Lloyd, J.R., Hirst, Timothy R., Bunch, Alan William (1997) Hollow-fibre bioreactors compared to batch and chemostat culture for the production of a recombinant toxoid by a marine Vibrio. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 48 (2). pp. 155-161. ISSN 0175-7598. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:18163)
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Abstract
Bioreactor selection is important for maximising the productivity of recombinant organisms. In this paper a comparison is made between growth and recombinant protein synthesis in three types of bioreactor containing a marine Vibrio io capable of heterologous expression and secretion of the non-toxic B-subunit pentamer of Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin, EtxB. The heterologous gene was located on the plasmid pMMB68. Resistance to carbenicillin was used to select for plasmid-containing cells. In batch and continuous culture, volumetric productivities were highest when cells were grown in the presence of carbenicillin. Without antibiotic selection, the highest volumetric productivity (9.4 mg EtxB(-1) h(-1)) was observed in hollow-fibre bioreactors, and the production phase could be maintained for over 50 h. The highest specific productivity under these conditions was found in batch culture, but the maximal production phase was only of 5 h duration. In hollow-fibre reactors the type of fibre used significantly affected productivity, both with regards to the maintenance of reactor integrity and by allowing passage of the recombinant toroid through the selectively permeable membrane. Where contamination of the product with carbenicillin is to be avoided, these bioreactors are superior to batch or continuous culture.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: |
Q Science Q Science > QR Microbiology |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Biosciences |
Depositing User: | M.A. Ziai |
Date Deposited: | 20 Apr 2009 17:18 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 09:56 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/18163 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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