Table 2

Stepwise improvement of PGA production and export using B. megaterium

Strain
Plasmid
Medium*
Cultivation
PGA activity [U gCDW -1]
PGA [mg L-1]

MS941
pRBBm23
A5
SF
6.0
0.3
MS941
pRBBm23
A5
Batch
17.0
4.2
MS941
pRBBm23
LB1
SF
230.0
25.0
MS941
pRBBm49
LB1
SF
380.0
36.0
MS941
pRBBm49
LB2
SF
500.0
20.0
YYBm1
pRBBm23
LB1
SF
280.0
33.0
YYBm1
pRBBm49
LB1
SF
390.0
41.0
YYBm1
pRBBm49
LB2
SF
830.0
22.0
YYBm1
pRBBm49
MM
SF
0.0
0.0
YYBm1
pRBBm49
MM + 0.5 × AA
SF
170.0
11.0
YYBm1
pRBBm49
MM + 1 × AA
SF
330.0
35.0
YYBm1
pRBBm49
MM + 2 × AA
SF
200.0
28.0
YYBm1
pRBBm49
LB2
Batch
640.0
25.0
YYBm1
pRBBm49
MM + 1 × AA
Batch
320.0
29.0

*all media were supplemented with 2.5 mM CaCl

LB1 includes tryptone from Oxoid

LB2 was prepared with tryptone from Bacto

AA: amino acid solution

MM: MOPSO based minimal medium

SF: shaking flask cultivation.

Batch: pH controlled fermentation.

pRBBm23: B. megaterium pga gene encoding its natural leader sequence.

pRBBm49: B. megaterium pga gene encoding the LipA leader sequence.

The purified enzyme has a specific activity of 45 U mgprotein -1 [27]. Standard derivations performed experiments were below 10 %.

Yang et al. Microbial Cell Factories 2006 5:36   doi:10.1186/1475-2859-5-36