High oil phase에서 Rhodococcus rhodochrous IGTS8의 Dibenzothiophene 분해능 향상을 위한 조건 조사

Microbial desulfurization using a biocatalyst which is capable of selectively liberating sulfur from HDS-refractory organic sulfur compounds is an alternative biotechnology to the current technology of hydrodesulfurization. The system used in the experiments is a two phase system consisting of 0.1%(w/v) dibenzothiophene in hexadecane as model oil and a mineral medium for cell growth. Rhodococcus rhodochrous IGTS8, a desulfurization strain, was grown in flask culture at different oil phase ratio with 10% and 30%. Most of the dibenzothiophene was converted to 2-hydroxybiphenyl when the oil ratio was 10%, but wasn't when the oil ratio was 30%. However, the total degraded DBT amounts were similar. In experiments of adjusting pH to improve the efficiency of degradation, the amounts of degraded DBT were increased by 50%. When the modified medium which has two-fold nutrients than those of minimal salt medium was used, the amounts of degraded DBT were increased by 32%. When both of the methods were used, the efficiency was increased by 136%.

본연구에서는 Rhodococcus rhodochrous IGTS8 균주를 사용하여 고농도의 유상에서 탈황효율을 높이기 위한 오일 함유비, pH, 영양물질의 영향을 조사하였다. 오일 함유비에 의한 영향은 유상이 30%이하일 경우 그리 크지 않았으며, pH 조절에 의해 50%, 영양물질의 강화에 의해 32%의 탈황효율이 증가했다. 강화배지에서 pH를 조절하며 배양한 결과, 기존의 배양에 비해 136% 탈황효율이 증가했다.