Modeling, optimization and experimental assessment of continuous L‐(−)‐carnitine production by Escherichia coli cultures

F Alvarez‐Vasquez, M Canovas… - Biotechnology and …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
In a previous paper Cánovas et al.(Biotechnol Bioeng 2002; 77: 764–775) presented a
model for L-(−)-carnitine production using Escherichia coli O44 K74, in a cell-recycle …

Design of Metabolic Engineering Strategies for Maximizing l‐(–)‐Carnitine Production by Escherichia coli. Integration of the Metabolic and Bioreactor Levels

A Sevilla, J Vera, Z Díaz, M Cánovas… - Biotechnology …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
In this work metabolic engineering strategies for maximizing l‐(–)‐carnitine production by
Escherichia coli based on the Biochemical System Theory (1–3) and the Indirect …

High-density Escherichia coli cultures for continuous l(−)-carnitine production

JM Obón, JR Maiquez, M Cánovas, HP Kleber… - Applied microbiology …, 1999 - Springer
The use of a biological procedure for l-carnitine production as an alternative to chemical
methods must be accompanied by an efficient and highly productive reaction system …

L (-)-carnitine production using a recombinant Escherichia coli strain

MR Castellar, JM Obón, A Marán, M Cánovas… - Enzyme and microbial …, 2001 - Elsevier
The L (-)-carnitine production by biotransformation using the recombinant strain Escherichia
coli pT7-5KE32 has been studied and optimized with crotonobetaine and D (+)-carnitine as …

Modeling analysis of the L (−)-carnitine production process by Escherichia coli

DV Guebel, NV Torres, M Cánovas - Process Biochemistry, 2006 - Elsevier
The basis of a previous model for the crotonobetaine biotransformation into l (−)-carnitine by
Escherichia coli strains [Cánovas M, Maiquez JR, Obon JM, Iborra JL. Modeling of the …

Continuous cell-recycle process for L-carnitine production: performance, engineering and downstream processing aspects compared with discontinuous processes

F Hoeks, H Kulla, HP Meyer - Journal of biotechnology, 1992 - Elsevier
For the biotransformation of y-butyrobetaine into L-carnitine, a chemostat with cell-recycling
and a fed-batch process were developed and compared. Different cell recycling systems …

Production of L-carnitine by secondary metabolism of bacteria

V Bernal, Á Sevilla, M Cánovas, JL Iborra - Microbial Cell Factories, 2007 - Springer
The increasing commercial demand for L-carnitine has led to a multiplication of efforts to
improve its production with bacteria. The use of different cell environments, such as growing …

L (−)-Carnitine production with immobilized Escherichia coli cells in continuous reactors

JM Obón, JR Maiquez, M Canovas, HP Kleber… - Enzyme and microbial …, 1997 - Elsevier
Escherichia coli 044 K74 was able to biotransform trans-crotonobetaine to l (−)-carnitine in
continuous packed-bed reactors with cells immobilized in glass beads or polyurethane …

Process integration aspects for the production of fine chemicals illustrated with the biotransformation of γ-butyrobetaine into l-carnitine

FW Hoeks, J Mühle, L Böhlen, I Pšenička - The Chemical Engineering …, 1996 - Elsevier
l-carnitine is a fine chemical with pharmaceutical, nutritional and animal food applications.
Thus, the product purification forms an essential part of the production process …

Metabolic engineering for high yielding L(-)-carnitine production in Escherichia coli

P Arense, V Bernal, D Charlier, JL Iborra… - Microbial Cell …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background L (-)-carnitine production has been widely studied because of its
beneficial properties on various diseases and dysfunctions. Enterobacteria possess a …