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Two‐phase airlift fermentor operation with elicitation for the enhanced production of enzophenanthridine alkaloids in cell suspensions of Escherichia californica
Author(s) -
Byun Sang Yo,
Pedersen Henrik
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.260440104
Subject(s) - airlift , fermentation , chromatography , elicitor , chemistry , bioreactor , alkaloid , food science , biochemistry , organic chemistry , gene
Approaches to increasing the productivity of benzophenanthridine alkaloids in suspension cultures in Escherichia californica were made in an airlift fermentor under different culture conditions. Elicitation with yeast extract elicitor reduced the time required to obtain a certain amount of alkaloid production. In a two‐phase airlift fermentor with compounded silicone fluid, total alkaloid concentration in silicone fluid was 153.1 mg/L and that in the aqueous cellular phase was 8.2 mg/L at day 21 from inoculation. The large accumulation capacity of silicone fluid made it possible to store correspondingly large amounts of total alkaloid and increased the alkaloid production. Act day 21 from inoculation, the volumetric alkaloid productivity and the netproduction in a two‐phase airlift fermentor were 1.4 and 1.5 times higher than those of normal airlift fermentor operation. This performance was furthermore enhanced by elicitation. Elicitation in two‐phase airlift fermentor operation increased the volumetric productivity and the new production 3.3‐ and 3.5‐fold compared to those of normal airlift fermentor operation. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.