• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.275-279
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• 1995

A bacterium L-10 which produce mush of glutamic acid was Isolated from soil and identified as the genus Pserdomonas. The maximal glutamic acid production was obtained when the strain was cultured at 3$0^{\circ}C$ for 30 hrs in the optimal medium containing 5% glucose, 0.5% each of urea and yeast extract, 0.1% K2HP04, 0.02% MgSO4.7H20, 0.3% (NH, )rHP04, 0.5ug/l biotin and Initial pH 7.0, and then final glutamic acid production under the above conditions was 1.2mg/ml of cell cultures.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.289-295
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• 2005

In this study, the cultural medium used for the efficient production of $\gamma$-PGA with a newly isolated Bacillus sp. RKY3 was optimized. It was necessary to supplement the culture medium with L-glutamic acid and an additional carbon source in order to induce the effective production of $\gamma$-PGA. The amount of $\gamma$-PGA increased with the addition of L-glutamic acid to the medium. The addition of 90 g/L L-glutamic acid to the medium resulted in the maximal yield of $\gamma$-PGA (83.2 g/L). The optimum nitrogen source was determined to be peptone, but corn steep liquor, a cheap nutrient, was also found to be effective for $\gamma$-PGA production. Both the $\gamma$-PGA production and cell growth increased rapidly with the addition of small amounts of $K_2HPO_4$ and $MgSO_4\cdot7H_{2}O$. Bacillus sp. RKY3 appears to require $Mg^{2+}$, rather than $Mn^{2+}$, for $\gamma$-PGA production, which is distinct from the production protocols associated with other, previously reported bacteria. Bacillus sp. RKY3 may also have contributed some minor $\gamma$-PGA depolymerase activity, resulting in the reduction of the molecular weight of the produced $\gamma$-PGA at the end of fermentation.

• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.677-684
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• 2012

A bacterium strain GS-2 isolated from the Korean traditional seasoning food, Chungkookjang and was determined to produce large amounts of ${\gamma}$-PGA with high productivity when provided with simple nutrients (L-glutamic acid 2.0%, glucose 1.0%, $NH_4Cl$ 0.5%, $KH_2PO_4$ 0.05%, $MgSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O$ 0.01%, pH 7.0). In this study, the culture medium for this strain was optimized for the production of ${\gamma}$-PGA. The Bacillus subtilis GS-2 required supplementation with L-glutamic acid and other nutrients for maximal production of ${\gamma}$-PGA. The optimal culture conditions for ${\gamma}$-PGA production were a 48 hr culture time, a temperature of $33^{\circ}C$ and initial pH of 6.5 by rotary shaking (220 rpm). A maximum ${\gamma}$-PGA production of 31.0 $g/{\ell}$ was obtained with L-glutamic acid (30 $g/{\ell}$), sucrose (the main carbon source, 30 $g/{\ell}$), $NH_4Cl$ (the main nitrogen source, 2.5 $g/{\ell}$), $KH_2PO_4$ (1.5 $g/{\ell}$) and $MgSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O$ (0.15 $g/{\ell}$) in the culture medium.

• Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.107-115
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• 1999

The effectiveness of resting cells of a photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodospirillum rubrum N-1, was investigated on the production of extracellular ${\delta}-aminolevulinic$ acid(ALA). The ALA generating system required 3hr-incubation in the presence of 10mg of resting cells per ml to obtain the maximal yield of extracellular ALA. and also, under this condition the effect of ALA inducers, i.e., 30mM levulinic acid (LA) and L-glutamic acid($C_5$ pathway precursor) was relatively higher than that of produced extracellular ALA($83{\mu}M$). The volume of system and proper cell density appeared to be important factors for the effective production of extracellular ALA.