Influence of specific growth rate over the secretory expression of recombinant potato carboxypeptidase inhibitor in fed-batch cultures of Escherichia coli

2010 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 1334-1341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan-Miguel Puertas ◽  
Jordi Ruiz ◽  
Mónica Rodríguez de la Vega ◽  
Julia Lorenzo ◽  
Glòria Caminal ◽  
...  
Microbiology ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 150 (6) ◽  
pp. 1637-1648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian Ihssen ◽  
Thomas Egli

In batch cultures of Escherichia coli, the intracellular concentration of the general stress response sigma factor RpoS typically increases during the transition from the exponential to the stationary growth phase. However, because this transition is accompanied by complex physico-chemical and biological changes, which signals predominantly elicit this induction is still the subject of debate. Careful design of the growth environment in chemostat and batch cultures allowed the separate study of individual factors affecting RpoS. Specific growth rate, and not cell density or the nature of the growth-limiting nutrient, controlled RpoS expression and RpoS-dependent hydroperoxidase activity. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that the standard E. coli minimal medium A (MMA) is not suitable for high-cell-density cultivation because it lacks trace elements. Previously reported cell-density effects in chemostat cultures of E. coli can be explained by a hidden, secondary nutrient limitation, which points to the importance of medium design and appropriate experimental set-up for studying cell-density effects.


Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yann Brignoli ◽  
Brian Freeland ◽  
David Cunningham ◽  
Michal Dabros

Accurate control of the specific growth rate (µ) of microorganisms is dependent on the ability to quantify the evolution of biomass reliably in real time. Biomass concentration can be monitored online using various tools and methods, but the obtained signal is often very noisy and unstable, leading to inaccuracies in the estimation of μ. Furthermore, controlling the growth rate is challenging as the process evolves nonlinearly and is subject to unpredictable disturbances originating from the culture’s metabolism. In this work, a novel feedforward-feedback controller logic is presented to counter the problem of noise and oscillations in the control variable and to address the exponential growth dynamics more effectively. The controller was tested on fed-batch cultures of Kluyveromyces marxianus, during which μ was estimated in real time from online biomass concentration measurements obtained with dielectric spectroscopy. It is shown that the specific growth rate can be maintained at different setpoint values with an average root mean square control error of 23 ± 6%.


2003 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Chun Cheng ◽  
Lien-I Hor ◽  
Jau-Yann Wu ◽  
Teh-Liang Chen

Genetics ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 116 (3) ◽  
pp. 349-358
Author(s):  
Robert B Helling ◽  
Christopher N Vargas ◽  
Julian Adams

ABSTRACT Populations of Escherichia coli, initiated with a single clone and maintained for long periods in glucose-limited continuous culture, developed extensive polymorphisms. In one population, examined after 765 generations, two majority and two minority types were identified. Stable mixed populations were reestablished from the isolated strains. Factors involved in the development of this polymorphism included differences in the maximum specific growth rate and in the transport of glucose, and excretion of metabolites by some clones which were utilized by minority clones.


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