scholarly journals The Biocatalytic Production of 3-Hydroxypropionaldehyde and Evaluation of Its Stability

Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1139
Author(s):  
Jung-Hyun Ju ◽  
Sang-Gyu Jeon ◽  
Kyung Min Lee ◽  
Sun-Yeon Heo ◽  
Min-Soo Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Lactobacillus Reuteri ◽  
Exponential Phase ◽  
Glycerol Concentration ◽  
Late Exponential Phase ◽  
Natural Antimicrobial ◽  
Step Procedure ◽  
Biocatalytic Production ◽  
Spontaneous Conversion

3-Hydroxypropionaldehyde (3-HPA, reuterin) is a broad-spectrum natural antimicrobial agent used in the food industry and other fields. The low yield from the industrial production of 3-HPA using Lactobacillus reuteri and the spontaneous conversion of 3-HPA to acrolein have limited its more widespread use. We isolated L. reuteri BR201 as a biocatalyst for 3-HPA production and confirmed the effect of each factor in the two-step procedure for 3-HPA bioconversion. After initial cultivation for 8 h (late exponential phase), this isolate produced 378 mM of 3-HPA in 1 h at a concentration of OD600 nm 100, 30 °C, and an initial glycerol concentration of 500 mM. This is the highest reported biocatalytic yield of 3-HPA from a glycerol aqueous solution without additives. We confirmed that 4 mM of 3-HPA had antimicrobial activity against five pathogens. The degradation of 3-HPA to acrolein was greater at high temperatures, and there was little degradation when 3-HPA was maintained at 4 °C for 4 weeks. Our results may be useful for future applications of 3-HPA.

scholarly journals Bacteriophages and Their Role in Food Safety

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanna M. Sillankorva ◽  
Hugo Oliveira ◽  
Joana Azeredo
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Foodborne Pathogens ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Farm Animals ◽  
General Introduction ◽  
Natural Antimicrobial ◽  
Animal Products ◽  
Bacterial Diseases ◽  
Food Contact Surfaces ◽  
Horticultural Products

The interest for natural antimicrobial compounds has increased due to alterations in consumer positions towards the use of chemical preservatives in foodstuff and food processing surfaces. Bacteriophages fit in the class of natural antimicrobial and their effectiveness in controlling bacterial pathogens in agro-food industry has led to the development of different phage products already approved by USFDA and USDA. The majority of these products are to be used in farm animals or animal products such as carcasses, meats and also in agricultural and horticultural products. Treatment with specific phages in the food industry can prevent the decay of products and the spread of bacterial diseases and ultimately promote safe environments in animal and plant food production, processing, and handling. This is an overview of recent work carried out with phages as tools to promote food safety, starting with a general introduction describing the prevalence of foodborne pathogens and bacteriophages and a more detailed discussion on the use of phage therapy to prevent and treat experimentally induced infections of animals against the most common foodborne pathogens, the use of phages as biocontrol agents in foods, and also their use as biosanitizers of food contact surfaces.

scholarly journals BIOSORPTION OF METHYLENE BLUE BY WASTE APRICOT SHELLS FROM FOOD INDUSTRY

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatjana Šoštarić ◽  
Marija Petrović ◽  
Jelena Milojković ◽  
Jelena Petrović ◽  
Marija Stanojević ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Methylene Blue ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Fruit Juice ◽  
Waste Waters ◽  
Batch Experiments ◽  
Biosorption Capacity ◽  
Biosorption Process ◽  
Monolayer Adsorption

In this paper, the removal of methylene blue (MB) from aqueous solution by biosorption ontoapricot shellshas been investigated through batch experiments. Apricot shells were chosen as alocally available and abundant waste from fruit juice industry. Methylene blue is common pollutantof waste waters from textile industry.The influence of initial MB concentration on biosorption process has been studied. Theexperimental data have been analysed using Langmuir and Freundlichisotherm models. TheLangmuir model better fits to experimental data, which explain monolayer adsorption. Maximumbiosorption capacity is 24,31 mg/g. A comparison of the biosorption capacity of waste apricot shellswith biosorption capacities of similar adsorbents previously investigated indicates that apricotshells could be a promising biosorbent for removal of MB from aqueous solution.

scholarly journals Occurrence of Salmonella typhimurium resistance under sublethal/repeated exposure to cauliflower infusion and infection effects on Caernohabditis elegans host test organism

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-159
Author(s):  
Maria Sanz-Puig ◽  
Alejandra Arana-Lozano ◽  
M Consuelo Pina-Pérez ◽  
Pablo Fernández ◽  
Antonio Martínez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Industry ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Test Organism ◽  
Egg Laying ◽  
Repeated Exposure ◽  
Resistant Bacteria ◽  
Bacterial Cells ◽  
Natural Antimicrobial ◽  
C Elegans

Resistant bacteria to antimicrobials are increasingly emerging in medical, food industry and livestock environments. The present research work assesses the capability of Salmonella enterica var Typhimurium to become adapted under the exposure to a natural cauliflower antimicrobial by-product infusion in consecutive repeated exposure cycles. Caenorhabditis elegans was proposed as in vivo host-test organism to compare possible changes in the virulent pattern of the different rounds treated S. enterica var Typhimurium and untreated bacterial cells. According to the obtained results, S. enterica var Typhimurium was able to generate resistance against a repeated exposure to cauliflower by-product infusion 5% (w/v), increasing the resistance with the number of exposed repetitions. Meanwhile, at the first exposure, cauliflower by-product infusion was effective in reducing S. enterica var Typhimurium (≈1 log10 cycle), and S. enterica var Typhimurium became resistant to this natural antimicrobial after the second and third treatment-round and was able to grow (≈1 log10 cycle). In spite of the increased resistance observed for repeatedly treated bacteria, the present study reveals no changes on C. elegans infection effects between resistant and untreated S. enterica var Typhimurium, according to phenotypic parameters evaluation (lifespan duration and egg-laying).

Response of Liverwort Cells to Peroxidizing Herbicides

1992 ◽  
Vol 47 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 394-399
Author(s):  
Shuji Iwata ◽  
Naoko Nakayama ◽  
Shunji Nakagawara ◽  
Yoshimoto Ohta ◽  
Takaharu Tanaka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Growth ◽  
Oxidative Damage ◽  
Early Treatment ◽  
Protoporphyrin Ix ◽  
Cell Suspension Cultures ◽  
Exponential Phase ◽  
Marchantia Polymorpha ◽  
Late Exponential Phase ◽  
Kinetics Of

Cell suspension cultures of the liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha L. were found useful to study the influence of peroxidizing herbicides either on the greening process or on the fully green cells. The cells of both physiological stages exhibit a characteristic sensitivity to the herbicides. The sensitivity increased rapidly during the exponential phase of growth, reached a maximum during the late exponential phase, and then decreased in the stationary phase. We investigated the kinetics of accumulation of protoporphyrin IX (PPIX) in Marchantia cells treated with several peroxidizing herbicides at various stages of cell growth, and observed a correlation between accumulation of PPIX and herbicidal damage. The glutathione (GSH) content in the cell was also investigated to examine the role of GSH against herbicide treatment. In the light, GSH levels in the cells treated with AFM rose rapidly reaching a peak after 8 h, and rapidly decreased subsequently. The beginning of PPIX accumulation coincided with the decline of GSH after 8 h of treatment. Obviously, GSH plays a key role in protection against oxidative damage caused by AFM in the early treatment period. In the dark, AFM also induced an accumulation of GSH and PPIX, followed by a decline in GSH and PPIX contents during a 20 h incubation. The decline of PPIX was observed several hours after GSH starts to decrease, remaining at a constant level for the following 40 h, leading to accumulation of an other fluorescent still-unknown pigment.

scholarly journals The mannophosphoinositides of Corynebacterium aquaticum

1975 ◽  
Vol 148 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
J A Hackett ◽  
P J Brennan
Keyword(s):  
Stationary Phase ◽  
Exponential Growth ◽  
Growth Cycle ◽  
Exponential Phase ◽  
Late Stationary Phase ◽  
Late Exponential Phase

Besides the monomannophosphoinositide previously reported in Corynebacterium aquaticum small amounts of other, apparently more glycosylated, mannophosphoinositides have been identified in stationary phase cells. Moreover, by labelling cells with [32P]Pi, phosphatidylinositol was found, comprising about 1.5% of the stationary-phase phospholipids. 2. Pulse-chase experiments performed on cells in the late exponential phase of growth further suggested the sequence phosphatidylinositol leads to monomannophosphoinositide as the first step in the biosynthesis of the mannophosphoinositides. 3. Di-and tri-mannophosphoinositides are apparently the main mannophosphoinositides present during exponential growth. Monomannophosphoinositide predominates only in late stationary phase; in the earlier stationary phase, phosphatidylinositol comprises 50% of the phosphoinositide lipid, and tetramannophosphoinositide constitutes much of the remainder. 4. The metabolism and functions of the mannophosphoinositides are discussed, particularly in relation to changes in their composition throughout the growth cycle.

scholarly journals The effect of inhibitors on the oxygen kinetics of terminal oxidases of Acanthamoeba castellanii

1979 ◽  
Vol 182 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Lloyd ◽  
S Edwards ◽  
B Kristensen ◽  
H Degn
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Inhibition ◽  
Acanthamoeba Castellanii ◽  
Exponential Phase ◽  
Oxygen Utilization ◽  
Late Exponential Phase ◽  
Salicylhydroxamic Acid ◽  
Terminal Oxidases ◽  
Low Concentrations ◽  
Transport Chain ◽  
Oxygen Sensitive

1. Respiration of growing cultures of Acanthamoeba castellanii is inhibited less than 60% by azide (35 mM); the respiration of early-exponential-phase cultures differs from that of late-exponential-phase cultures in being stimulated by up to 120% by low concentrations (less than 1 mM) of this inhibitor. Azide (0.5 mM) plus 1 mM-salicylhydroxamic acid gives 80% inhibition of respiration in early- or late-exponential-phase cultures. 2. Lineweaver-Burk plots of 1/v against 1/[O2] for growing and stationary-phase cultures give values of less than 1 muM for the apparent Km for oxygen. 3. These values are not significantly altered when determined in the presence of 1 mM-salicylhydroxamic acid. 4. Higher values (greater than 7 muM) for apparent Km values for oxygen were obtained in the presence of azide, which gives non-linear Lineweaver-Burk plots. 5. Competitive inhibition of respiration by CO occurs with Ki 2.4 muM. 6. The results are discussed in terms of the presence of three terminal oxidases in this organism, namely two oxidases with high affinities for oxygen (cytochrome c oxidase of the main phosphorylating electron-transport chain and the salicylhydroxamic acid-sensitive oxidase) and a third oxidase with a low affinity for oxygen, sensitive to inhibition by cyanide but not by azide or salicylhydroxamic acid. The relative contributions to oxygen utilization by these oxidases change during the growth of a batch culture.

scholarly journals Incorporation of [14C]shikimate into phenazines and their further metabolism by Pseudomonas phenazinium

1977 ◽  
Vol 164 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham S. Byng ◽  
John M. Turner
Keyword(s):  
Culture Media ◽  
Kinetic Studies ◽  
Exponential Phase ◽  
Late Exponential Phase ◽  
Pigment Formation ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Common Precursor ◽  
The Common

1. During growth of Pseudomonas phenazinium on l-threonine medium, phenazine pigment formation commenced early and 1,6-dihydroxyphenazine 5,10-dioxide (iodinin) was the major component. Growth on l-[U-14C]threonine showed that when growth was complete about 25% of the label had been incorporated into phenazines and 30% into cell substance. 2. The addition of d-[2,3,4,5(n)-14C]shikimate to cultures at different phases of growth showed that the greatest efficiency of incorporation (about 70%) occurred in the mid- to late-exponential phase. Phenazines accounting for most of the 14C supplied were iodinin and 9-hydroxyphenazine-1-carboxylate plus 2,9-dihydroxyphenazine-1-carboxylate. Radioactivity incorporated into cell substance was about one-third of the amount found in phenazines. 3. Kinetic studies showed that radioactivity from a pulse of [14C]-shikimate was incorporated into phenazines immediately, without a discernible lag, and into all detectable phenazines simultaneously rather than sequentially. 4. Radioactive phenazines isolated from culture media were fed to growing cultures and their metabolism was studied. The results supported a scheme for the biosynthesis of iodinin and 1,8-dihydroxyphenazine 10-monoxide by a branched pathway. 5. It is proposed that phenazine-1,6-dicarboxylate is the common precursor of all naturally occurring phenazines.

scholarly journals STUDY OF BETULIN STABILITY BY ELECTROKINETIC POTENTIAL DETERMINATION

2021 ◽  
pp. 63-67
Author(s):  
Г.И. Мальцев
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Zeta Potential ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Colloidal Particle ◽  
Electrokinetic Potential ◽  
Energy Costs ◽  
Particle Charge ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Time And Energy ◽  
Biological Actions

Исследование стабильности бетулина методом определения электрокинетического потенциала. На сегодняшний день бетулин интересен в области медицины, косметики и пищевой промышленности, ведь он обладает огромным спектром биологических действий. Из него можно получить производные, которые, в свою очередь, имеют определенное хорошо выраженное действие и используются для производства различных медикаментов. И чтобы интенсифицировать процесс очистки и фильтрования бетулина для экономии времени и затрат на энергию, необходимо узнать его заряд коллоидной частицы и стабильность в водном растворе. Для этого было проведено определение электрокинетического потенциала. Найден ξ-потенциал бетулина в водном растворе, который показал, что с увеличением концентрации водного раствора бетулина вероятность разрушения дисперсии и возможность образования хлопьев при добавлении коагулянта или флогулянта повышаются. Определен заряд поверхности коллоидной частицы бетулина. Investigation of the stability of betulin by the method of determining the electrokinetic potential.Today betulin is interesting in the field of medicine, cosmetics and food industry, because it has a huge range of biological actions. From it, you can get derivatives, which in turn have a certain well-defined effect and are used for the production of various medicines. In order to intensify the process of cleaning and filtering betulin to save time and energy costs, we need to know its colloidal particle charge and stability in an aqueous solution. To do this, we conducted a method for determining the electrokinetic potential. we determined the zeta potential of betulin in an aqueous solution, which showed that with an increase in the concentration of betulin in water, the probability of destruction of the dispersion and the possibility of flocculation when adding a coagulant or flogulant increases. We determined the surface charge of a colloidal betulin particle.

scholarly journals Quantitative and Compositional Study of Monospecies Biofilms of Spoilage Microorganisms in the Meat Industry and Their Interaction in the Development of Multispecies Biofilms

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Ripolles-Avila ◽  
Nerea García-Hernández ◽  
Brayan H. Cervantes-Huamán ◽  
Tina Mazaheri ◽  
José Juan Rodríguez-Jerez
Keyword(s):  
Food Industry ◽  
Lactobacillus Reuteri ◽  
Bacterial Species ◽  
Epifluorescence Microscopy ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Meat Industry ◽  
Pseudomonas Fragi ◽  
Ecological Relations ◽  
Multispecies Biofilms ◽  
Compositional Study

Food spoilage is a serious problem in the food industry, since it leads to significant economic losses. One of its main causes is the cross-contamination of food products from industrial surfaces. Three spoilage bacterial species which are highly present in meat and the gastrointestinal tract of chickens were selected: Pseudomonas fragi, Leuconostoc gasicomitatum, and Lactobacillus reuteri. The dual aim was to determine their ability to form monospecies biofilms and to examine how they interact when they coexist together. To do so, mature monospecies biofilms were produced statically for seven days at a temperature of 30 °C. L. gasicomitatum was also used to investigate the behavior of P. fragi and L. reuteri in the formation of multispecies biofilms. The structure and composition of the monospecies biofilms were evaluated by direct epifluorescence microscopy, and the multispecies biofilms were evaluated by plate counting. Both L. gasicomitatum and L. reuteri were able to form biofilms, with counts of approximately 7 Log CFU/cm2 and a defined structure. However, P. fragi obtained counts to the order of 4 Log CFU/cm2, which is significantly different from the previous species (P < 0.05), and it had no network of cell conglomerates. The content of the L. gasicomitatum and L. reuteri biofilm matrices were 70–80% protein, unlike P. fragi, which presented a higher polysaccharide content (P < 0.05). In the multispecies biofilms, the presence of P. fragi did not affect the growth of L. gasicomitatum, which remained at between 5.76 to 6.1 Log CFU/cm2. However, L. reuteri was able to displace L. gasicomitatum growth after 24 h of coexisting in a mixed biofilm, presenting differences in counts of approximately 2 Log CFU/cm2. The study of the biofilms constructed by food industry resident microbiota can help to understand the ecological relations that exist between species, characterize them, and propose strategies to eliminate them. The name of genes and species should be written in italic.

Bacillus Licheniformis Coated Bioparticles for Hydrogen Peroxide Degradation

2012 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Kheng Teoh ◽  
Zaharah Ibrahim ◽  
Shafinaz Shahir
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Peroxide ◽  
Bacillus Licheniformis ◽  
Extracellular Polymeric Substances ◽  
Exponential Phase ◽  
Bacterial Suspension ◽  
Late Exponential Phase ◽  
Repeated Use ◽  
Biofilm Development ◽  
Potential Use ◽  
Second Use

The potential use of Bacillus licheniformis coated bioparticles for hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) degradation was assessed in this study. Bioparticles were made by mixing zeolite, activated carbon and cement in ratio 20:5:6 for attachment of biofilm. The efficiency of H2O2 degradation was examined in the presence and absence of biofilm (control) on bioparticles. Optimisation of biofilm development (7 and 10 days) and reusability were also investigated for H2O2degradation. Actively growing bacterial suspension (late exponential phase) of B.licheniformis was used in development of pure culture biofilm. The 7–day biofilm coated bioparticles system successfully achieved complete H2O2 degradation within an hour (highest rate = 1.17 % H2O2 degraded per minute) while the control showed no significant H2O2 degradation. After repeated use of biofilm coated bioparticles, the rate of H2O2 degradation declined to 0.654 % H2O2degraded per minute, and second use, the rate of H2O2 degradation was 0.166 % H2O2 degraded per minute. Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) images of the biofilm coated bioparticles showed the attachment of cells and formation of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), whereas the control showed no biofilm formed.

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