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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1982 November; 44(5): 1231-1237
Copyright © 1982, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Production of Extracellular Polysaccharide by Zoogloea ramigera

Anders B. Norberg and Sven-Olof Enfors{dagger}

Department of Technical Microbiology, Chemical Center, University of Lund, S-220 07 Lund 7, Sweden

ABSTRACT

In batch cultures of Zoogloea ramigera the maximum rate of exopolysaccharide synthesis occurred in a partly growth-linked process. The exopolysaccharide was attached to the cells as a capsule. The capsules were released from the cell walls after 150 h of cultivation, which caused the fermentation broth to be highly viscous. Ultrasonication could be used to release capsular polysaccharide from the microbial cell walls. Treatment performed after 48 to 66 h of cultivation revealed exopolysaccharide concentration and apparent viscosity values in accordance with values of untreated samples withdrawn after 161 h of cultivation. The yield coefficient of exopolysaccharide on the basis of consumed glucose was in the range of 55 to 60% for batch cultivations with an initial glucose concentration of 25 g liter–1. An exopolysaccharide concentration of up to 38 g liter–1 could be attained if glucose, nitrogen, and growth factors were fed into the batch culture. The oxygen consumption rate in batch fermentations reached 25 mmol of O2 liter–1 h–1 during the exopolysaccharide synthesis phase and then decreased to values below 5 mmol of O2 liter–1 h–1 during the release phase. The fermentation broth showed pseudoplastic flow behavior, and the polysaccharide was not degraded when growth had ceased.

FOOTNOTES

{dagger} Present address: Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.

Appl Environ Microbiol. 1982 November; 44(5): 1231-1237
Copyright © 1982, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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