FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (3 ): 156-160.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201103037

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Optimizing the Fermentation Process for Milk-clotting Enzyme Production by Bacillus subtilis

DING Ming-liang,OUYANG An-ran,WANG Wang-fei,GU Zheng-hua,DING Zhong-yang,ZHANG Liang,SHI Gui-yang   

  1. Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University,Wuxi 214122, China
  • Received:2010-04-14 Revised:2011-01-05 Online:2011-02-15 Published:2011-01-13
  • Contact: Zhong-yang DING E-mail:bioding@163.com

Abstract: In order to improve the yield of milk-clotting enzyme (MCE), response surface methodology (RSM) was used to optimize the fermentation process for the production of milk-clotting enzyme from Bacillus subtilis under liquid fermentation. The results showed that the optimal parameters for the fermenting process were as follows: glucose 16.2 g/L, 53.3 mL medium in a 500 mL Erlenmeyer flask, inoculums size 0.130%, fermenting time 120.43 h, and the predicted MCE yield was 1097.30 SU/mL. Under the optimal conditions the MCE activity was (1129.05 ± 74.55) SU/mL, indicating that the optimizing process is effective.

Key words: milk-clotting enzyme, Bacillus subtilis, submerged fermentation, response surface methodology, optimization

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