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An open-loop, on-off control system using the dissolved oxygen level to control a glucose feed was used in a study of growth and production of protease by Bacillus subtilis CNIB 8054. With this system, both glucose and oxygen were controlled at low concentrations. In batch fermentations, protease activity in the fermentation broth was maximum when growth had stopped. During oxygen-controlled, glucose fed-batch fermentations, growth and the production of protease activity continued during glucose feeding. Oxygen-controlled, glucose fed-batch fermentations produced more protease activity than batch fermentations, depending upon the set point for dissolved oxygen. These results indicate that control of glucose and oxygen concentrations can result in improvements in protease production.
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Kole, M.M., Draper, I. & Gerson, D.F. Protease production by Bacillus subtilis in oxygen-controlled, glucose fed-batch fermentations. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 28, 404–408 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00268204
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00268204