• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.49-55
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• 2012

A 1.28 L-batch reactor and continuous-flow stirred tank reactor (CFSTR) fed with formate and trichloroethene (TCE) were operated for 120 days and 56 days, respectively, to study the effect of formate as electron donor on anaerobic reductive dechlorination (ARD) of TCE to cis-1,2-dichloroethylene (c-DCE), vinyl chloride (VC), and ethylene (ETH). In batch reactor, injected 60 ${\mu}mol$ TCE was completely degraded in the presence of 20% hydrogen gas ($H_2$) in less than 8 days by anaerobic dechlorination mixed-culture (300 mg-soluble protein), Evanite Culture with ability to completely degrade tetrachloroethene (PCE) and -TCE to ETH under anaerobic conditions. Once the formate was used as electron donor instead of hydrogen gas in batch or chemostat system, the TCE-dechlorination rate decreased and acetate production rate increased. It indicates that the concentration of hydrogen produced in both systems is possibly more close to threshold for homoacetogenesis process. Soluble protein concentration of Evanite culture during the batch test increased from 300 mg to 688 mg for 120 days. Through the protein monitoring, we confirmed an increase of microbial population during the reactor operation. In CFSTR test, TCE was fed continuously at 9.9 ppm (75.38 ${\mu}mol/L$) and the influent formate feed concentration increased stepwise from 1.3 mmol/L to 14.3 mmol/L. Injected TCE was accumulated at 18 days of HRT, but TCE was completely degraded at 36 days of HRT without accumulation of the injected-TCE during the left of experiment period, getting $H_2$ from fermentative hydrogen production of injected formate. Although c-DCE was also accumulated for 23 days after beginning of CFSTR operation, it reached steady-state in the presence of excessive formate. We also evaluated microbial dynamic of the culture at different chemical state in the reactor by DGGE (denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis).

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.990-995
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• 2008

A thermostable $\alpha$-L-arabinofuranosidases ($\alpha$-L-AFase) is an industrially important enzyme for recovery of L-arabinose from hemicellulose. The recombinant $\alpha$-L-AFase from Thermotoga maritima was expressed in Escherichia coli by using a constitutive pHCE or an inducible pRSET vectors. In batch fermentation, the constitutive expression system resulted in slightly faster growth rate (0.78 vs. 0.74/hr) but lower enzyme activity (2,553 vs. 3,723 units/L) than those of the induction system. When fed-batch fermentation was performed, biomass and enzyme activity reached the highest levels of 36 g/L and 9,152 units/L, respectively. The fed batch cultures performed superior results than batch culture in terms of biomass yield (4.62-5.42 folds) and enzyme synthesis (3.39-4.00 folds). In addition, the fed-batch induction strategy at high cell density resulted in the best productivity in cell growth as well as enzyme activity rather than the induction method at low cell density or the constitutive expression.

• 한국양식학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.115-121
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• 2005

본 연구는 통기방법과 배양수의 환수에 따른 담수산 rotifer B. calyciflorus의 내구란 형성을 조사하였고 0.5 톤 수조에서 내구란 대량 생산을 수행하였다. 산소와 공기를 공급한 실험구에 있어서 rotifer의 최고밀도와 유성생식률은 차이는 없으나 수정률과 내구란 형성은 공기를 공급한 실험구가 산소를 공급한 실험구보다 높게 나타났다. 배양수의 환수간격에 따른 실험에서 환수를 하지 않은 실험구가 rotifer 최고밀도와 내구란 형성은 환수를 한 실험구(매일 환수한 실험구)보다 높게 나타났지만 내구란 생산의 효율적인 측면에서 Chlorella 건조중량당 내구란 형성은 환수를 한 실험구(매일 환수한 실험구)에서 가장 높게 나타났다. 또한 0.5톤 수조에서 내구란의 총 생산량은 $51.8{\sim}57.9{\times}10^6$개로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과를 종합하여 볼 때, 공기를 공급한 batch 배양이 담수산 rotifer, B. calyciforus의 내구란을 대량생산하는데 효과적인 방법인 것으로 판단된다. 또한 이종의 내구란 대량생산은 해수산 rotifer B. plicatilis와 B. rotundiformis와 비슷한 생산 효율을 보인 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.95-101
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• 1994

The effects of glycine on cell growth and L-omithine production were investigated in shake-flask and jar fermentor cultures of a citrulline auxotrophic mutant, Brevibacterium ketoglutamicum BK 1046. In the shake-flask culture, the optimal concentration of glycine for L-ornithine production was found to be 20 g/l. In the jar fermentor culture with the glycine at an initial concentration of 20 g/l, L-ornithine production increased by 28%, compared to that of the culture with no glycine added. 37 g/l of L-ornithine was produced when additional feeding of glycine (5 g/l) was made. This was a significant improvement in L-ornithine production compared to that (ca. 24 g/l) of the corresponding batch culture conducted without glycine. According to the stoichiometric analysis with the batch fermentation results, the experimental and theoretical L-ornithine yields based on the glucose consumption were 0.24 and 0.59, respectively. This indicates that the performance of L-ornithine fermentation can further be improved by the supplementation of glycine and the development of a mutant strain possessing a higher growth yield.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.168-173
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• 1993

The expression kinetics of human lipocortin I (LCI), a potential anti-inflammatory agent, was studied in the shake-flask and fermenter cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae carrying a galactose-inducible expression system. The cell growth, expression level of LCI, and the plasmid stability were investigted under various galactose induction conditions. The expression of LCI was repressed by the presence of a very small amount of dextrose in the culture medium, but it was induced by galactose after dextrose became completely depleted. The optimal ratio of dextrose to galactose for lipocortin I production was found to be 1.0 (10 g/l dextrose and 10 g/l galactose). With optimal D/G ratio of 1.0 and the addition of galactose prior to dextrose depletion, LCI of about 100~130 mg/l was produced. LCI at a concentration of 174 mg/l was porduced in the fed-batch culture, which was nearly a twice as much of that produced in the batch culture. The plasmid stability was very high in all culture cases, and thus was considered to be not an important parameter in the expression of LCI.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.309-317
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• 2019

This study evaluated the kinetics of acrylamide (AM) biodegradation by mixed culture bacteria and Enterobacter aerogenes (E. aerogenes) in sequencing batch reactor (SBR) systems with AQUASIM and linear regression. The zero-order, first-order, and Monod kinetic models were used to evaluate the kinetic parameters of both autotrophic and heterotrophic nitrifications and both AM and chemical oxygen demand (COD) removals at different AM concentrations of 100, 200, 300, and 400 mg AM/L. The results revealed that both autotrophic and heterotrophic nitrifications and both AM and COD removals followed the Monod kinetics. High AM loadings resulted in the transformation of Monod kinetics to the first-order reaction for AM and COD removals as the results of the compositions of mixed substrates and the inhibition of the free ammonia nitrogen (FAN). The kinetic parameters indicated that E. aerogenes degraded AM and COD at higher rates than mixed culture bacteria. The FAN from the AM biodegradation increased both heterotrophic and autotrophic nitrification rates at the AM concentrations of 100-300 mg AM/L. At higher AM concentrations, the FAN accumulated in the SBR system inhibited the autotrophic nitrification of mixed culture bacteria. The accumulation of intracellular polyphosphate caused the heterotrophic nitrification of E. aerogenes to follow the first-order approximation.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.202-204
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• 1983

이산화탄소 측정기 및 제어기를 사용하여 글루탐산 발효공정의 자동화 방법을 개발하였다. 이는 발효배기가스 중의 이산화탄소와 균체의 성장 간에 직선관계가 있고 따라서 적절한 균체농도에서 페니실린 투여를 자동화할 수 있었다. 페니실린 투여 후 균체성장 및 글루탐산 생성의 고농도당에 대한 저해작용을 감소시켜 주기 위한 방법으로서 회분식 추가당 첨가공정을 자동화할 수 있었으며, 그 결과로서 회분식 발효에 비하여 생산성과 수율이 향상되었다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.609-616
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• 1995

Effects of lactate concentration, temperature, counter ions, pH as well as voltage (current) in batch electrodialysis (ED) experiments with a 3-compartment unit were investigated. The applied voltage was found to be the most critical factor as expected. The electrodialysis rate increased with the lactate concentration of the source solution. The amount of lactate transferred was limited by the lactate concentration difference between cathode and permeate compartments. The electrodialysis rate did not heavily depend on temperature change. The electrodialysis rate of NH$_{4}$-lactate was faster than that of Na-lactate and both lactates showed the highest electrodialysis rate at a pH of 4.0. A little amount of non-ionic glucose diffused through the anionic membrane to the permeate compartment. To test the effectiveness of the in situ recovery of lactic acid from fermentation broth by ED, three cases of batch culture were carried out; pH control only, ED only, and pH control and ED. The case with both pH control and ED was more efficient than that with pH control only in the aspects of productivity and product yield.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.665-672
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• 2004

D-Ribose is a five-carbon sugar used for the commercial synthesis of riboflavin, antiviral agents, and flavor enhancers. Batch fermentations with transketolase-deficient B. subtilis JY1 were carried out to optimize the production of D-ribose from xylose. The best results for the fermentation were obtained with a temperature of $37^{\circ}C$ and an initial pH of 7.0. Among various sugars and sugar alcohols tested, glucose and sucrose were found to be the most effective for both cell growth and D-ribose production. The addition of 15 g/l xylose and 15 g/l glucose improved the fermentation performance, presumably due to the adequate supply of ATP in the xylose metabolism from D-xylulose to D-xylulose-5-phosphate. A batch culture in a 3.7-1 jar fermentor with 14.9 g/l xylose and 13.1 g/l glucose resulted in 10.1 g/l D-ribose concentration with a yield of 0.62 g D-ribose/g sugar consumed, and 0.25 g/l-h of productivity. Furthermore, the sugar utilization profile, indicating the simultaneous consumption of xylose and glucose, and respiratory parameters for the glucose and sucrose media suggested that the transketolase-deficient B. subtilis JY1 lost the glucose-specific enzyme II of the phosphoenolpyruvate transferase system.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권9호
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• pp.1305-1310
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• 2021

Shikimate is a key high-demand metabolite for synthesizing valuable antiviral drugs, such as the anti-influenza drug, oseltamivir (Tamiflu). Microbial-based strategies for shikimate production have been developed to overcome the unstable and expensive supply of shikimate derived from traditional plant extraction processes. In this study, a microbial cell factory using Corynebacterium glutamicum was designed to overproduce shikimate in a fed-batch culture system. First, the shikimate kinase gene (aroK) responsible for converting shikimate to the next step was disrupted to facilitate the accumulation of shikimate. Several genes encoding the shikimate bypass route, such as dehydroshikimate dehydratase (QsuB), pyruvate kinase (Pyk1), and quinate/shikimate dehydrogenase (QsuD), were disrupted sequentially. An artificial operon containing several shikimate pathway genes, including aroE, aroB, aroF, and aroG were overexpressed to maximize the glucose uptake and intermediate flux. The rationally designed shikimate-overproducing C. glutamicum strain grown in an optimized medium produced approximately 37.3 g/l of shikimate in 7-L fed-batch fermentation. Overall, rational cell factory design and culture process optimization for the microbial-based production of shikimate will play a key role in complementing traditional plant-derived shikimate production processes.