Method to increase the production of extracellular polymeric substances (eps) in a acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans culture by the inhibition of enzymes of tricarboxilic acid cycle
AssigneesUniversidad De Chile, Biosigma S.A.
InventorsAlejandro Eduardo Maass Sepúlveda, Pablo Andrés Moreno Cortéz, Marko Antonio Budinich Abarca, Pilar Angélica Parada Valdecantos, Leandro Mauricio Padilla Iglesias, Marlen Nayibe Barreto Roa
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Abstract
A method of increasing the production of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in an Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans culture is disclosed. The method includes inhibiting an enzyme, such as citrate synthase, aconitase, or isocitrate dehydrogenase, in the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle leading to alpha-ketoglutarate.
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Method to enhance EPS production in an Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans wherein the inhibition citrate synthase, aconitasa and/or isocitrate dehydrogenase enzymes of tricarboxilic acid (TCA) cycle.
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