During bioreactor cultures, microorganisms are submitted to non-optimal conditions such as nutritional
and hydrodynamic stresses which may lead to modifications of the physiological cell response;
this is especially true for filamentous microorganisms like Streptomycetes also subjected to significant
morphological changes. In the present work, growth and production of pristinamycins by Streptomyces
pristinaespiralis in shaking flasks have been related to power dissipation. The filamentous bacteria were
grown in different flask conditions with various total and working volumes and at two agitation rates,
to test the influence of power dissipation and gas–liquid mass transfer coefficient on growth and antibiotics
production. As a first step, computational fluid dynamics–volume of fluid (CFD–VOF) calculations
were shown to be able to predict power dissipations for the various operating conditions in Newtonian
flow conditions. Then, in non-Newtonian flow conditions (biomass concentration superior to 14 g L−1),
the rheological model of Sisko was implemented in CFD simulations for the calculation of the fluid viscosity
and then of power dissipation. Whereas microbial growth was correlated to kLa, the antibiotics
production onset was linked to the volume mean power dissipation. Once a minimal cell concentration
of 15 g L−1 was reached, the concentration of antibiotics was correlated to power dissipation with an
optimal range of production, between 5.5 and 8.5kWm−3. Higher power dissipation entailed a drop in
production which could be explained by hydrodynamic cell damages.
During bioreactor cultures, microorganisms are submitted to non-optimal conditions such as nutritionaland hydrodynamic stresses which may lead to modifications of the physiological cell response;this is especially true for filamentous microorganisms like Streptomycetes also subjected to significantmorphological changes. In the present work, growth and production of pristinamycins by Streptomycespristinaespiralis in shaking flasks have been related to power dissipation. The filamentous bacteria weregrown in different flask conditions with various total and working volumes and at two agitation rates,to test the influence of power dissipation and gas–liquid mass transfer coefficient on growth and antibioticsproduction. As a first step, computational fluid dynamics–volume of fluid (CFD–VOF) calculationswere shown to be able to predict power dissipations for the various operating conditions in Newtonianflow conditions. Then, in non-Newtonian flow conditions (biomass concentration superior to 14 g L−1),the rheological model of Sisko was implemented in CFD simulations for the calculation of the fluid viscosityand then of power dissipation. Whereas microbial growth was correlated to kLa, the antibioticsproduction onset was linked to the volume mean power dissipation. Once a minimal cell concentrationof 15 g L−1 was reached, the concentration of antibiotics was correlated to power dissipation with anoptimal range of production, between 5.5 and 8.5kWm−3. Higher power dissipation entailed a drop inproduction which could be explained by hydrodynamic cell damages.
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