Options
Optimization of production of caffeine demethylase by Pseudomonas sp. in a bioreactor
Date Issued
01-05-2009
Author(s)
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Dash, Swati Sucharita
Devarai, Santhosh
Abstract
The effect of pH, aeration rate, and agitation rate on specific productivity of caffeine demethylase from Pseudomonas sp. was studied in a bioreactor. Maximum specific productivity of caffeine demethylase of 2,214 U g cell dry weight-1 h-1 was obtained at 0.27 vvm, 700 rpm, and pH 7.0. Under these conditions, volumetric oxygen transfer coefficient was 74.2 h-1, indicating that caffeine demethylase production by Pseudomonas sp. was highly oxygen-dependent. Different metabolite formation at different agitation and aeration rates can be used as a strategy for recovery of pharmaceutically important metabolites from caffeine by manipulation of conditions in a bacterial culture. This is the first report on production of high levels of caffeine demethylase in bioreactors. © 2009 Society for Industrial Microbiology.
Volume
36