Abstract
In the fermentation for preparation of petroprotein by Rhodotorula sp. in $C_{12}{\sim}C_{14}$n-alkane mixture it was investigated how the effects due to the difference of chemical form of the nitrogen sources are, that is, how the inorganic nitrogen sources such as nitrates and ammonium salts and organic nitrogen source such as urea effect on the view of fermentation time and yield and how the ratios of nitrogen to carbon with $NaNo_3$ effect. Then following results were obtained: the time required to maximum growth, when $NaNo_3$ or $(NH_4)_2SO_4$ was used as nitrogen source, was 40 hrs. and 45 hrs., respectively, but when urea was used, it was 66 hrs. much longer than above nitrogen sources. On the view of yield, however, in use of the both inorganic sources, when the yield is represented as consumption of 0.1 N-NaOH, it was 0.36 and 0.38 ml, respectively, but, in the case of urea, it amounted to 0.78 ml. In the effect of the ratios of nitrogen to carbon in medium, when n-alkane mixture was added in 1 % (vol.) and N/C with $NaNo_3$ was 0.2 the best results were obtained and generally the higher the value of the ratio the better growth effects were shown.
Rhodotorula sp.로 $C_{12}{\sim}C_{14}$의 n-alkane 混合物에서 無機系 窒素源인 窒酸鹽과 암모늄鹽 그리고 有機係 窒素源인 urea들의 그 化學形의 差異에 따라 醱酵時間과 收率面에서 어떻게 影響을 미치는가와 窒酸나트륨으로서 炭素源의 炭素에 對한 窒素의 添加比率의 差異에 따라 미치는 影響 等을 調査해 보았다. 그 結果 最高生長에 達하는데 要하는 時間은 窒酸나트륨과 黃酸암모늄이 各各 40 hrs.와 45hrs인데 比해 urea는 이들보다 훨씬 긴 66hrs.가 걸렸고 收率面에 있어서는 0.1N-NaOH의 消費量으로서 兩無機鹽이 各各 0.36과 0.38ml인데 比해 urea는 0.78ml나 되었다. Medium 中의 窒素對 炭素 比率의 影響은 medium에 加하는 n-alkane 混合物을 1%(vol.)에서 窒酸나트륨으로서 N/C가 0.2일 때가 가장 優秀한 結果를 나타내었고 대개 炭素에 對한 窒素의 比率이 낮을 때보다는 높은 때가 더 좋은 生長效果를 보였다.