Studies on isoleucine fermentation using D-threonine as a precursor were carried out and cultural method which enables accumu-lation of a large amount of
L-isoleucine was established.
1. A number of organisms were screened by testing the activity of accumulating isoleucine in the media containing D-threonine. As a result, the bacteria belonging to genus
Serratia and
Pseudomonas were found to be suitable strains for the isoleucine formation.
2. By using the most favorable strain,
Serratia marcescens No. 1, various cultural con-ditions for the production of isoleucine were investigated, and the best condition so far obtained is as follows.
Serratia marcescens No. 1 was incubated in the medium containing 2% D-threonine, 10% glucose, 0.7% corn steeb liquor, 0.5% urea, 0.1% K
2HPO
4, 0.05% MgSO
4•7H
2O and 2 CaCO
3 with a vigorous shaking (130c.p.m., 8cm. stroke) for 40 hours at 30°C, and isoleu cine over 8mg./ml. accumulated without the formation of other amino acids.
3. Isoleucine was isolated from the broth by the ordinary separation procedure employing ion exchange resin and the crystals obtained were identified as L-isoleucine.
4. Any accumulation of an appreciable amount of isoleucine was not observed in the respective media containing L-threonine, DL-
allothreonine and other precursors of isoleucine as the substitute of D-threonine.
The author wishes to thank President S. Akabori, Prof. H. Kikkawa and Assistant Prof. Y. Izumi, Osaka University, for their interest and helpful advice throughout this work. I am also greatly indebted to to Mr. T. Hirabayashi, Representative Director of the Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd., Dr. M. Fujisawa, Research Executive, Dr. N. Sugimoto, Director of Osaka Research Laboratory, Dr. I. Utsumi, and Dr. I. Chibata, and the staffs of the Biochemical Section of the Laboratory for continued encouragement and assistance.
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