Effects of Corn Steep Liquor and Thiamine on l-Glutamic Acid Fermentation of Hydrocarbons

Autor: Takahashi, Joji, Kobayashi, Kaetsu, Imada, Yukio, Yamada, Koichi
Zdroj: Applied Microbiology; January 1965, Vol. 13 Issue: 1 p1-4, 4p
Abstrakt: The effect of nutrients of natural source, such as corn steep liquor, peptone, and yeast extract, on the fermentative production of L-glutamic acid from hydrocarbons by a Corynebacteriumwas studied. Corn steep liquor and meat extract were found to be remarkably stimulatory to L-glutamic acid production; about 5 g per liter of L-glutamic acid were accumulated in a culture broth containing 3% n-paraffins, 0.01% corn steep liquor, and mineral salts. Among nutritional factors contained in corn steep liquor, biotin had very little effect on the accumulation of L-glutamic acid, but thiamine was highly stimulatory to L-glutamic acid production. The optimal concentration of thiamine for L-glutamic acid production was 3 to 5 μg per liter, and for cell growth, 50 μg per liter. L-Glutamic acid was accumulated in negligible quantity when the amount of thiamine in the culture broth was sufficient to support abundant growth of bacterial cells.
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