title: Kinetic models of ribonucleic acid fermentation and continuous culture by Candida tropicalis no.121.
abstract: During ribonucleic acid fermentation, the fermentative processes were researched at pH controlled at 4.0 and under natural conditions. Unstructured models in a 50-L airlift fermentor were established for batch RNA production at pH 4.0 using the Verhulst equation for microbial growth, the Luedeking-Piret equation for product formation and a Luedeking-Piret-like equation for substrate uptake. Parameters of the kinetic models were determined using origin 7.5. Based on the models estimated above, another batch fermentation experiment was conducted in a 300-L airlift fermentor, which demonstrated that the models could be useful for RNA production on an industrial scale. Additionally, continuous fermentation based on kinetic models was proposed to make full use of substrates and reduce the cost of waste water treatment. As a result, although the DCW and RNA concentration were 11.5 and 1.68 g L(-1), which were lower than that of batch fermentation, the sugar utilization increased by 14.3%, while the waste water decreased by more than 90%.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Life Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Bingbing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiaochun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Huajing
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Jianxin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jinglan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Hanjie
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ying
mesh_terms: D019149:Bioreactors; D041022:Candida tropicalis / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008954:Models, Biological; D008965:Molasses; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D012331:RNA, Fungal