(1) Industrial Biotechnology Group, Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., R-282, TTC area of MIDC, Thane-Belapur Road, Rabale, Navi Mumbai, 400 701, India
Abstract:
Growth of Streptococcus zooepidemicus in a 10 l bioreactor with 50 g sucrose/l and 10 g casein hydrolysate/l gave 5–6 g hyaluronic acid/l after 24–28 h. Purification of hyaluronic acid gave a recovery of 65% with the final material having an Mr of ∼4 × 106 Da with less than 0.1% protein.