Pengaruh Media terhadap Produksi Prodigiosin Isolat Bakteri Entomopatogen Serratia marcescens Asal Wereng Batang Cokelat
<p>Prodigiosin, the red pigment produced<br />by the bacterium Serratia marcescens, is a secondary<br />metabolite of the family tripyrrole that has been widely used<br />as an antibiotic in the multifunction treatment of<br />antibacterial as well as antifungal. This study was aimed to<br />study the effect of Luria-Bertani (LB) broth and nutrient<br />broth (NB) media suplemented with several concentrations<br />of FeSO4 and CaCO3 on the production and characteristic of<br />prodigiosin derived from S. marcescens. The study was<br />arranged in a completely randomized factorial design with<br />four replications. The LB and NB media were supplemented<br />with 0, 2.5, 5, and 10 mM CaCO3 and 0, 0.25, 0.5, and 1 mM<br />FeSO4. Results showed a red pigment produced by S.<br />marcescens when cultured on both LB and NB media. Redlike<br />pigmentation was varied when supplemented with<br />different concentration of Fe2+ and Ca2+. The higher the<br />concentration of Fe2+, the more intense the red color,<br />conversely, the higher the concentration of Ca2+, the lighter<br />the red color. The interaction was found between the media<br />and concentrations of CaCO3 and FeSO4 on the production<br />of prodigiosin. The highest prodigiosin production was<br />obtained on NB media supplemented with FeSO4.<br />Meanwhile, the addition of CaCO3 did not affect the<br />prodigiosin production. An addition of 1 mM FeSO4 to LB<br />and NB media produced crude prodigiosin of 486.0 mg/ml<br />and 489.0 mg/ml, respectively. Based on purification by<br />column chromatography using silica gel, the prodigiosin<br />production on LB and NB media was 378 mg/ml and 450<br />mg/ml, with the purity level of 77.8% and 92%, respectively.<br />Detection of prodigiosin by thin-layer chromatography using<br />silica gel showed the red pigment had Rf value of 0.83 and<br />bioautography assay showed there was an antibacterial<br />activity against Xanthomanas oryzae pv. oryzae.</p>