Abstract
Foreign gene expression in a marine cyanobacterium, Synechococcus NKBG 15041c, has been carried out in both batch and pseudo-continuous culture, using chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) as a model peptide and the broad host range vector pKT230. CAT has been successfully expressed in marine cyanobacteria under kanamycin resistance gene promoter. Pseudo-continuous culture of these recombinant marine cyanobacteria has been done by varying the dilution rate. At a dilution rate between 0.01 to 0.02 h-1, highest productivity was achieved. Under these conditions, long-term pseudo-continuous culture of recombinant marine cyanobacteria was achieved for more than 600 h with CAT productivity 18-fold greater than that observed in batch culture.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 243-248 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Biotechnology |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1994 Apr 15 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Broad host range vector
- Chloramphenicol acetyl-transferase
- Foreign gene expression
- Marine cyanobacteria
- Pseudo-continuous culture
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biotechnology