Ambruticin S production in air-lift and stirred-tank bioreactors

Autor: Norbert W. Hopf, Wolf-Dieter Deckwer, Sems Yonsel
Rok vydání: 1990
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Zdroj: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 34
ISSN: 1432-0614
0175-7598
DOI: 10.1007/bf00170057
Popis: Using the method of equi-inocular synchronized comparative fermentation (EISCF) the cultivation of Sorangium cellulosum So ce 10 and production of the polyketide antibiotic ambruticin S was compared in stirred-tank and air-lift reactors of different geometry. This method requires that inocula originate from the same pre-culture and cultivation parameters are synchronized to similar values. Similar ambruticin yields were obtained from both reactor systems provided that the concentration of dissolved oxygen (DO) was maintained above a certain value (ca. 40%). For cultivation of S. cellulosum it is the DO level rather than the oxygen transfer rate which presents the proper criterion for scale-up and comparative reactor studies.
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