EFFECT OF WATER ACTIVITY ON CELL-GROWTH AND PHENOL OXIDASE PRODUCTIONBY STREPTOMYCES-CYANEUS VAR VIRIDOCHROMOGENES IN SURFACE CULTURE

Authors
BERROCAL M HUERTA S RODRIGUEZ J PREZLEBLIC M ARIAS ME
Citation
M. Berrocal et al., EFFECT OF WATER ACTIVITY ON CELL-GROWTH AND PHENOL OXIDASE PRODUCTIONBY STREPTOMYCES-CYANEUS VAR VIRIDOCHROMOGENES IN SURFACE CULTURE, World journal of microbiology & biotechnology, 12(1), 1996, pp. 101-102
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
World journal of microbiology & biotechnology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09593993
Volume
12
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
101 - 102
Database
ISI
SICI code
0959-3993(1996)12:1<101:EOWAOC>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
In surface cultures of Streptomyces cyaneus var. viridochromogenes, Na Cl depressed water activity (a(w)) without supporting growth. Reducing a(w) from 0.987 to 0.951 led to 3- and 8-fold increases in intracellu lar and extracellular phenol oxidase activities, respectively.