High yield and cost-effective production of poly(γ-glutamic acid) with Bacillus subtilis

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 291-297

  Huang, Jin ^a   Du, Yinming ^a   Xu, Guohua ^b   Zhang, Huili ^a   Zhu, Fan ^a   Huang, Lei ^a   Xu, Zhinan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shandong Fufeng Fermentation Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Biopolymers; Fed batch; Poly( glutamic acid); Scale up

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BATCH FERMENTATION; BULK CHEMICALS; COST-EFFECTIVE PRODUCTION; FED BATCHES; FERMENTATION PROCESS; FERMENTORS; GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIGH YIELD; HIGH-DENSITY; L-GLUTAMATE; PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS; PRODUCTION COST; SCALE-UP; SHAKE FLASKS; YEAST EXTRACTS;

AMINO ACIDS; BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FERMENTATION; FERMENTERS; GLUCOSE; YEAST;

SUBSTRATES;

BIOPOLYMER; FUNGAL EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; POLY(GAMMA GLUTAMIC ACID); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FERMENTATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; POLYMER; PRODUCTION COST; SUBSTRATE; YEAST;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOMASS FERMENTATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FED BATCH FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMER PRODUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 79958778473     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201000133     Document Type: Article

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