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Kinetic Study of Organic Acid Formations and Growth of Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens During Continuous Cultures
Succinic acid-producing Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens was anaerobically grown in glucose-fed continuous cultures using glucose as a carbon source, and the metabolic flexibility of A. succiniciproducens in response to varying glucose concentrations and dilution rates was examined. Both succinic acid (SA) and acetic acid (AA) formation was growth-associated, and their growth-rate-related coefficients (K(SA/X), K(AA/X)) and nongrowth-rate-related coefficients (K'(SA/X), K'(AA/X)) were slightly influenced by glucose concentrations. A high glucose concentration (38 g/l) and high growth rate (0.63 h(-1)) did not induce by-product formation.This work was supported by a grant from Research
Promotion Program funded by Gyeonggi Province and by
Priority Research Centers Program through the National
Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry
of Education, Science and Technology (20090093826) (PC
Lee) and by the Genome based Integrated Bioprocess
Development Project from the Ministry of Education,
Science and Technology (SY Lee and HN Chang)
Isolation and characterization of a new succinic acid-producing bacterium, Mannheimia succiniciproducens MBEL55E, from bovine rumen
A novel succinic acid-producing bacterium was isolated from bovine rumen. The bacterium is a non-motile, non-spore-forming, mesophilic and capnophilic gram-negative rod or coccobacillus. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA sequence and physiological analysis indicated that the strain belongs to the recently reclassified germs Mannheimia as a novel species. and has been named Mannheimia succiniciproducens MBEL55E. Under 100% CO2 conditions, it grows well in the pH range of 6.0-7.5 and produces succinic acid, acetic acid and formic acid at a constant ratio of 2:1:1. When M. succiniciproducens MBEL55E was cultured anaerobically in medium containing 20 g l(-1) glucose as carbon source, 13.5 g l(-1) of succinic acid was produced.This work was supported by the First Presidential
Young Investigator’s Award to S.Y. Lee. We thank Kyung
Suk Bae at the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Bioengineering
for her contribution to 16S rRNA sequence determination
Supplemental material for DWI-pc-ASPECT score in basilar artery occlusion: is 6 points or less always indicative of a bad outcome?
Supplemental Material for DWI-pc-ASPECT score in basilar artery occlusion: is 6 points or less always indicative of a bad outcome? by Joong-Goo Kim, Dongwhane Lee, Jay Chol Choi, Yunsun Song, Deok Hee Lee and Dae Chul Suh in Interventional Neuroradiology</p
Expression of an endoxylanase gene in a tandem unit and effect of different replication mode on its structural stability in Bacillus subtils DB104
Cell recycled culture of succinic acid-producing Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens using an internal membrane filtration system
Cell recycled culture of succinic acid-producing Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens was anaerobically carried out using an internal membrane filter module in order to examine the physiological response of A. succiniciproducens to a high-cell-density environment. The optimal growth of A. succiniciproducens and its enhanced succinic acid productivity were observed under CO2-rich conditions, established by adding NaHCO3 and Na2CO3, in the cell recycled system. A. succiniciproducens grew up to 6.50 g-DCW/l, the highest cell concentration obtained so far, in cell recycled cultures. The cells did not change their morphology, which is known to be easily changed in unfavorable or stress environments. The maximum productivity of succinic acid was about 3.3 g/l/h, which is 3-3 times higher than those obtained in batch cultures. These results can serve as a guide for designing highly efficient cell recycled systems for succinic acid at a commercial level.This work was supported by the Genome-based Integrated
Bioprocess Development Project of the Ministry of Science
and Technology through the Korea Science and Engineering
Foundation. Further support by the LG Chem Chair
Professorship (SYL) is appreciated
Succinic Acid Production by Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens ATCC 29305 Growing on Galactose, Galactose/Glucose, and Galactose/Lactose
Succinic acid-producing Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens was anaerobically grown on galactose, galactose/glucose, or galactose/lactose in order to study its galactose fermentation. Unlike a previous report, A. succiniciproducens was found to efficiently metabolize galactose as the sole carbon source at a rate of 2.4 g/g-DCW/h and produced succinic acid with as high a yield of 87% as with using glucose. When glucose and galactose were present, A. succiniciproducens metabolized both sugars simultaneously. Furthermore, when lactose and galactose coexisted, lactose did not inhibit the galactose fermentation of A. succiniciproducens. Therefore, co-utilization of galactose and other sugars can improve the productivity and economy of bio-based succinic acid processes.This work was supported by grants from Ajou University
to PCL and by the Genome-based Integrated Bioprocess
Development Project of the Ministry of Science and
Technology through the Korea Science and Engineering
Foundation. Further support by the LG Chem Chair
Professorship (SYL) is appreciated
Associations between urinary phthalate monoesters and thyroid hormones in pregnant women.
Effects of medium components on the growth of Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens and succinic acid production
Several factors affecting cell growth and succinic acid production by Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens were examined by cultivating cells under various conditions. Maximum specific growth rate in the flask cultivation increased with increasing initial glucose concentration up to 20 g/l glucose. The distribution of fermentation products was not affected by glucose concentration, and the ratio of fermentation products (g-acetic acid/g-succinic acid) was similar (1:4) for all glucose concentrations. Other carbon sources including lactose, sucrose, maltose, and fructose could be utilized by A. succiniciproducens. Cell concentration and the amount of succinic acid attainable was dependent on the inoculum size. Sodium ion was essential for cell growth and succinic acid production, and its optimum concentration was 4 g/l. Cell growth and succinic acid production were slightly enhanced at the optimum magnesium ion concentration of 0.4 g/l. Among the seven different complex nitrogen sources examined by Plackett-Burman design, only poylpeptone enhanced succinic acid production. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.This research was supported by a grant from the
Ministry of Science and Technology, Korea
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