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Production of high molecular weight pullulan by Aureobasidium pullulans using glucosamine

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Pullulan productivity was optimized in Aureobasidium pullulans ATCC 42023 with 54 g glucose l−1. Pullulan with its higher molecular weight (>1 000 000) was produced using 2% (w/v) glucose and 3% (w/v) glucosamine together. The maximum concentration of pullulan was 8 g l−1 at 140 h with shake-flask culture.

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  1. Division of Food and Biotechnology, Pukyung National University, Pusan , 608-737, Korea

    Jeong-Hwa Kim, Mi-Ryung Kim, Ji-Hyun Lee & Sung-Koo Kim

  2. Faculty of Natural Resources & Life Science, Dong-A University, Pusan , 604-714, Korea

    Jin-Woo Lee

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Kim, JH., Kim, MR., Lee, JH. et al. Production of high molecular weight pullulan by Aureobasidium pullulans using glucosamine. Biotechnology Letters 22, 987–990 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005681019573

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