Nocardia tartaricans cells immobilized in sodium alginate–cellulose sulfate–poly (methylene-co-guanidine)capsules: mechanical resistance and operational stability

Autor: Alica Vikartovská, Ian W. Marison, Gabriela Kolláriková, Igor Lacík, Peter Gemeiner, Marek Bučko
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology. 81:500-504
ISSN: 1097-4660
0268-2575
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.1466
Popis: The stereospecific hydrolysis of cis-epoxysuccinate (CES) to L-(+)-tartrate, catalysed by the action of CES hydrolase activity in whole Nocardia tartaricans bacterial cells, has been chosen as a model biotransformation system. The performance of cells was studied by immobilization in polyelectrolyte complex (sodium alginate–cellulose sulfate–poly(methylene-co-guanidine, SA–CS/PMCG) capsules based on sodium alginate and cellulose sulfate as polyanions, poly(methylene-co-guanidine) as polycation, CaCl2 as gelling agent and NaCl as antigelling agent. The encapsulated cells showed a preservation of 80% of the initial catalytic activity in encapsulated cells compared with 15% of retained catalytic activity in free cells after 10 repeated biotransformation cycles. Uniformity of batches of capsules was achieved by the use of an air-stripping extrusion device fitted with a multiloop reactor. The capsules produced using this device had narrow standard deviations for capsule diameter (
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