Selection of a chemically defined medium for submerged cultivation of Streptomyces aureofaciens with high extracellular caseinolytic activity

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A chemically defined medium was developed for the submerged cultivation of Streptomyces aureofaciens with a high secretion of caseinolytic activity. The medium composition is: 40 g/liter maltose; 1.640 g/liter L-leucine (0.0125M); 1.765 g/liter L-lysine (0.0125M); 6.976 g/liter K2HPO4(0.04M); 4 g/liter CaCO3; 0.2 g/liter MgSO4·7H2O; 0.01 g/liter ZnSO4·7H2O; 0.01 g/liter FeSO4·7H2O; 0.01 g/liter. MnSO4·H2O, and 0.005 g/liter CoSO4·7H2O. Quantitative correlations were established between the concentrations of nutrients in the medium and the secretion of proteolytic activity. In this medium the secretion of proteolytic activity parallels growth, reaching a maximum after 70 hr at 30°C in shaker cultures. The secretion appears to be an active process and to require aerobic conditions.

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