Biotechnology Letters, Volume 22, Issue 23, Pages 1867-1870 , 01/12/2000

Production of RNA by a marine photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodovulum sp

Napavarn Noparatnaraporn, Masanori Watanabe, Wanna Choorit, Ken Sasaki

Abstract

The marine photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodovulum sp. PS88, produces RNA not only in cells but also as an extracellular polymeric substance during aerobic continuous cultivation in the dark. At a dilution rate of 0.32-0.5 h<sup>-1</sup>, the maximum RNA production was 460 mg RNA l<sup>-1</sup> broth (200 mg RNA g<sup>-1</sup> suspended solids) which is a value about 2-3 times more than that of yeast cells.

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Extracellular polymeric substanceFlocculationMarine photosynthetic bacteriumRhodovulumRNA production

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Chemical Engineering : BioengineeringImmunology and Microbiology : Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology : Biotechnology

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DOI : 10.1023/A:1005696807599
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Noparatnaraporn, N., Watanabe, M., Choorit, W., & Sasaki, K. (2000). Production of RNA by a marine photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodovulum sp. Biotechnology Letters, 22(23) 1867-1870. doi:10.1023/A:1005696807599

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