Bacterial Cellulose 생산균 KJ-1으로 부터 uv와 NTG mutant들의 cellulose 생산수율의 증가

This study was performed to improve the yield of bacterial cellulose(BC) by UV and NTG mutagenesis of strain KJ-1 which produced largely BC. some mutants showed high BC productivity with twice elevation compared to that the wild strain KJ-1. A difference was found in production and bioconversion phase of synthesized organic acid, such as gluconic acid, 2-keto gluconic acid, and 5-keto gluconic acid between mutants and strain KJ-1 in the static culture. The organic acid produced in secondary metabolism phase, were more rapidly consumed in the culture with the mutants than that the parent strain after glucose in the broth was conversed to a limiting substrate. Therefore, we suggested the reason for increasing of BC production that the mutant strain consumed more efficiently synthesized acids as substrates than that of the parent strain.

본 연구에서는 BC 생산균주인 KJ-1을 UV와 NTG mutagenesis를 통하여 초기에 주입된 glucose를 효과적으로 이용하여 cellulose 수율이 향상된 균주로 계량하였다. Mutant들 중 수율이 2배정도 향상한 균주에서는 cellulose를 비롯한 gluconic acid, 2-keto gluconic aicd, 5-keto gluconic acid의 비율이 parent strain과 차이를 보였고, 시간에 따른 acid 농도 분포를 살펴보면 수율이 증가한 원인 중에 mutant가 parent strain보다 합성한 acid를 효율적으로 이용하고 있다고 추론 할 수 있었다.