Production of Bioflocculant by Agrobacterium sp. KF-67

Agrobacterium sp. KF-67에 의한 미생물 응집제 생산

Among 120 microorganisms isolated from soil, KF-67 was the best producer of flocculant and was examined for flocculating ability in the kaolin clay and CaCl2 suspension. KF-67 was identified to be a species belong to the genus Agrobacterium sp. The influence of components of the culture medium for flocculant production by Agrobacterium sp. KF-67 was studied. The favorable carbon and inorganic nitrogen source for production of the flocculant were glucose and NH4NO3 and their addition concentrations were 2% and 0.1%, respectively. Addition of the organic nitrogen such as yeast extract, peptone and inorganic salt such as CaCO3 significantly increased the production of flocculant. These result indicated that the production of flocculant by Agrobacterium sp. was significantly affected by both organic nitrogen and inorganic salt. The components of the optimum culture medium were 2% glucose, 0.1% NH4NO3, 0.01% yeast extract, 0.01% peptone, 0.04% CaCO3, 0.03% NaCl in initial pH 7.5 when cultured with rotary shaker controlled at 3$0^{\circ}C$ and 120 rpm. Under the optimum culture medium, flocculant production was highly improved about 76% than that isolation medium.

토양으로부터 분리한 120 여종의 집락 중 응집제를 생산하는 집락을 선발하고 가장 응집력이 우수한 K-67 균주를 최종 선발하여 Agrobacterium sp. KF-67로 동정하고 실험균주로 사용하였다. 응집제 생산시 최적 배지성분을 조사하기 위하여 응집활성을 kaolin과 활성탄 현탁액에서 응딥활성을 측정하였다. 최적 배지성분과 농도는 탄소원과 무기질소원은 glucose와 NH4NO3 각각 2%와 0.1%, 유기질소원은 yeast extract와 peptone 각 0.01%, 무기염으로 CaCO3을 0.04%를 첨가하였을 때 응집활성이 가장 우수하였다. 배지 중 0.03% NaCl 첨가로 약 19%의 응집활성을 향상시킬 수 있었다. 이상과 같은 결과로 볼 때 Agrobacterium sp.에 의한 응집제 생산시 최적배지의 성분 조성과 함량은 2% glucose, 0.1% NH4NO3, 0.01% yeast extract, 0.01% peptone, 0.04% CaCO3, 0.03% NaCl이었고, 이때 기초배지에 비해 약 76.1%의 응집활성력이 증가하여 응집제 생산에 효과적인 배지성분 조건으로 조사되었다.