Investigation of Growth Acceleration Factors of E. coli ET2174 by Use of DO Signal

Abstract

Specific growth rate of E. coliAT247 1 was estimated by on-line monitoring of DO level. The following results were obtained. Amino acid content of preculture medium was the sole reason for the two stages growth of recombinant strain E. coli AT2471. The experiment of on an individual amino acid influence showed that the addition of most acids contained in the preculture medium, except valine, cysteine and methionine, have neither beneficial nor negative effects on the cell growth. Valine stopped the cell growth and addition of isoleucine could reduce this negative effect. Addition of cysteine to the medium increased specific growth rate of cells from 0.49 h-I to 0.62 h-'; methionine addition increased it to 0.69 h-'. The combination of these two amino acids enhanced cell growth resulting in a high value of p 0.91 h-'.

Keywords

• E.coli AT247 1
• two stages
• growth
• DO
• specific growth rate