Method of culturing amino acid racemase-producing microorganism of genus pseudomonas
AssigneeResearch Association for Utilization of Light Oil
InventorsMitsunobu Shimazu, Fuzio Endo, hideaki Yukawa
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Abstract
A method of culturing an amino acid racemaseproducing microorganism of the genus Pseudomonas, which comprising culturing said microorganism in a culture medium containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of glycerol, ethanol, tartaric acid, fumaric acid and succinic acid as a carbon source, and recovering microorganism cells containing the amino acid racemase in an increased amount.
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A method for producing an amino acid racemase which comprises culturing Pseudomonas putida IFO 12996 in a culture medium therefor containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of glycerol, ethanol and tartaric acid as carbon source,, the total concentration of the carbon source added to the medium during the culturing being at least 0.5% (w/v), and recovering from the medium microorganism cells containing the amino acid racemase.
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