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| Title: | Influence of fermentation conditions on levan production by Zymomonas mobilis CT2 |
| Authors: | Senthilkumar, V
Gunasekaran, P |
| Keywords: | Zymomonas mobilis
levansucrase
levan
sucrase
fermentation |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2005 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.7 C12N1/16; C12R1:01; C12N9/24 |
| Abstract: | Zymomonas mobilis produces two extracellular sucrases namely levansucrase (sac B) and sucrase (sac C). A mutant strain of Z. mobilis CT2 defective in sucrase sac C, constructed earlier by gene disruption1, produced higher levels of levan (27.2 g L-1) than the parent strain B14023 (15.4 g L-1) from 200 g L-1 of sucrose at 25°C and pH 5.0. Increasing fermentation temperature from 25 to 35°C enhanced ethanol concentration from 17.8 to 46.4 g L-1 due to increased rate of sucrose hydrolysis but decreased the transfructosylation activity from 165 to 56 U mL-1. Addition of glucose or fructose to the fermentation medium considerably reduced the levan production due to the inhibition of levansucrase activity. |
| Page(s): | 491-496 |
| ISSN: | 0975-0967 (Online); 0972-5849 (Print) |
| Source: | IJBT Vol.04(4) [October 2005]
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