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Crossflow filtration of yeast broth cultivated in molasses
Author(s) -
Tanaka Takaaki,
Kamimura Ryoji,
Fujiwara Ryo,
Nakanishi Kazuhiro
Publication year - 1994
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/bit.260431113
Subject(s) - yeast , filtration (mathematics) , chemistry , food science , biology , chromatography , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , mathematics , statistics
Abstract A broth of yeast cells cultivated in molasses was crossfiltered with a thin‐channel module. The permeation flux gradually decreased at a constant cell concentration. The flux was much lower than that obtained for yeast broth cultivated in yeast extract, polypeptone, and dextrose (YPD) medium during the filtration. The flux did not depend on the membrane pore size (0.45 to 5 μm). The steady‐state flux was one‐twentieth that calculated for a cake filtration mode from the amount of cake per unit filtration area and the specific resistance of the cake measured in a dead‐end filtration apparatus. The lower flux was due to small particles (most of which were less than 1 μm in diameter) in the molasses. The mehanism of crossflow filtration of broths of yeast cells cultivated in molasses was clarified by analysis of the change in flux with time and observations with scanning electron microscopy. At the initial stage of crossflow filtration the yeast cells and particles from the molasses were deposited on the membrane to form the molasses were deposited on the membrane to form a cake in a similar way to dead‐end filtration. After the deposition of cells onto the membrane ceased, the fine particles from molasses formed a thin layer, which had higher resistance than the cake formed next to the membrane. The backwashing method was effective to increase the flux. The flux increased low when the pore size was 0.45 to 0.08 μm, but using larger pores of 3 to 5 μm it returned almost to the bases line. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.