Plihon, Florence and Taillandier, Patricia
and Strehaiano, Pierre
Oxygen effect on lactose catabolism by a Leuconostoc mesenteroides strain: modeling of general O2-dependent stoichiometry.
(1996)
Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 49 (1). 63-69. ISSN 0006-3592
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960105)49:1<63::AID-BIT8>3.0.CO;2-R
Abstract
Lactose metabolism of a Leuconostoc mesenteroides strain was studied in batch cultures at a pH of 6.5 and 30 degrees C in 10 L of a modified MRS (De Man, Rogosa, Sharp) broth. The end products of this heterolactic bacterium were D-lactate, acetate, ethanol, and carbon dioxide. To test the effect of oxygen on their synthesis, the medium was sparged with different gases: nitrogen, air, and pure oxygen. When oxygen was available, oxygen uptake occurred, which caused a modification in acetate and ethanol production but not in lactate or carbon dioxide production; acetate plus ethanol together were produced in constant amounts, which were independent of the level of aeration. The influence of oxygen on end-product formation could be summed up by the general equation: lactose + x O(2) --> 2 D-lactate + (x + 0.1) acetate + (2 - x) ethanol + 2 CO(2). Maximal oxygen uptake (x = 2) was reached under a 120 L/h flow rate of pure oxygen. In addition, this equation provided useful information on the possible pathway of galactose catabolism by a heterofermentative microorganism.
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Institution: | French research institutions > Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS (FRANCE) Université de Toulouse > Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse - Toulouse INP (FRANCE) Université de Toulouse > Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier - UT3 (FRANCE) |
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