Production of alginate by Azotobacter vinelandii grown at two bioreactor scales under oxygen-limited conditions

Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1133-1140

  Díaz Barrera, Alvaro ^a   Gutierrez, Javiera ^a   Martínez, Fabiola ^a   Altamirano, Claudia ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b Centro Regional de Estudios en Alimentos Saludables Valparaiso   (Chile)

Author keywords

Alginate; Molecular weight; Oxygen transfer rate; Scale up; Stirred fermentor

Indexed keywords

BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOCONVERSION; FERMENTERS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXYGEN;

AGITATION RATES; AIR FLOW-RATE; BATCH CULTURE; FERMENTORS; GROWTH PERIOD; OXYGEN TRANSFER RATE; SCALE-UP; SPECIFIC OXYGEN UPTAKE RATE;

ALGINATE;

ALGINIC ACID; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; OXYGEN; SUCROSE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP; STIRRED REACTOR; BIOREACTOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII;

ALGINATES; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BIOREACTORS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; OXYGEN;

EID: 84905681816     PISSN: 16157591     EISSN: 16157605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00449-013-1084-2     Document Type: Article

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