Small scale production and characterization of alginate from azotobacter chroococcum using different substrates under various stress conditions.
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2012-01
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Alginates form an important family of biopolymers. These are linear polysaccharides
composed of variable amounts of (1–4)-β-D-mannuronic acid and its epimer, α-L-guluronic acid.
Currently, commercial alginates are extracted from marine brown algae. Considering the merits of
bacterial alginates, optimal fermentation conditions aiming at the maximization of alginate using
bacterium Azotobacter chroococcum from different substrates were examined. Whey, molasses,
ammonium nitrate, starch, yeast extract, butanol, mannitol, and glucose have been used. The
alginate obtained from whey (45.15%), ammonium nitrate (46.02%) and butanol (47.3%) varied.
Among the physical stress conditions, the production of alginate was maximum at heat shock 50 0C
for 30min (42.96%) followed by 41.29% on UV radiation for 10 min. At pH 7 and 8 the alginate
produced was 44.63% and 46.64% respectively. Carbazole reagent was used to recognize alginate; it
was lyophilized and quantitated by gas chromatography.
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Alginate, biopolymer, Azotobacter chroococcum, exopolysaccharide
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Pandurangan Gayathri, Subbiah Jyothi, Thiyagarajan Karunakaran, David Joseph K. Small scale production and characterization of alginate from azotobacter chroococcum using different substrates under various stress conditions. International Journal of Applied Biology and Pharmaceutical Technology. 2012 Jan-Mar; 3(1): 40-45.