Improvement of carbonyl reductase production of Geotrichum candidum for the transformation of 1-acetonaphthone to S(-)-1-(1'-napthyl) ethanol [An article from: Bioresource Technology]

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The aim of this work was to study the influence of media components and physico-chemical parameters on the growth and carbonyl reductase production by Geotrichum candidum. Under optimized conditions, the conversion of the substrate increased to >93%, while the specific growth rate and enzyme activity were increased by 200% and 29%, respectively. The rate of conversion of the substrate was also very high in the cells grown in optimized medium. The volumetric productivity of the biotransformation process was much higher (0.27g/lh) with the cells grown in the optimized medium compared to that of grown in un-optimized medium (0.16g/lh). The cells were also highly stable in the operational condition, indicating the feasibility of their use in multiple batches of reaction.