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An investigation on glycerol biosynthesis by an osmophilic yeast in a bioreactor

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Title An investigation on glycerol biosynthesis by an osmophilic yeast in a bioreactor
 
Creator Sahoo, Debendra K
Agarwal, Gopal P
 
Subject QD Chemistry
 
Description Glycerol production by osmophilic yeasts has a significant potential for large-scale production. The effects of important parameters including initial glucose concentration, carbon/nitrogen (C/N) ratio, aeration rate and pH were investigated in a 6 l bioreactor with the objective of a further scale-up of the process. The kinetics of glycerol biosynthesis were analysed as a function of these parameters. The initial glucose concentration significantly affected both cell growth and glycerol accumulation. A high C/N ratio resulted in poor cell growth, slow glucose uptake and a small amount of glycerol accumulation, whereas a decrease in C/N ratio favoured increased rates of growth, glucose uptake and production of high concentrations of ethanol but not necessarily increased glycerol production. Control of pH was not necessary, but aeration rate played an important role in the yield and productivity of glycerol.
 
Publisher Elsevier Science
 
Date 2001
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://crdd.osdd.net/open/867/1/sahoo2001.pdf
Sahoo, Debendra K and Agarwal, Gopal P (2001) An investigation on glycerol biosynthesis by an osmophilic yeast in a bioreactor. Process Biochemistry, 36 (8-9). pp. 839-846. ISSN 13595113
 
Relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0032-9592(00)00291-0
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