The effects of pantothenate deficiency and acetate addition on anaerobic batch fermentation of glucose by Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
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Authors: | M J Taherzadeh G Lidén L Gustafsson C Niklasson |
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Institution: | Department of Chemical Reaction Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, S-41296, G?teborg, Sweden. Fax: +46 31 772 3035, SE Department of General and Marine Microbiology, University of G?teborg, Medicinaregatan 9C, S-41390, G?teborg, Sweden, SE
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Abstract: | Physiological effects of deficiency of pantothenate, a necessary precursor in the synthesis of coenzyme A, were studied using
the yeast strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae CBS 8066. Cells were grown on defined media in anaerobic batch cultures with glucose (50 g/l) as the carbon and energy source.
Batch cultures containing more than 60 μg/l pantothenate showed no significant differences with respect to growth rates and
product yields. However, with an initial pantothenate concentration of 30 μg/l, the average glucose consumption rate was 50%
lower than in rich medium and, at even lower concentrations of pantothenate, the culture did not consume all the glucose in
the medium. Furthermore, pantothenate deficiency caused the acetate and pyruvate yields to increase and the biomass yield
to decrease, compared to the yields in pantothenate-rich medium. The increased acetate formation could be counteracted by
initial addition of acetate to the medium, and thereby the glycerol yield could be decreased. An initial addition of acetate
of 1.6 g/l to pantothenate-deficient medium (30 μg/l) caused a 35% decrease in glycerol yield and a 6% increase in ethanol
yield. Furthermore, the time required for complete conversion of the glucose decreased by 40%. Acetate addition affected the
acetate and glycerol yields in a similar way in pantothenate-rich medium (1000 μg/l) also.
Received: 27 December 1995/Received revision: 3 May 1996/Accepted: 9 May 1996 |
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