Production of Gluconobacter oxydans cells from low-cost culture medium for conversion of glycerol to dihydroxyacetone |
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Authors: | Wei Shenghua Song Qingxun Wei Dongzhi |
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Institution: | State Key Lab of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, PR China. dzhwei@ecust.edu.cn |
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Abstract: | Gluconobacter oxydans could be immobilized as a biocatalyst for the conversion of glycerol to dihydroxyacetone. To reduce the production cost, the cells were produced from agricultural byproducts. Corn meal hydrolysate and corn steep liquor were employed to replace of sorbitol and yeast extract as medium for G. oxydans cell production. The optimal medium contained 80 g/L reducing sugar, 25 g/L corn steep liquor, and 10 g/L glycerol. The cell mass was about 4.22 g/L and the glycerol dehydrogenase activity was about 5.23 U/mL. For comparison, the cell mass was about 4.0 g/L and the glycerol dehydrogenase activity was about 5.35 U/mL cultured in sorbitol and yeast extract medium. These studies shown the corn meal hydrolysate and corn steep liquor medium was similar in performance to a nutrient-rich medium, but the cost of production was only 15% of that cultured in sorbitol and yeast extract medium. It was an economical process for the production of G. oxydans cells as biocatalyst for the conversion of glycerol to dihydroxyacetone in industry. |
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