[Study on fermentation of 1,13-tridecanedioic acid by Candida tropicalis]

A mutant of Candida tropicalis SP-1, SP-UV-56, which can produce 1,13-tridecanedioic acid or 1,11-dicarboxylic acid (DCA13) 1.25 times as much as its parental strain SP-1, but hardly assimilates nalkane as carbon source for its growth, was obtained by ultraviolet treatments. A fermentation technology with a supplement of acetate at the latter middle of logarithmic growth was developed. Using sucrose as carbon source for its growth and supplying acetate the yield of DCA13 reached 153 g/L for 144 h incubation in a 13.7 L auto-controlled stirred tank, about 29.7% higher than that obtained in the broth without acetate. An effective technique that can maintain higher yield was provided by enhancing mixing of broth and controlling low DO level. With these techniques the DCA13 yield reached 172 g/L in a 20 m3 stirred tank, and produced 2.25 tons DCA13 in 15.0 m3 broth.