Production of α-amylase using new strain of Bacillus polymyxa isolated from sweet potato

Journal Article
N-Z, Elmarzugi N, El Enshasy H, Elsayed EA, Taleb A, Keleb E, Naji S, Elrmithi O, Othman . 2013
المجلة \ الصحيفة: 
IOSR J Pharm Biol Sci
رقم الإصدار السنوي: 
5
الصفحات: 
73-79
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In this study, a new amylase producer strain was isolated from sweet potato tuber. This strain was able to grow at 37 °C and produce α-amylase in high quantity compared to other standard strain cultures. In the first part, cultivation in shake flask in  standard medium was carried out to give complete information about the growth and production kinetics of this strain.  The results clearly demonstrate that the isolated strain is able to  production  α-amylase  in  submerged  culture  with  concentration  up  to  2050  kat/L  after  20  h  cultivation. Furthermore, medium optimization was carried out by changing the starch concentration and cell cultivation in medium of mixed carbon source (composed of  starch and glucose of  ratio  15:5 g/g)  to enhance the production process and to increase the growth rate.  The volumetric and specific α-amylase production in this optimized medium were 4550  kat/L and 1060  kat/g, respectively.  Further improvement in enzyme production process was  achieved  by  scaling  up  the  process  from  shake  flask  to  3-L  stirred  tank  bioreactor  under  non-oxygen limiting condition. The maximal volumetric and specific α -amylase productions in bioreactor batch culture were 5210 kat/L and 1095kat/g, respectively, after only 14 h cultivation.