Influence of Carbon Source and Culture Condition on Arachidonic Acid Production by Candida Krusei in Submerged Culture

The growing interest in the application of arachidonic acid (AA) in pharmaceutical and dietary requirements has obtained much attention on production of AA by microorganism. The influence of carbon sources and culture condition on arachidonic acid production was investigated in cultures of Candida...

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Main Authors: Noraziah, Abu Yazid, Nurul Izyani, A.M.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3014/1/Influence_of_carbon_source_and_culture_condition.pdf
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description The growing interest in the application of arachidonic acid (AA) in pharmaceutical and dietary requirements has obtained much attention on production of AA by microorganism. The influence of carbon sources and culture condition on arachidonic acid production was investigated in cultures of Candida krusei using shake flasks. The optimum culture condition for high yield of AA was determined by varying the pH (in range of 5 to 9) and agitation speed (in range of 50 to 250 rpm). The carbon sources that were used are sucrose, starch and the mixture of sucrose and starch. The highest dry biomass concentration (0.1473 g/ml) was obtained under culture condition at pH 7 and 250 rpm agitation rate by using sucrose as a carbon source. While, the highest yield of AA (5.0916 g/ml) was produced at pH 7 and 150 rpm agitation rate by using sucrose as carbon source.
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spelling UMPir30142018-05-15T07:58:30Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3014/ Influence of Carbon Source and Culture Condition on Arachidonic Acid Production by Candida Krusei in Submerged Culture Noraziah, Abu Yazid Nurul Izyani, A.M. TP Chemical technology The growing interest in the application of arachidonic acid (AA) in pharmaceutical and dietary requirements has obtained much attention on production of AA by microorganism. The influence of carbon sources and culture condition on arachidonic acid production was investigated in cultures of Candida krusei using shake flasks. The optimum culture condition for high yield of AA was determined by varying the pH (in range of 5 to 9) and agitation speed (in range of 50 to 250 rpm). The carbon sources that were used are sucrose, starch and the mixture of sucrose and starch. The highest dry biomass concentration (0.1473 g/ml) was obtained under culture condition at pH 7 and 250 rpm agitation rate by using sucrose as a carbon source. While, the highest yield of AA (5.0916 g/ml) was produced at pH 7 and 150 rpm agitation rate by using sucrose as carbon source. 2012-06 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3014/1/Influence_of_carbon_source_and_culture_condition.pdf Noraziah, Abu Yazid and Nurul Izyani, A.M. (2012) Influence of Carbon Source and Culture Condition on Arachidonic Acid Production by Candida Krusei in Submerged Culture. In: ISAET Proceedings: 2nd International Conference on Chemical, Biological and Environment Sciences 2012 , 30 June - 1 July 2012 , Bali, Indonesia. pp. 1-4.. (Published)
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Influence of Carbon Source and Culture Condition on Arachidonic Acid Production by Candida Krusei in Submerged Culture
title Influence of Carbon Source and Culture Condition on Arachidonic Acid Production by Candida Krusei in Submerged Culture
title_full Influence of Carbon Source and Culture Condition on Arachidonic Acid Production by Candida Krusei in Submerged Culture
title_fullStr Influence of Carbon Source and Culture Condition on Arachidonic Acid Production by Candida Krusei in Submerged Culture
title_full_unstemmed Influence of Carbon Source and Culture Condition on Arachidonic Acid Production by Candida Krusei in Submerged Culture
title_short Influence of Carbon Source and Culture Condition on Arachidonic Acid Production by Candida Krusei in Submerged Culture
title_sort influence of carbon source and culture condition on arachidonic acid production by candida krusei in submerged culture
topic TP Chemical technology
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3014/1/Influence_of_carbon_source_and_culture_condition.pdf
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