A Bioreactor-Crystallizer for L-Malic Acid Production |
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Authors: | Masakatsu Furui Nobuyuki Sakata Osamu Otsuki Tetsuya Tosa |
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Institution: |
a Research Laboratory of Applied Biochemistry, Tanabe Selyaku Co. Ltd., Yodogawaku, Osaka, Japan |
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Abstract: | A bioreactor with associated crystallizer for the accumulation of a highly concentrated slurry product has been developed and investigated. The transformation of Ca-fumarate to Ca-L-malate by the action of the fumarase of immobilized Brevibacterium flavum cells focussed on the performance of this newly-devised bioreactor-crystallizer system.
The following results were obtained
(1) The fumarase reaction in the bioreactor proceeded at a rate that was first-order in apparent substrate concentration.
(2) The reaction rate increased with the addition of Na2-fumarate to the substrate solution.
(3) The reaction rate was independent of the substrate circulation rate and the initial substrate concentration in the crystallizer.
(4) Fumarase activity of immobilized B. flavum cells was stable after 10 repeated uses over a period of 10 days.
(5) Maximum concentration of the product, final conversion ratio of the substrate and the productivity of the bioreactor-crystallizer system were much higher than those for a conventional bioreactor using solubilized Ca-fumarate as a substrate. |
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Keywords: | Bioreactor-crystallizer Brevibacterium flavum calcium L-malate fumarase reaction immobilized biocatalyst slurry |
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