A slant culture of
A. wychmicini MI503-AF4 was inoculated into a 500 ml baffled Erlenmeyer flask containing 110 ml of a seed medium consisting of 2% (w/v) galactose, 2% (w/v) dextrin, 1% (w/v)
Bacto Soytone (Becton Dickinson, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA), 0.5% (w/v) corn steep liquor (Kogo Starch, Chiba, Japan), 1% (w/v) glycerol, 1.8% Daigo’s Artificial Seawater SP (Nihon Pharmaceutical, Tokyo, Japan), 0.2% (w/v) (NH
4)
2SO
4, and 0.2% (w/v) CaCO
3 in deionized water (pH 7.4 before sterilization). The seed culture was incubated on a rotary shaker (200 rpm) at 30 °C for 7 days. The seed culture (2.5 mL) of the strain was then transferred into a 500 ml baffled Erlenmeyer flask containing 110 ml of a producing medium consisting of 2.0% glycerin, 2.0% dextrin, 1.0%
Bacto Soytone, 0.3% yeast extract, 0.2 % (NH
4)
2SO
4, and 0.2% CaCO
3 in deionized water (pH 7.4 before sterilization). Fermentation was conducted on a rotary shaker (180 rpm) at 27 °C for 7 days.
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