A stable and fast l-tryptophan producer, AGX1757, was isolated from Escherichia coli W3110 trpAE1 trpR tnaA, which carried pSC101-trpI15·14. Cells of AGX1757 did not lose the composite plasmid during fermentation. Whenever a fed-batch culture of AGX1757 attained an l-tryptophan concentration of about 30 g/l, indole began to appear in the broth. The emergence of indole was caused by inhibition of tryptophan synthase due to accumulated l-tryptophan. Hence, the production rate of l-tryptophan sharply decreased. A higher solubility of l-tryptophan in the supernatant of culture broth (about 32 g/l) than that in the initial medium (about 22 g/l) was attributed to some unknown interaction between l-tryptophan and certain macromolecular material(s) coming from the bacterial cells. An addition of non-ionic detergents into the supernatant was effective for decreasing the solubility of l-tryptophan, hence causing crystallization of l-tryptophan. Pluronic L-61 was supplied from outside to an extent of 0.5% in terms of wt% concentration at around 45 h of fermentation when the l-tryptophan accumulated reached about 25 g/l. This addition actually caused crystallization of l-tryptophan and, as a result, the inhibitory effect of tryptophan synthase by l-tryptophan accumulated in the broth could be alleviated. Thus far, further fermentation became possible. l-Tryptophan of more than 50 g/l was finally produced by feeding solutions of both glucose and anthranilic acid.

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