• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.406-410
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• 1990

토양에서 분리한 알칼리내성 Bacillus sp.의 자체 chromosomal DNA에서 유래된 strong promoter를 지닌 plasmid p-12B1을 공여균주에 삽입시키고 이 promoter의 활성을 최적화할 수 있는 배양조건을 검토하였다. 글루코오스가 고갈된 시점부터 세포의 활성은 유지되나 포자는 형성되지 않을 정도로 낮은 글루코오스 소비속도를 유지해 제한된 글루코오스를 연속적으로 공급해줌으로써 promoter의 활성을 최대로 높일 수 있었다. 또한 배지조성의 변화로 균체를 생육시킨 후 유전자 발현을 유도하는 것이 가능하였으며, 이 점에 대해서는 보다 구체적인 연구가 진행되어야 할 것이다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.327-332
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• 1999

A highly productive fed-batch fermentation process was developed for the production of L-ornithine by using a new stabilized strain, Breviabcterium ketoglutamicum BK52. Fed-batch cultures with a continuous feeding of the complex medium were conducted on various operating conditions. The optimal concentration of phosphate in the complex medium was 2.1g/L. The optimal feeding rate of L-arginine was 0.028g/L/hr. The optimal feeding point of the complex medium was determined to be at 40 OD of the cell mass. The final L-ornithine concentrations within 64hrs of cultivation in 5 and 50 liter fermenters were 73g/L and 71g/L, respectively. The maximum overall L-ornithine productivity was 1.14g/L/hr which was about 2 times higher than that of the conventional fed-batch culture with intermittent feeding. The overall productivity of the fermentation system is remarkably improved by employing the optimized conditions, and it offers a significant potential for industrial application.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.203-208
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• 1998

We investigated the effects of dissolved oxygen (D.O.) and fructose (C-source) on cell growth and biosynthesis of cyclosporin A (CyA) produced as a secondary metabolite by a wild-type filamentous fungus, Tolypocladium inflatum. This was performed by controlling the level of D.O. and the residual C-source, as required, through adjustment of medium flow rate, medium concentration and agitation rate in fed-batch cultures. CyA production was furned out to be maximal, when D.O. level was controlled around 10% saturated D.O. and concentration of the C-source was maintained sufficiently low (below 2 g/L) not to cause carbon catabolite repression. Under this culture condition, we obtained the highest values of CyA concentration (507.14 mg/L), Qp (2.11 mg CyA/L/hr), $Y_x/s$ (0.49 g DCW/g fructose), $Y_p/s$<(22.56 mg CyA/g fructose), and YTEX>$_p/x$ (48.31 mg CyA/g DCW), but relatively lower values of cell concentration (11.98 g DCW/L) and cell productivity (0.043 g DCW/L/hr), in comparison with other parallel fed-batch fermentation conditions. These results implied that, in the carbon-limited culture with 10% saturated D.O. level, the producer microorganism utilized the C-source more efficiently for secondary metabolism.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.293-299
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• 1999

하이브리도마 세포 배양을 통한 단일 군항체 생산성을 향상시키기 위해서는 배양환경에 의해 유해 대사산물 생산이 어떤 식으로 변화되는가에 대한 이해가 필요하다 세포성장과 단일 군항체 생산을 저해시키는 대사물질 중에 하나인 젖산의 생성을 줄이기 위해, 포도당의 젖산으로의 전환율에 영향을 미치는 인자들에 대해 연구하였다. 초기 포도당 농도가 높을수록, 세포 성장이 빠를 수록 젖산으로의 전환율이 커짐을 알 수 있었다. 또한 세포농도에 따른 비성장속도 변화에 대한 모델식을 기초로 하여 포도당 소비속도만큼 포도당을 공급하는 유가배양을 통해 젖산 생성을 19% 감소시켰고, 적분세포 농도 증가를 통해 단일군항체 생산성을 41% 향상시킬 수있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.59-69
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• 2014

One of the major challenges in metabolic engineering for enhanced synthesis of value-added chemicals is to design and develop new strains that can be translated into well-controlled fermentation processes using bioreactors. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of various fed-batch strategies in the performance of metabolically engineered Pseudomonas putida strains, ${\Delta}gcd$ and ${\Delta}gcd-pgl$, for improving production of medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates (mcl-PHAs) using glucose as the only carbon source. First we developed a fed-batch process that comprised an initial phase of biomass accumulation based on an exponential feeding carbon-limited strategy. For the mcl-PHA accumulation stage, three induction techniques were tested under nitrogen limitation. The substrate-pulse feeding was more efficient than the constant-feeding approach to promote the accumulation of the desirable product. Nonetheless, the most efficient approach for maximum PHA synthesis was the application of a dissolved-oxygen-stat feeding strategy (DO-stat), where P. putida ${\Delta}gcd$ mutant strain showed a final PHA content and specific PHA productivity of 67% and $0.83g{\cdot}l^{-1}{\cdot}h^{-1}$, respectively. To our knowledge, this mcl-PHA titer is the highest value that has been ever reported using glucose as the sole carbon and energy source. Our results also highlighted the effect of different fed-batch strategies upon the extent of realization of the intended metabolic modification of the mutant strains.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.323-328
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• 1997

The recombinant Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)pLysE : pTCGT1 was grown to overproduce Bacillus macerans cyclodextrin glucanotransferase (CGTase) able to synthesize ${\alpha}$-cyclodextrin (CD) with a selectivity of 67%. A number of batch fermentations were performed to test the possibility of using lactose as an inducer of the E. coli T7 promoter system. A mixture of isopropyl ${\beta}$-D-thiogalactoside (IPTG) and lactose (1 : 1) gave a maximum CGTase activity of 2.4 U/ml, which was higher than the value obtained with induction by IPTG alone. Fed-batch fermentations involving a glucose-controlled growth period followed by a gene-expression phase with mixtures of IPTG and lactose were employed to achieve high cell density and thereby increase total CGTase activity. Optimized fed-batch fermentation using the modified inducer (IPTG : lactose=1 : 3) and 100 g/l yeast extract solution in the gene-expression phase resulted in a maximum CGTase activity of 62.9 U/ml and a final cell mass of 53.5 g/l, corresponding to a 31-fold increase in CGTase activity and a 29-fold increase in cell mass compared with the control batch fermentation.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.844-851
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• 2010

Controlling the dissolved oxygen (DO) in the fed-batch culture of the medicinal mushroom Ganoderma lucidum led to a 2-fold increase of the maximum biomass productivity compared with uncontrolled DO conditions. By contrast, extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) production was two times higher under oxygen limitation (uncontrolled DO) than under increased oxygen availability (controlled DO). Morphologically, dispersed mycelium was predominant under controlled DO conditions, with highly branched hyphae, consistent with the enhanced culture growth noted under these conditions, whereas in the uncontrolled DO process mycelial clumps were the most common morphology throughout the culture. However, in both cultures, clamp connections were found. This is an exciting new finding, which widens the applicability of this basidiomycete in submerged fermentation. In rheological terms, broths demonstrated shear-thinning behavior with a yield stress under both DO conditions. The flow curves were best described by the Herschel-Bulkley model: flow index down to 0.6 and consistency coefficient up to 0.2 and 0.6 Pa $s^n$ in uncontrolled and controlled cultures DO, respectively. The pseudoplastic behavior was entirely due to the fungal biomass, and not to the presence of EPS (rheological analysis of the filtered broth showed Newtonian behavior). It is clear from this study that dissolved oxygen tension is a critical process parameter that distinctly influences G. lucidum morphology and rheology, affecting the overall performance of the process. This study contributes to an improved understanding of the process physiology of submerged fermentation of G. lucidum.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.87-94
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• 2001

곰팡이 균인 Aspergillus terreus로서 고지혈증인 치료제인 lovastatin을 생산하기 위해 탄소원 조절에 의한 유가식 배양을 통해 lovastatin 생산 발효 조건을 확립하고자 하였다. 또한 발효시 곰팡이의 형태구조가 이차대사산물 생산에 중요함으로 유가식 배양에서의 공급배지농도와 공급속도에 따른 형태 구조의 변화가 생산성과 관련이 있는지를 구명하였다. Glucose 용액을 일정하게 또는 증가시켜 공급하는 방법을 실험하였으며 이 때 펠 의 분포를 비교하였다. Glucose 용액을 일정하게 공급한 경우가 1 mm 이하의 펠 이 더 많이 분포하였으며, lovastatin 생산량도 높았다. Lovastatin 생산에 적절한 펠 의 크기가 1 mm이었다는 연구 결과와 일치하였다. 또한 배양 방법 중 3일간 회분 배양 후 4일째부터 glucose를 일정하게 공급한 경우에서 높은 lovastatin 생산량을 나타내었다. 회분식 발효에서 lovastatin 생산을 위한 물리적 조건 중 교반 속도는 400 rpm으로 조절하였고 pH에 대한 영향을 조사하였다. 그 결과 pH 5.8로 유지하였을 때 lovastatin 생산량은 pH 7.4의 7배 이상인 384 mg/L로서 발효 기간 중 pH 조절이 중요하다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 플라스크에서의 유가식 배양과 회분식 배양결과를 토대로 하여 발효조에서 유가식 배양시 pH 5.8, 400 rpm, 초기 glucose 농도를 30 g/L 로 하여 3일간 회분 배양 후 4일째부터 180 g/L의 glucose 용액을 공급한 결과, 회분식 배양의 lovastatin 생산량보다 1.5배 많은 547 mg/L를 얻었으며, 생산성은 3.25 mg/L $\cdot$ hr였다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.307-313
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• 1990

배양기와 16비트 마이크로컴퓨터를 접속하여 호기성 미생물의 고농도 유가배양시스템을 구성하였다. 기질공급을 위한 제어변수로는 용존산소(DO)를 이용하였다. 용존산소측정기의 출력신호를 컴퓨터에 입력시켜 측정한 DO값에 근거하여 교반모터의 교반속도와 산소유량을 제어함으로써 배양액의 DO를 일정하게 유지하였으며, 연동펌프의 제어에 의해 기질공급을 안정하게 수행하였다. 기질공급의 제어와 DO의 제어를 한가지의 하아드웨어 및 소프트 웨어로 수행할 수 있었다. 제어시스템을 이용하여 메탄올이용균인 Methylobacillus sp. SKI을 유가배양한 결과 배양액의 DO제어와 메탄올 공급의 제어가 무리없이 수행되었으며, 배양 10시간만에 16.53g/l의 균체농도에 도달하였다.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.149-154
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• 2005

Secretion of the expressed heterologous proteins can reduce the stress to the host cells and is beneficial to their recovery and purification. In this study, fed-batch cultures of Escherichia coli YK537 (pAET-8) were conducted in a 5-L fermentor for the secretory production of human epidermal growth factor (hEGF) whose expression was under the control of alkaline phosphatase promoter. The effects of feeding of glucose and complex nitrogen sources on hEGF production were investigated. When the fed-batch culture was conducted in a chemically de-fined medium, the cell density was 9.68 g/L and the secreted hEGF was 44.7 mg/L in a period of 60 h. When a complex medium was used and glucose was added in pH-stat mode, the secreted hEGF was improved to 345 mg/L. When the culture was fed with glucose at a constant specific rate of $0.25\;gg^{-1}h^{-1}$, hEGF reached 514 mg/L. The effects of adding a solution containing yeast extract and tryptone were further studied. Different rate of the nitrogen source feeding resulted in different levels of phosphate and acetic acid formation, thus affected hEGF expression. At the optimal feeding rate, hEGF production achieved 686 mg/L.