Application of process mass spectroscopy to the detection of metabolic changes in plant tissue culture |
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Authors: | Peggy Nikolova Murray Moo-Young Raymond L Legge |
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Institution: | (1) Biochemical Engineering Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, N2L 3G1 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;(2) Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, N2L 3G1 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
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Abstract: | There is a clear need in the area of plant cell culture for methods of on-line estimation of culture parameters. The introduction of plant cells into culture can result in a loss of their photoautotrophic character so that they are largely heterotrophic. As a result, fermentation off-gas analysis may not be confounded by photosynthetically-related O2 production. In this study performance of a suspension culture of Syringa vulgaris, in a pneumatically agitated bioreactor of in-house design, was investigated. The effect of light on growth, carbohydrate metabolism and the respiratory quotient (RQ), determined by process mass spectroscopy, was studied. Yield coefficients for cells grown in the light and dark were similar although the patterns of carbohydrate uptake were quite different. Maximum biomass yields were higher in this bioreactor than normally observed in shake flasks. The RQ was dynamic during the course of the fermentation, peaking during the transition from the lag phase to the growth phase. It is suggested that the RQ may prove useful as an on-line parameter for monitoring transitions in cellular metabolism during plant cell culture fermentations.Abbreviations RQ
respiratory quotient
- v.v.m.
volume of gas fed to fermenter per unit volume per minute
- YX/S
growth yield coefficient based on total carbohydrate |
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Keywords: | bioreactor plant cell culture process mass spectroscopy respiratory quotient Syringa vulgaris |
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