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Kinetic Modelling of Lovastatin Biosynthesis by Aspergillus Terreus Cultivated on Lactose and Glycerol as Carbon Sources

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Pawlak M., Bizukojć M.

vol. 33

issue 4

651-665

A kinetic model to describe lovastatin biosynthesis by Aspergillus terreus ATCC 20542 in a batch culture with the simultaneous use of lactose and glycerol as carbon sources was developed. In order to do this the kinetics of the process was first studied. Then, the model consisting of five ordinary differential equations to balance lactose, glycerol, organic nitrogen, lovastatin and biomass was proposed. A set of batch experiments with a varying lactose to glycerol ratio was used to finally establish the form of this model and find its parameters. The parameters were either directly determined from the experimental data (maximum biomass specific growth rate, yield coefficients) or identified with the use of the optimisation software. In the next step the model was verified with the use of the independent sets of data obtained from the bioreactor cultivations. In the end the parameters of the model were thoroughly discussed with regard to their biological sense. The fit of the model to the experimental data proved to be satisfactory and gave a new insight to develop various strategies of cultivation of A. terreus with the use of two substrates.

Kinetic Modelling of Lovastatin Biosynthesis by Aspergillus Terreus Cultivated on Lactose and Glycerol as Carbon Sources

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Pawlak M., Bizukojć M.

Chemical and Process Engineering

2012

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Kinetic Modelling of Lovastatin Biosynthesis by Aspergillus Terreus Cultivated on Lactose and Glycerol as Carbon Sources

Kinetic Modelling of Lovastatin Biosynthesis by Aspergillus Terreus Cultivated on Lactose and Glycerol as Carbon Sources