Publication Date
8-1979
Advisor(s) - Committee Chair
Larry Elliott, Lewis Lockwood, Martin Houston
Degree Program
Department of Biology
Degree Type
Master of Science
Abstract
Tartaric acid accumulation in fermentation broth of Gluconobacter suboxydans was investigated qualitatively with paper chromatography and thin-layer chromatography. Comparisons were made using six different solvent systems and four different chemical indicators commonly used in chromatography.
Attempts were made to establish a routine method for quantitative analysis of tartaric acid. Spectrophotometry was used to detect possible metabolites resulting from glucose oxidation by G. suboxydans in different analytical separations. A combined method of ion-exchange column chromatography and paper chromatography followed by ammonium meta-vanadate spectrophotometric analysis differentiated 5-oxogluconic acid and tartaric acid and thus gave better quantitative results in the determination of tartaric acid from fermentation broths.
Disciplines
Biology | Life Sciences
Recommended Citation
Leu, Lih-Jen, "Analysis of Tartaric Acid in Fermentation Broth" (1979). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 2525.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/2525