The effect of host str
ain ploidy on the production of hep
atitis Bsurf
ace
antigen (HBsAg)in
Saccharomyces cerevisiae w
as ev
alu
ated
at the pilot sc
ale(75 L). We found th
atthe
accumul
ation of HBsAg norm
alized to cell protein w
as 2-fold higherfor the diploidstr
ain comp
ared to its isogenic h
aploid. No detect
able differencesin m
any ferment
ationp
ar
ameters were observed (
e.g., r
ate of ferment
ation, growthr
ate, fin
al cell yield).However, the enh
ancement of productivity in the diploid str
ain
appe
ared to be
associ
ated with
a slower r
ate of pl
asmid shedding (2
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and,thus,
a higher
aver
age copy number (2-fold
at st
ation
ary ph
ase) comp
ared to those ofthe h
aploidstr
ain.