Abstract
Objectives
Microbial production of biopolymers is typically associated with high viscosity and suitable mixing plays an important role in their production. Due to the nature of Streptococcus strains in high production of lactic acid and consequently high consumption of NaOH, which is associated with increased viscosity and reduced mixing caused by hyaluronic acid production, the injected NaOH accumulates and causes cells loss, and decreases in quantity and quality of the produced hyaluronic acid.
Results
In this study, the effect of increasing dilution of media culture of Streptococcus zooepidemicus fed-batch culture during pH control by NaOH on mixing time, volumetric oxygen transfer coefficient, and increasing hyaluronic acid production in a 2-L fermenter were studied. The results showed that significant increasing dilution causes reduction mixing time, remarkable improvement volumetric oxygen transfer coefficient, hyaluronic acid production enhancement from 6.6 to 8.4 g/L, and diminution the consumption of NaOH.
Conclusion
Dilution of media culture of S. zooepidemicus fed-batch culture by the pH controlling agent achieved one of the highest amounts of hyaluronic acid that was reported recently. This method does not require any automatic control and can be used at a low cost to produce other soluble extracellular biopolymers.
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Saharkhiz, S., Babaeipour, V. The dilution effect of media culture on mixing time, Kla O2, and hyaluronic acid production in S. zooepidemicus fed-batch culture. Biotechnol Lett 43, 2217–2222 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-021-03192-0
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