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BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 32, Issue 3, Pages 239-243Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2006.10.011
Keywords
hyaluronic acid fermentation; Streptococcus zooepidemicus; scaleup of fermentor; critical dissolved oxygen concentration
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The role of dissolved oxygen (DO) and function of agitation in hyaluronic acid fermentation by Streptococcus zooepidenlicus ATCC 39920 were explored. With controlled DO levels, it was found that the present strain grew as well under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Dissolved oxygen plays a role as a stimulant in the HA synthesis; the intrinsic factor affecting the efficiency of HA synthesis is DO level; and there existed a critical DO level of 5% air saturation for the HA synthesis. On the other hand, agitation functions to mix the broth, to enhance oxygen absorption, but not to release HA capsule. In addition, vigorous agitation would lengthen the operation time. It therefore suggests that the relevant criteria for scaling up the fermentor are to maintain DO level above the critical value, and to provide a mild agitation for homogeneity in the fermentor. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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