The influence of dissolved oxygen tension on the synthesis of the antibiotic difficidin by bacillus subtilis

The antibiotic, difficidin, and its hydroxylated derivative oxydifficidin, were synthesized by cultures of Bacillus subtilis grown on a complex medium. Maximum titers of about 200 and 130 mg/L, respectively, were obtained. In fermentations where the dissolved oxygen tension (DOT) was controlled, the...

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Published inBiotechnology and bioengineering Vol. 44; no. 8; p. 1007
Main Authors Suphantharika, M, Ison, A P, Lilly, M D, Buckland, B C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.10.1994
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Summary:The antibiotic, difficidin, and its hydroxylated derivative oxydifficidin, were synthesized by cultures of Bacillus subtilis grown on a complex medium. Maximum titers of about 200 and 130 mg/L, respectively, were obtained. In fermentations where the dissolved oxygen tension (DOT) was controlled, the maximum specific growth rate was only reduced below 5% air saturation. DOT had little effect on the volumetric rateof synthesis of oxydifficidin but greatly influenced the rate for difficidin, which was reduced at DOT values below 40% air saturation. (c) 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ISSN:0006-3592
DOI:10.1002/bit.260440818