Journal
BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 44, Issue 2-3, Pages 136-141Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2008.11.010
Keywords
Biodegradation; Immobilization; Immobilized cells; Kinetic parameters; Submerged culture; Diffusion reaction
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- Department of Science and Technology
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Previously, we isolated caffeine degrading Pseudomonas strain from soil of coffee plantation area, which could utilize caffeine as sole carbon and nitrogen source and could tolerate caffeine up to 20 g/L. In this study, caffeine degradation by immobilized cells of this strain was investigated. Various matrices were considered and agar-agar was chosen based on degradation rate (0.08 g/(Lh)), bead stability and reusability. Further, immobilization parameters, viz., bead size (mm), agar-agar concentration % (w/v) and cell concentration (g/L) were optimized using central composite design. The optimal conditions of cell concentration, agar-agar concentration and bead size were 7.8 g/L, 5% (w/v) and 6.2 mm. Under optimal conditions, caffeine degradation rate was found to 0.15 g/(Lh), which closely agrees with the model predicted values. This is the first report on caffeine degradation at high concentrations (10 g/L) by immobilized cells of Pseudomonas sp. Immobilization efficiency was 80%. Damkohler number is very much higher than 1, suggesting that mass transfer is the rate limiting process. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
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