in a bench-top fermentor using a feed medium composed of glucose and yeast extract was investigated. The highest maximal cell density obtained in controlled fed-batch cultures was 21.7 g/l. Although higher yeast extract concentrations in the medium favored greater cell biomass yield, cell growth ceased with low cell densities. It was observed that large amounts of inorganic ions, such as sulfate, ammonium, potassium and phosphate ions, were accumulated in the culture broth at higher yeast extract concentrations. This was due to either the addition of the titrant or feeding of yeast extract during cultivation. Fed-batch cultures with additional mineral salts in the feed medium showed much lower cell biomass, indicating that accumulation of inorganic ions has a significant inhibitory effect on the growth of S. solfataricus. Inhibition of cell growth by the presence of mineral ions was further confirmed by the batch culture experiments. Some plausible mechanisms which can account for the growth inhibition at higher mineral ion concentrations have been suggested.     

Increase of xylitol productivity by cell-recycle fermentation of Candida tropicalis using submerged membrane bioreactor

Candida tropicalis, an osmophilic strain isolated from honeycomb, produced xylitol at a maximal volumetric productivity of 3.5 g l(-1) h(-1) from an initial xylose concentration of 200 g l(-1). Even at a very high xylose concentration, e.g., 350 g l(-1), this strain produced xylitol at a moderate rate of 2.07 g l(-1) h(-1). In a fed-batch fermentation of xylose and glucose, 260 g l(-1) xylose was added, and the xylitol production was 234 g l(-1) for 48 h, corresponding to a rate of 4.88 g l(-1) h(-1). To increase xylitol productivity, cells were recycled in a submerged membrane bioreactor with suction pressure and air sparging. For each recycle round in cell-recycle fermentation, the average concentration of xylitol produced, fermentation time, volumetric productivity, and product yield were 180 g l(-1), 19.5 h, 8.5 g l(-1) h(-1), and 85%, respectively. When cell-recycle fermentation was started with the cell mass concentrated twofold after batch fermentation and performed for 10 recycle rounds, we achieved a very high productivity of 12 g l(-1) h(-1). The productivity and total amount of xylitol in cell-recycle fermentation were 3.4- and 11.0-fold higher than those in batch fermentation, respectively.     

利用甲醇厂CO_2尾气培养小球藻

利用甲醇厂所排放的高浓度CO2尾气培养小球藻,研究不同的通气方式、培养方式对小球藻生长的影响。实验结果表明,当通气速率为300 mL/min、CO2浓度为10%并以10 min/h的间歇通气方式培养时能够提高小球藻的生物量,生物量和产率分别为0.681 g/L和0.082 g/(L.d)。对氮源和磷源采用补料的方式进行培养时对小球藻生长具有促进作用,最高生物量和产率分别达到0.789 g/L和0.088 g/(L.d)。当培养基的更新率为20%时能够获得较高的生物量。利用醋酸进行兼性培养时,一次性添加50～125μL/L醋酸都可促进小球藻生长,每日添加10～25μL/L的醋酸时,可明显促进小球藻生长,最高生物量和产率分别为0.933 g/L和0.111 g/(L.d),分别是空气对照的1.3倍和1.4倍。说明利用甲醇厂高浓度CO2尾气培养小球藻提高生物量是可行的。     

响应面法优化少根根霉发酵合成富马酸

利用少根根零发酵生产富马酸,考察了不同浓度的初始葡萄糖以及有机氟源酵母膏和无机氮源(NH_4)_2SO_4对富马酸的合成的影响。在此基础上运用响应曲面分析方法优化了富马酸产量以及转化率,葡萄糖和(NH_4)_2SO_4的浓度为162.0g/L、3.08g/L时,富马酸的产量最大为75.15g/L;葡萄糖和(NH_4)_2SO_4的浓度为121.2g/L、2.23g/L时,富马酸的转化率最大为55.16%,在原来基础上产量有了明显的提高,优化效果较好,通过验证实验值与预测值基本相符。     

Cellulose production from glucose using a glucose dehydrogenase gene (gdh)-deficient mutant of Gluconacetobacter xylinus and its use for bioconversion of sweet potato pulp

A gene fragment encoding a putative pyrroloquinoline quinone glucose dehydrogenase (PQQ GDH) was cloned from a bacterial cellulose (BC)-forming acetic acid bacterium, Gluconacetobacter xylinus (=Acetobacter xylinum) strain BPR 2001, which was isolated as a high BC producer when using fructose as the carbon source. A GDH-deficient mutant of strain BPR 2001, namely GD-I, was then generated via gene disruption using the cloned gene fragment. Strain GD-I produced no gluconic acid but produced 4.1 g.l(-1) of BC aerobically in medium containing glucose as the carbon source. The ability of strain GD-I to convert glucose to BC was approximately 1.7-fold higher than that of the wild type. Strain GD-I was also able to produce 5.0 g.l(-1) of BC from a saccharified solution, which was derived from sweet potato pulp by enzymatic saccharification. Supplementation of ethanol during aerobic cultivation further increased the concentration of BC produced by strain GD-I to 7.0 g.l(-1). The rate of conversion from glucose to BC under these cultivation conditions was equivalent to that of strain BPR 2001 cultivated with fructose as the carbon source.     

发酵法生产桑黄胞外多糖条件的研究

以单因子摇瓶实验和响应面分析对药用真菌桑黄培养基进行了优化,确定了优化培养基(g/L):蔗糖50、玉米浆3.0、KH2PO410.0、MgSO41.0、CaCl23.0、VB1200μg/L。在优化条件下,研究了0~168h,桑黄发酵pH、总糖、还原糖、胞外多糖、生物量的变化情况。摇瓶发酵结果表明,整个过程中pH变化不明显,总糖含量先降后升,生物量先增后趋于稳定,于120h达最大值11.012 g/L,胞外多糖在144h达最大2.594 g/L,生产强度为0.018 g/(L.h)。经7 L发酵罐放大实验表明,桑黄代谢与摇瓶存在一定差异,胞外多糖的合成速度更快,于120 h达最大值3.283 g/L,生产强度为0.027 g/(L.h),与摇瓶相比分别提高了26.5%和50%。     

Effect of consumed carbon to nitrogen ratio of mycelial morphology and arachidonic acid production in cultures of Mortierella alpina

The influence of the consumed carbon to nitrogen (C/N) ratio on arachidonic acid (AA) production and mycelial morphology was investigated in cultures of Mortierella alpina using shake flasks and a fermentor. The consumed C/N ratio was varied from 5 to 32 under the condition that the total initial amount of carbon and nitrogen sources was 50 g/l. Cellular yield increased markedly at C/N ratios below 7; carbon utilization was switched from cellular growth to lipid biosynthesis in the C/N ratio range of 7-15; lipid biosynthesis was most active when the C/N ratio was in the range of 15-32. However, for C/N ratios higher than 15, the mycelial concentration decreased due to nitrogen limitation but the lipid yield still increased. In the presence of excess nitrogen, the biomass concentration depended on the amount of the nitrogen source, but the AA yield was inversely related to this. On the other hand, in the presence of excess carbon, the fatty acid concentration increased with carbon source concentration but the AA concentration remained constant. From the viewpoint of AA production, the optimum C/N ratio was in the range of 15 to 20 with a balance between the amounts of carbon and nitrogen sources. When an enriched medium was used at a fixed C/N ratio of 20, the cellular and AA concentrations were shown to be proportional to the total concentrations of carbon and nitrogen sources in both flasks and the fermentor. The whole pellet size and width of pellet annular regions did not change with increasing C/N ratio for C/N ratios below 20 in the flask cultures. However, when the C/N ratio was higher than 20, these sizes increased in proportion to the C/N ratio.     

Enhanced plumbagin production in elicited Plumbago indica hairy root cultures

Elicitation of Plumbago indica hairy roots with yeast carbohydrate fraction, chitosan, manganese chloride, copper chloride and methyl jasmonate exhibited significant elevation (~1.2 to 2 fold) of plumbagin production in shake flask culture as compared with control. Chitosan and methyl jasmonate elicitation also caused simultaneous plumbagin leaching into culture media. Three days' exposure of chitosan (200 mg l(-1)) and methyl jasmonate (80 μM) together synergized total plumbagin yield to its maximum 11.96 ± 0.76 mg g(-l) DW in shake flask culture. In bioreactor cultivation, a significant raise in fresh root biomass was recorded on day 20 as compared with control shake flask culture. Three days' exposure of chitosan (200 mg l(-1)) and methyl jasmonate (80 μM) with 20 days old bioreactor-culture significantly improved total plumbagin production to 13.16 ± 1.72 mg g(-l) DW with simultaneous plumbagin leaching into bioreactor media.     

耐高温α-淀粉酶高密度高表达发酵条件的优化

通过摇瓶实验对产耐高温α-淀粉酶的重组菌E.coli BL21的高密度高表达发酵条件进行研究。考察不同培养基和不同发酵条件对该菌株产耐高温α-淀粉酶的影响,并利用正交试验进行优化。结果表明:在葡萄糖0.5g/L,酵母粉15g/L,pH6.5,诱导时机为接种后发酵4h,诱导时间为6h,IPTG添加量为0.8mmol/L,接种量为体积分数3%的优化条件下,该重组菌发酵液菌体生物量为原来的1.29倍,酶活力达到8.754U/mL,是原来的1.55倍,目的蛋白的表达量也为原来的1.24倍。