Fermentation Technology

Tamer Essam

Publications

• Research Article
  Scaling Up for the Industrial Production of Rifamycin B Fed-Batch Production Mode in Shake Flasks and Bench-Scale Fermentor
  Author(s): Hewaida F El-Sedawy, Manal MM Hussein, Tamer Essam1, Ossama M El-Tayeb and Fatma HA Mohammad Hewaida F El-Sedawy, Manal MM Hussein, Tamer Essam1, Ossama M El-Tayeb and Fatma HA Mohammad
  
  The production of rifamycin B using the gene amplified variant of Amycolatopsis mediterranei (NCH) was initially optimized in shake flasks through medium modifications and fed-batch addition of uracil. The yield was increased by 21.7% (from 11.7 to 14.3 g/l) when F2m1 medium was used. The production was further verified and optimized in fedbatch- mode in a laboratory fermentor using F2m3 medium and the optimized conditions (agitation 500 rpm, aeration; 1.5 for 3 days then control DO at 30% thereafter, pH; 6.5 for 3 days then 7 thereafter and control temperature at 28°C). Fed-batching of glucose syrup (5% v/v at day 3) and glucose (1% at days 6 and 8) increased the yield from 17.8 to 20.9 g/l (17.3%) at day 10. A yield of upto 20 g/l was recorded when 0.1% uracil was fed-batched at day 2. Integration of the most optimum conditions for fed-batching glucose syrup, glucose and uracil further.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-7972.1000108

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