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Title: Fermentation process using specific oxygen uptake rates as a process control

Abstract

Specific oxygen uptake (OUR) is used as a process control parameter in fermentation processes. OUR is determined during at least the production phase of a fermentation process, and process parameters are adjusted to maintain the OUR within desired ranges. The invention is particularly applicable when the fermentation is conducted using a microorganism having a natural PDC pathway that has been disrupted so that it no longer functions. Microorganisms of this sort often produce poorly under strictly anaerobic conditions. Microaeration controlled by monitoring OUR allows the performance of the microorganism to be optimized.

Inventors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Cargill Dow Polymers LLC
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
909704
Patent Number(s):
7,232,664
Application Number:
10/449,911
Assignee:
NatureWorks LLC (Minnetonka, MN)
DOE Contract Number:  
FC36-00GO10598
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Citation Formats

Van Hoek, Pim, Aristidou, Aristos, and Rush, Brian. Fermentation process using specific oxygen uptake rates as a process control. United States: N. p., 2007. Web.
Van Hoek, Pim, Aristidou, Aristos, & Rush, Brian. Fermentation process using specific oxygen uptake rates as a process control. United States.
Van Hoek, Pim, Aristidou, Aristos, and Rush, Brian. 2007. "Fermentation process using specific oxygen uptake rates as a process control". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/909704.
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abstractNote = {Specific oxygen uptake (OUR) is used as a process control parameter in fermentation processes. OUR is determined during at least the production phase of a fermentation process, and process parameters are adjusted to maintain the OUR within desired ranges. The invention is particularly applicable when the fermentation is conducted using a microorganism having a natural PDC pathway that has been disrupted so that it no longer functions. Microorganisms of this sort often produce poorly under strictly anaerobic conditions. Microaeration controlled by monitoring OUR allows the performance of the microorganism to be optimized.},
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year = {Tue Jun 19 00:00:00 EDT 2007},
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