Studies on Kinetics of Alkaline Protease Production of by Bacillus licheniformis
Abstract
Proteases are the most important enzymes produced by Bacillus licheniformis. The protease producer strain Bacillus licheniformis GCU-12 was isolated from the soil. Fermentation medium containing Glucose 5.0; Peptone 7.5; NaCl 5.0; MgSO4.7H2O 5.0; FeSO4.7 H2O 0.1; was used for the production. The production was investigated in stirred fermenter as well as shake flasks. In stirred fermenter the culture produced 56 U/cm3during 24 h fermentation At 9.0 and 40oC. The kinetic and mass balance studies revealed that the growth rate was 0.25 h-1 during first 12 hrs of fermentation in the stirred fermenter and 0.183 h-1 for first 18 hrs of fermentation in shake flasks. The value of number of generations and its doubling time in the fermenter were 4.33 and 2.8 h whereas the number of generations and the doubling time for shake flasks were 4.8 and 3.79 h. The substrate uptake rate of biomass was 2.9 g/dm3/hour in fermenter and 1.8 g/dm3/hour for shake flasks while specific substrate uptake rate was maintained 0.2 g substrate-g-1 biomass-h-1 during exponential phases both in the shake flask and the stirred fermenter.Downloads
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2017-08-10
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Sagir, D. M. (2017). Studies on Kinetics of Alkaline Protease Production of by Bacillus licheniformis. Journal of the Pakistan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 45(2). Retrieved from http://piche.org.pk/journal/index.php/jpiche/article/view/359
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