Effects of pH and aeration on γ-poly(glutamic acid) formation by Bacillus licheniformis in controlled batch fermentor cultures

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 222-227

  Cromwick, Anne Marie ^a   Birrer, Gregory A ^b,c   Gross, Richard A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^c HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

PGA; poly(glutamate); Bacillus licheniformis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BATCH CELL CULTURE; COMPOSITION; FERMENTATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXYGEN; PH; PH EFFECTS;

AERATION; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; CELL DRY WEIGHTS; CITRATE CONSUMPTION; CONTROLLED BATCH FERMENTOR CULTURES; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; POLYMER STEREOCHEMISTRY;

POLYAMIDES;

CITRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCEROL; OXYGEN; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; FERMENTATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH;

EID: 13344262714     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960420)50:2<222::AID-BIT10>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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