Improved oxygen transfer in cultures of Nocardia lactamdurans maintains the cephamycin biosynthetic proteins for prolonged time and enhances the conversion of deacetylcephalosporin into cephamycin C

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-50

  Leitão, Ana L ^a   Enguita, Francisco J ^b   Martín, Juan F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC Parque Científico de León   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allophane; Alumina; Cephamycin biosynthetic proteins; Oxygen transfer; Submerged culture

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ANTIBODIES; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; ENZYMES; OXYGEN;

ALLOPHANE; CEPHAMYCIN; OXYGEN TRANSFER; STIRRED TANK FERMENTORS;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ALUMINUM; CEPHAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031549639     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(97)00129-6     Document Type: Article

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