Self-Cycling Fermentation Applied to Acinetobacter calcoaceticus RAG-1
AUTOR(ES)
Brown, Wayne A.
RESUMO
The self-cycling fermentation (SCF) technique was applied to a culture of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus RAG-1. This method was shown to result in synchronization of the cells, achieving a 77% improvement in cell synchrony over that of the batch case. Cellular occurrences, averaged out by asynchronous batch cultures, were magnified by the temporal alignment of metabolic events brought about by the synchronization associated with SCFs. The cell population doubled only once per cycle, thus establishing an equality between cycle time and doubling time. Parameters of interest were biomass concentration, total bioemulsifier (emulsan) production, cycle time, and residual carbon concentration. Cycle-to-cycle variation of these parameters was, in most cases, insignificant. Repeatability of doubling time estimates (based on 95% confidence intervals) was roughly 7 to 10 times better between cycles in an SCF than between batch replicates. The carbon substrate was completely utilized in all cases in which it was measured, giving this technique an advantage over chemostat-type fermentations. The dissolved-oxygen profiles monitored throughout a cycle were found to be repeatable. A characteristic shape, which can be related to the growth of the organism, was associated with each carbon source. The specific emulsan productivity of SCFs was found to be approximately 50 times greater than that of the batch process and 2 to 9 times greater than that of the chemostat, depending on the dilution rate considered. With respect to specific emulsan production, a 25-fold improvement over that in an immobilized cell system recently introduced was obtained. Thus, SCFs are a viable alternative to established fermentation techniques.
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