Agitator speed and dissolved oxygen effects in xanthan fermentations

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 198-210

  Amanullah, A ^a   Tuttiett, B ^a   Nienow, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agitator speed; Caverns; Dissolved oxygen; Specific oxygen uptake rate; Specific Xanthan production rate; Xanthan fermentation

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; FERMENTATION; FERMENTERS; GAS ABSORPTION; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; OXYGEN; RHEOLOGY;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; SPECIFIC OXYGEN UPTAKE; XANTHAN;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

OXYGEN; XANTHAN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; FERMENTATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 0031973766     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980120)57:2<198::AID-BIT8>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Amanullah, A., Serrano-Carreon, L., Galindo, E., Nienow, A. W. 1996a. Reproducibility of pilot scale Xanthan fermentations. Biotechnol. Prog. 12: 466-473.
2. Amanullah, A., Nienow, A. W. 1996b. The influence of bulk mixing in Xanthan fermentations. Proc. 5th Wor. Cong. Chem. Eng. (San Diego, CA). 2: 550-555.
3. Amanullah, A., Serrano-Carreon, L., Castro, B., Galindo, E., Nienow, A. W. 1997. Influence of agitator type in pilot scale Xanthan fermentations. Biotechnol. Bioeng. (accepted).
4. Bandyopadhyay, B., Humphrey, A. E. 1967. Dynamic measurement of the volumetric oxygen transfer coefficient in fermentation systems. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 9: 533-544.
5. Elson, T. P., Cheesman, D. J., Nienow, A. W. 1986. X-ray studies of cavern sizes and mixing performance with fluids possessing a yield stress. Chem. Eng. SCi. 41: 2555-2562.
6. Flores, F., Torres, L. G., Galindo, E. 1994. Effect of the dissolved oxygen tension during the cultivation of X. campestris on the production and quality of Xanthan gum. J. Biotechnol. 34: 165-173.
7. Funahashi, H., Hirai, K. I., Yoshida, T., Taguchi, H. 1988a. Mixing state of Xanthan gum solution in aerated and agitated fermentor - effects of impeller size on volumes of mixed regions and circulation time distribution. J. Ferment. Technol. 66: 103-109.
8. Funahashi, H., Hirai, K. I., Yoshida, T., Taguchi, H. 1988b. Mechanistic analysis of Xanthan gum production in a stirred tank. J. Ferment. Technol. 3: 355-364.
9. Funahashi, H., Machara, M., Taguchi, H., Yoshida, T. 1987a. Effect of glucose concentration on Xanthan gum production by Xanthomonas campestris. J. Chem. Eng. Jpn. 65: 603-606.
10. Funahashi, H., Machara, M., Taguchi, H., Yoshida, T. 1987b. Effects of agitation by flat bladed turbine impeller on microbial production of Xanthan gum. J. Chem. Eng. Jpn. 20: 16-22.
11. Galindo, E., Nienow, A. W. 1992. Mixing of highly viscous simulated Xanthan fermentation broths with the Lightnin' A315 impeller. Biotechnol. Prog. 8: 233-239.
12. Galindo, E., Nienow, A. W. 1993. Performance of the Scaba 6SRGT agitator in mixing of simulated Xanthan gum broths. Chem. Eng. Technol. 16: 102-108.
13. L a measurement in viscous gas-liquid systems. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 22: 1945-1956.
14. Herbst, H. Schumpe, A., Deckwer, W. 1992. Xanthan production in stirred tank fermentors: oxygen transfer and scale up. Chem. Eng. Technol. 15: 425-434.
15. Hickman, A. D. 1985. Agitation, mixing and mass transfer in simulated high viscosity fermentation broths, Ph.D. thesis, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
16. Kennedy, J. F., Jones, P., Barker, S. A. 1982. Factors affecting microbial growth and polysaccharide production during the fermentation of Xanthamonas campestris culture. Enz. Microb. Technol. 4: 39.
17. Lee, Y. H., Tsao, G. T. 1979. Dissolved oxygen electrodes. Adv. Biochem. Eng. 13: 35-142.
18. Metzner, A. B., Otto, R. E. 1957. Agitation of non-Newtonian fluids, AIChE. J. 3: 3-10.
19. Mimura, A., Takeda, I., Wakasa, R. 1973. Some characteristic phenomena of oxygen transfer in hydrocarbon fermentation. Biotechnol. Bioeng. Symp. 4: 467-484.
20. Moraine, R. A., Rogovin, P. 1973. Kinetics of Xanthan fermentation. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 15: 225-237.
21. Nienow, A. W. 1984. Mixing studies on high viscosity fermentation processes - Xanthan gums, pp. 293-304. In: World biotech report (vol. 1). Europe Online UK.
22. Nienow, A. W., Elson, T. P. 1986. Aspects of mixing in rheologically complex fluids, AIChE annual meeting, paper 75a, Miami, FL.
23. Nienow, A. W., Elson, T. P. 1988. Aspects of mixing in Theologically complex fluids. Chem. Eng. Res. Des. 66: 5-15.
24. Nienow, A. W., Miles, D. 1969. A dynamometer for the accurate measurement of mixing torque. J. Sci. Inst. 2: 994-995.
25. Nienow, A. W., Wisdom, D. J., Solomon, J., Machon, V., Vlcek, J. 1983. The effect of Theological complexities on power consumption in an aerated, agitated vessel. Chem. Eng. Commun. 19: 273-293.
26. Peters, H. U., Herbst, H., Heselink, P. G. M., Lunsdorf, H., Schumpe, A., Deckwer, W. D. 1989a. The influence of agitation rate on Xanthan production by Xanthomonas campestris. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 34: 1393-1397.
27. Peters, H. U., Herbst, H., Suh, I. H., Schumpe, A., Deckwer, W. D. 1989b. The influence of fermenter hydrodynamics on Xanthan production by Xanthomonas campestris, pp. 275-281. In: V. Crescenzi et al. (ed.), Biomedical and biotechnological advances in industrial polysaccharides. Gordon and Breach, New York.
28. Peters, H. U., Suh, I. S., Schumpe, A., Deckwer, W. D. 1992. Modelling of batchwise Xanthan production. Can. J. Chem. Eng. 70: 742-750.
29. Pinches, A., Pallent, L. J. 1986. Rate and yield relationships in the production of Xanthan gum by batch fermentations using complex and chemically defined growth media. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 28: 1484-1496.
30. Rogovin, S. P., Anderson, R. F., Cadmus M. C. 1961. Production of polysaccharide with Xanthomonas campestris. J. Biochem. Microbiol. Technol. Eng. 3: 51-63.
31. Suh, I. S., Herbst, H., Schumpe, A., Deckwer, W. D. 1990. The molecular weight of Xanthan polysaccharide produced under oxygen limitation. Biotechnol. Lett. 12: 201-206.
32. Suh, I. S., Schumpe, A., Deckwer, W. D. 1992. Xanthan production in bubble column and air lift reactors. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 39: 85-94.
33. Weiss, R., Ollis, D. F. 1980. Extracellular microbial polysaccharides. I. Substrate, biomass and product kinetic equations for batch Xanthan gum fermentation. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 22: 859-873.
34. Zhao, X., Zongding, H., Nienow, A. W., Kent, C. A., Chatwin, S. 1994. Rheological characteristics, power consumption, mass and heat transfer during Xanthan gum fermentation. Chinese. J. Chem. Eng. 2: 198-209.