Fed-Batch Cultures of Recombinant Escherichia coli with Inhibitory Substance Concentration Monitoring

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Fed-batch cultures of recombinant Escherichia coli HB101 were investigated to obtain high cell density and large amounts of β-galactosidase (β-gal). E. coli HB101 was transformed with a hybrid plasmid pTREZ1,which contained a β-gal gene controlled by the trp promoter. In fed-batch cultures of recombinant E. coli, when the cell concentration reached around 13 g/l, the cell growth stopped and large amounts of inhibitory substances have accumulated in the broth. These inhibitory substances were isolated and identified. Acetate produced by the cells was evidently the main inhibitory of cell growth and β-gal production. Since the cells proved to assimilate acetate, the feed rate was controlled with acetate concentration monitoring in the fed-batch culture. As a result, the acetate concentration was maintained at a low level and cells grew smoothly without acetate-induced inhibition. Cell concentration and β-gal quantity reached high values of 28 g/l and 64 U/ml, respectively.
社団法人日本生物工学会の論文
1988-04-25