title: A glycerol-inducible thermostable lipase from Bacillus sp.: medium optimization by a Plackett-Burman design and by response surface methodology.
abstract: The production of a neutral lipase from a Bacillus sp. was improved tremendously (193-fold) following media optimization involving both the "one-at-a-time" and the statistical designing approaches. The present lipase was poorly induced by oils, instead its production was induced in the presence of sugars and sugar alcohols, mainly galactose, lactose, glycerol, and mannitol. A high inoculum density of 15% v/v (A550 = 0.8) led to maximum lipase production. Interestingly, the enzyme induction was growth independent, a property very different from most of the lipases investigated to date. The optimal composition of the growth medium to achieve maximum lipase production was determined to be as follows: NH4Cl, 35 g x L(-1); glycerol, 10 mL x L(-1); K2HPO4, 3 g x L(-1); KH2PO4, 1 g x L(-1); MgSO4.7H2O, 0.1 g x L(-1); glucose, 2 g x L(-1); MgCl2, 0.6 mmol x L(-1), with 15% inoculum density and an incubation period of 24 h. About 62 U x mL(-1) of enzyme production was achieved in the optimized medium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Namita
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Gauri
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mehra
authors.forename: Rani
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000643:Ammonium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism; D001407:Bacillus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D005690:Galactose / Q000378:metabolism; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005990:Glycerol / Q000378:metabolism*; D007785:Lactose / Q000378:metabolism; D008049:Lipase / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D015636:Magnesium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism; D008278:Magnesium Sulfate / Q000378:metabolism; D008353:Mannitol / Q000378:metabolism; D009821:Oils / Q000378:metabolism; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D017680:Potassium Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D009821:Oils; D010710:Phosphates; D017680:Potassium Compounds; D000643:Ammonium Chloride; D015636:Magnesium Chloride; D008353:Mannitol; D008278:Magnesium Sulfate; C013216:potassium phosphate; D008049:Lipase; D007785:Lactose; D005990:Glycerol; D005690:Galactose