Growth of Bacteroides fragilis in Continuous Culture and in Batch Cultures at Controlled pH
AUTOR(ES)
Dalland, Eli
RESUMO
Bacteroides fragilis NCTC 9343 has been grown in continuous cultures with glucose as growth-limiting factor. At pH 7.0 and at a dilution rate of 0.07 per h, glucose limited growth in concentrations up to 0.6%. Maximal cell yield and productivity were obtained with 0.87% glucose in the inflowing medium. A pH of 7.0 was optimal for growth. With 0.6% glucose in the fresh medium and at pH 7.0, cell yield and productivity were highest at a dilution rate of 0.07 per h and 0.11 per h, respectively. At dilution rates higher than 0.07 per h, glucose was no longer growth limiting, and at dilution rates above 0.11 per h, another compound seemed to have replaced glucose also as energy source. When grown in batch cultures at pH 7.0, the best yields of B. fragilis was achieved with 0.6% glucose in the fresh medium. The highest specific growth rate (μm) determined from viable counts was 0.45, corresponding to a mean generation time of 92 min.
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