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Proceed<strong>in</strong>g of the 4 rd International Symposium“NEW RESEARCH IN BIOTECHNOLOGY” USAMV Bucharest, Romania, 2011Medium IV: MgSO 4 x7H 2 O, 0.3; CuSO 4 x7H 2 O, 0.002; ZnSO 4 x7H 2 O, 0.02; CaCl 2 x2H 2 O,0.08; (NH4) 2 S0 4 , 0.6; KH 2 PO 4 , 0.3; <strong>in</strong>ositol, 0.23; calcium panthotenat, 0.05; biot<strong>in</strong>,0.06x10 -3 ; <strong>in</strong> 1000ml distilled water.Formulations were tested, comb<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> different rations the sugar beet and sugarcane molasses. The <strong>in</strong>itial pH values of all media were adjusted to 4.5 with H 2 SO 4 conc.FERMENTATION CONDITIONSBefore <strong>in</strong>oculation, the culture medium <strong>in</strong> the bioreactor was steam sterilized <strong>in</strong>situ and after cool<strong>in</strong>g was <strong>in</strong>oculated with 10% <strong>in</strong>oculum (24-hours-old).The molasses was fed-batch ad<strong>de</strong>d follow<strong>in</strong>g a program, ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the sugarconcentration around 8%, <strong>in</strong> or<strong>de</strong>r to avoid sugar fermentation and ethanol production. Thefeed<strong>in</strong>g diagram with molasses is presented <strong>in</strong> fig. 1.Fig. 1 Molasses addition programs for bak<strong>in</strong>g yeast productionFermentation was performed at a temperature of 30 0 C. Agitation speed andaeration rate <strong>in</strong> the bioreactor were 1000 rpm and 0.6 litres / litres / m<strong>in</strong>, respectively. ThepH was automatically controlled at pH 4.5-4.8 with 2N NaOH. Silicone antifoam (CarlRoth) was used to prevent foam formation. The total fermentation time was 51 hours, andafter completion of the molasses addition, the culture was ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>ed with aeration for 4hto allow yeast maturation.Parameters such air flow, oxygen concentration <strong>in</strong> the culture, sugars and ammonia<strong>in</strong> the medium are controlled <strong>in</strong> commercial yeast production to improve yield [Kristiansen,1994; Lee et al., 1999; Maqueda et al., 2011], but these parameters were not monitoreddur<strong>in</strong>g this work.At the end of multiplication process (55 hours) the biomass was separated bycentrifugation us<strong>in</strong>g a laboratory centrifuge ROTINA 38 Hettich with 250 ml tubes. Theyeast biomass was centrifuged for 20 m<strong>in</strong>utes at 4000 rpm. In or<strong>de</strong>r to assess the yield <strong>in</strong>biomass, the amount of biomass formed after 55 hours of fermentation was <strong>de</strong>term<strong>in</strong>ed.Cell growth was measured by <strong>de</strong>term<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the optical <strong>de</strong>nsity at 600 nm us<strong>in</strong>g aspectrophotometer. To <strong>de</strong>term<strong>in</strong>e culture dry weight, culture samples (10 ml) were filtered127

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