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MICROORGANISMS
卷 8, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8050679
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biofilm reactor; continuous bioprocessing; biosurfactants; B; subtilis; exopolysaccharides
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资金
- European INTERREG Va SmartBioControl/BioProd project
- ALIBIOTECH program by the Hauts-de-France Region
- Universite de Liege
- Hauts-de-France Region
Biofilm bioreactors are promising systems for continuous biosurfactant production since they provide process stability through cell immobilization and avoid foam formation. In this work, a two-compartment biofilm bioreactor was designed consisting of a stirred tank reactor and a trickle-bed reactor containing a structured metal packing for biofilm formation. A strong and poor biofilm forming B. subtilis 168 strain due to restored exopolysaccharides (EPS) production or not were cultivated in the system to study the growth behavior of the planktonic and biofilm population for the establishment of a growth model. A high dilution rate was used in order to promote biofilm formation on the packing and wash out unwanted planktonic cells. Biofilm development kinetics on the packing were assessed through a total organic carbon mass balance. The EPS+ strain showed a significantly improved performance in terms of adhesion capacity and surfactin production. The mean surfactin productivity of the EPS+ strain was about 37% higher during the continuous cultivation compared to the EPS- strain. The substrate consumption together with the planktonic cell and biofilm development were properly predicted by the model (alpha = 0.05). The results show the efficiency of the biofilm bioreactor for continuous surfactin production using an EPS producing strain.
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