Biological Modification of the Fatty Acid Group in an Emulsan by Supplementing Fatty Acids under Conditions Inhibiting Fatty Acid Biosynthesis

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When the concentration of the antiblotic cerulenin was increased up to 3.0 mg/l in medium containing ehtanol as a carbon source, the specific growth rate of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and htte fatty acid content of the emulsan decreased from 0.179 h^<-1> and 13.9% to 0.015 h^<-1> and 3.4%, respectively. The emulsifying activity in medium containing cerulenin decreased with increasing ceruleain concentration. In the culture containing 3.0 mg/l cerulenin, fatty acid biosynthesis was inhibited. Various fatty acids were added to this inhibitory culture as a second carbon source to modify the fatty acid group in the emulsan. When an odd-numbered fatty acid was added, the resulting emulsan was found to have other odd-numbered fatty acids that were not present originally. Among the emulsan produced from even-numbered fatty acids, the emulsan produced from myristic acid (C14) contained the greatest amount of the same-numbered fatty acids. When the amount of supplemental myristic acid was increased, the myristic acid content in the emulsan icreased, but its emulsifying activity decreased.
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2000-09-25