PRODUCTION OF LEVANASE BY RHODOTORULA SP

Authors
CHAUDHARY A GUPTA JK GUPTA LK BANERJEE UC
Citation
A. Chaudhary et al., PRODUCTION OF LEVANASE BY RHODOTORULA SP, Folia microbiologica, 41(4), 1996, pp. 353-356
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Folia microbiologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00155632
Volume
41
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
353 - 356
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-5632(1996)41:4<353:POLBRS>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Rhodotorula sp. produced a high yield of levanase (125 nkat/mL) in sha ke flasks in basal medium containing 1 % maltose as the sole carbon so urce. Among the different carbon sources used, maltose was found to be the best for levanase production. The optimum temperature and pH for levanase production were 30 degrees C and 6, respectively. In a batch reactor the enzyme productivity was higher (500 nkat L(-1) h(-1)) than in shaken flasks (347 nkat L(-1) h(-1)).