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By using our previously optimized media and a fed-batch operation controlled by LabVIEW Software, the key parameter for a high production of alkaline protease using the marine bacterium, Teredinobacter turnirae, was to maintain a low concentration of C and N-sources ( < 2 g sucrose l−1 and < 0.2 g NH4C l l−1) using an appropriate fed-batch culture system. A maximum protease activity of 8250 U ml−1 was thus achieved.
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Beshay, U., Moreira, A. Production of Alkaline Protease with Teredinobacter turnirae in Controlled Fed-batch Fermentation. Biotechnol Lett 27, 1457–1460 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-005-1309-9
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