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A two-step fermentation process for efficient production of penta-N-acetyl-chitopentaose in recombinant Escherichia
Dawei Zhang1, Peng George Wang, Qingsheng Qi
1State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Life Science School, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China.
Biotechnology Letters
|August 22, 2007
Abstract:
The nodC gene from Mesorhizobium loti was cloned into E. coli, leading to production of chitin oligosaccharides (COs)-mainly penta-N-acetyl-chitopentaose. A two-step fermentation procedure was then developed which gave 930 mg CO/L with a productivity of 37 mg/l.h.
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