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Fermentation of starch by Klebsiella oxytoca p2, containing plasmids with α‐amylase and pullulanase genes
Author(s) -
dos Santos Vera Lúcia,
Araújo Elza Fernandes,
de Barros Everaldo Gonçalves,
Guimarães Walter Vieira
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
biotechnology and bioengineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1097-0290
pISSN - 0006-3592
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0290(19991220)65:6<673::aid-bit8>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - pullulanase , maltose , starch , fermentation , klebsiella oxytoca , amylase , food science , chemistry , thermostability , biochemistry , ethanol fuel , alpha amylase , ethanol , ethanol fermentation , enzyme , klebsiella pneumoniae , gene , escherichia coli
Klebsiella oxytoca P2(pC46), an ethanol‐producing recombinant, has been evaluated in fermentation of maltose and starch. The maximum ethanol produced by P2(pC46) was 0.34 g ethanol/g maltose and 0.38, 0.40, or 0.36 g ethanol/g starch in fermentation of 1, 2, or 4% starch, representing 68, 71, and 64% the theoretical yield. The pC46 plasmid transformed to cells of K. oxytoca P2 reduced the ethanol production from maltose and starch. In fermentation of starch after its digestion at 60°C for 24 h, in two‐step fermentation, the time for maximum ethanol production was reduced to 12–24 h and the theoretical yield was around 90%. The increase in starch concentration resulted in lower α‐amylase activity but in higher pullulanase activity. The high activity and thermostability of the amylolytic enzymes from this transformant suggest that it has a potential for amylolytic enzymes source. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 65: 673–676, 1999.