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Ken-Ichi Yoshida1, Kyosuke Yokoyama1, Ayşegül Öktem2
1Department of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
Abstract:
Here we present a "breathing" vessel consisting of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene, which allows gas exchange but no liquid permeation. The bacterial culture inside needs only agitation to promote air supply. Using this setup, a Bacillus subtilis cell factory for scyllo-inositol production grew to produce scyllo-inositol efficiently. The results indicate that our approach represents a sustainable "greener" approach for the cell factory.
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