Separation and purification of benzylpenicillin produced by fermentation using coupled ultrafiltration and nanofiltration technologies

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the capacity of using coupled ultrafiltration—nanofiltration technologies for separation and purification of benzylpenicillin (BP). More specifically, we verified the efficiency of three ultrafiltration (UF) membranes (cut-off of 5000, 30,000 and 100,000 Da)...

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Published in:Journal of biotechnology 2005-03, Vol.116 (1), p.79-89
Main Authors: Tessier, L., Bouchard, P., Rahni, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Benzylpenicillin
Biological and medical sciences
Biotechnology
Chemical extraction
Fermentation
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Membranes, Artificial
Nanofiltration
Osmolar Concentration
Penicillin G - isolation & purification
Penicillin G - metabolism
Ultrafiltration
Yield recovery
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the capacity of using coupled ultrafiltration—nanofiltration technologies for separation and purification of benzylpenicillin (BP). More specifically, we verified the efficiency of three ultrafiltration (UF) membranes (cut-off of 5000, 30,000 and 100,000 Da) to remove impurities that cause stable emulsion during the chemical extraction of the antibiotic. We also tested the effectiveness of a nanofiltration (NF) membrane (cut-off of 300 Da) to concentrate the benzylpenicillin recovered from permeates and to decrease the osmotic pressure by reducing the ionic charge of the broth. Results have shown that high recovery (89.0–91.0%) can be obtained in permeate generated by the 30,000 and 100,000 UF membranes, but a slight emulsion will be formed during phase separation. With the 5000 UF membrane, lower recovery is obtained (81.0%) but no emulsion is produced, leading to a high solvent extraction yield (94.6%). The nanofiltration of 30,000 and 100,000 UF permeates leads to very high recovery (98.0%), but stable emulsions are formed, reducing the chemical extraction yield (80.0–82.6%). For the nanofiltration of 5000 UF permeate, excellent recovery of the antibiotic is noted (97.4%) leading to high extraction yield (92.4%) with no emulsion formed. Diafiltration step should be applied during UF procedure in order to increase the antibiotic recovery in the generated permeates.
ISSN:0168-1656
1873-4863
DOI:10.1016/j.jbiotec.2004.09.002