Metabolic studies of γ-polyglutamic acid production in Bacillus licheniformis by small-scale continuous cultivations

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 73, Issue , 2013, Pages 29-37

  Wilming, Anja ^a   Begemann, Jens ^a   Kuhne, Stefan ^a   Regestein, Lars ^a   Bongaerts, Johannes ^b   Evers, Stefan ^b   Maurer, Karl Heinz ^b   Büchs, Jochen ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HENKEL KGAA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus licheniformis; Bioreactors; Fermentation; Polyglutamic acid; Protease; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

2-OXOGLUTARATE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SPECIES; BATCH CULTIVATION; BROTH VISCOSITY; CONTINUOUS CULTIVATION; FERMENTATION CONDITIONS; GLUTAMIC ACID; INCREASING VISCOSITY; LOW VISCOSITY; MASS AND HEAT TRANSFERS; METABOLIC FLUX; OUT-OF-PHASE CONDITIONS; OXYGEN LIMITATION; OXYGEN TRANSFER; POLYGLUTAMIC ACIDS; PROTEASE; PULSE EXPERIMENTS; SHAKE FLASK CULTIVATIONS; SHAKE FLASKS; SUBSTRATE LIMITATION;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOREACTORS; BOTTLES; EXPERIMENTS; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; OXYGEN;

VISCOSITY;

GAMMA POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; OXOGLUTARATE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; CHELATION; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84873898261     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: 1873295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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