Yeast biomass production: a new approach in glucose-limited feeding strategy

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Érika Durão Vieira²  Maria Da Graça Stupiello Andrietta¹  Silvio Roberto Andrietta¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual de Campinas Faculdade de Engenharia Química Campinas SP ,Brazil

关键词: yeast;    biomass;    fed-batch;    process simulation;    Saccharomyces cerevisiae;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1517-83822013000200035

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this work was to implement experimentally a simple glucose-limited feeding strategy for yeast biomass production in a bubble column reactor based on a spreadsheet simulator suitable for industrial application. In biomass production process using Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains, one of the constraints is the strong tendency of these species to metabolize sugars anaerobically due to catabolite repression, leading to low values of biomass yield on substrate. The usual strategy to control this metabolic tendency is the use of a fed-batch process in which where the sugar source is fed incrementally and total sugar concentration in broth is maintained below a determined value. The simulator presented in this work was developed to control molasses feeding on the basis of a simple theoretical model in which has taken into account the nutritional growth needs of yeast cell and two input data: the theoretical specific growth rate and initial cell biomass. In experimental assay, a commercial baker's yeast strain and molasses as sugar source were used. Experimental results showed an overall biomass yield on substrate of 0.33, a biomass increase of 6.4 fold and a specific growth rate of 0.165 h-1 in contrast to the predicted value of 0.180 h-1 in the second stage simulation.

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