scholarly journals Production of Feruloyl Esterase from Aspergillus niger by Solid-State Fermentation on Different Carbon Sources

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiyi Ou ◽  
Jing Zhang ◽  
Yong Wang ◽  
Ning Zhang

A mixture of wheat bran with maize bran as a carbon source and addition of (NH4)SO4 as nitrogen source was found to significantly increase production of feruloyl esterase (FAE) enzyme compared with wheat bran as a sole carbon and nitrogen source. The optimal conditions in conical flasks were carbon source (30 g) to water 1 : 1, maize bran to wheat bran 1 : 2, (NH4)SO4 1.2 g and MgSO4 70 mg. Under these conditions, FAE activity was 7.68 mU/g. The FAE activity on the mixed carbon sources showed, high activity against the plant cell walls contained in the cultures.

Author(s):  
C. B. Nwokolo ◽  
N. N. Uchefuna ◽  
I. A. Ekwealor ◽  
C. T. Ezeh ◽  
C. C. Ezemba

Production of lysine by Alcaligenes aquatilis from agricultural sub-products (banana and soybean) was compared to glucose and ammonium sulphate as a carbon and nitrogen source. Ammonium sulphate was constant as a nitrogen source when the two carbon sources were investigated and glucose constant as a carbon source when the nitrogen sources were investigated. The production of lysine was examined quantitatively by acidic ninhydrin method. The results showed that banana and soybean improved the maximum lysine yield (1.158 mg/ml and 1.279 mg/ml) for the fermentation period of 96 hrs.


2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (4) ◽  
pp. 795-804
Author(s):  
Andres D. Sanabria-Velazquez ◽  
Anna L. Testen ◽  
Ram B. Khadka ◽  
Zhe Liu ◽  
Fuqing Xu ◽  
...  

Experiments were conducted to evaluate potential functional and mechanistic differences in the suppression of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and S. minor and root-knot nematodes in muck soils by anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD) using different carbon source amendments. Volatile compounds produced during ASD in muck soil amended with molasses, wheat bran, or mustard greens at 20.2 Mg/ha or a 2% ethanol solution significantly reduced the mycelial growth and number of sclerotia produced by both Sclerotinia spp. compared with the anaerobic control. In amended soils, acetic and butyric acids were detected in concentrations that reduced the viability of sclerotia of both pathogens. Higher concentrations of carbon dioxide were observed in ASD-treated soils, regardless of the amendment, than in the nonamended anaerobic control. Only amendment with wheat bran did not increase the production of methane gas during ASD compared with the controls. Meloidogyne hapla survival was completely suppressed in soils treated with ASD regardless of carbon source. Field trials were conducted in Ohio muck soil to assess survival of sclerotia of both Sclerotinia spp. The viability of sclerotia of both Sclerotinia spp. was significantly reduced in soil subjected to ASD amended with wheat bran (20.2 Mg/ha), molasses (10.1 Mg/ha), or wheat bran (20.2 Mg/ha) plus molasses (10.1 Mg/ha) compared with the controls. A consistent negative correlation between soil reduction and viability of sclerotia of both pathogens was observed. Wheat bran and molasses are both widely available amendments that can be used as ASD carbon sources for the management of soilborne pathogens in muck soils.


2016 ◽  
Vol 855 ◽  
pp. 37-41
Author(s):  
Porntippa Pinyaphong ◽  
Pensiri Sriburee

The objective of this research was to isolate bacteria able to utilize glycerol as carbon source and study the optimal condition of 1,3-propanediol production from crude glycerol. The bacteria B-2, B-4 and B-7 could grow and produce 1,3-propanediol in basal medium formula 1,2 and 3 that containing glycerol as energy and carbon sources. The bacteria B-2 produced highest 1,3-propanediol in basal medium formula 2. In addition, the various factors that influenced to crude glycerol fermentation in basal medium formula 2 by the bacteria B-2 were investigated. It was found that the optimal conditions of 1,3-propanediol production were 10% bacterial inoculums and crude glycerol about 50 g/L was added. pH of basal medium was adjusted around 7 and the bacterial culture was incubated at 30°C with shaking at 100 rpm for 3 days. The highest yield of 1,3-propanediol was obtained about 0.4167 g/L.


Microbiology ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 149 (8) ◽  
pp. 2163-2172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mani Maheswaran ◽  
Karl Forchhammer

The PII signal transduction proteins GlnB and GlnK are uridylylated/deuridylylated in response to the intracellular glutamine level, the primary signal of the cellular nitrogen status. Furthermore, GlnB was shown to be allosterically regulated by 2-oxoglutarate, and thus GlnB was suggested to integrate signals of the cellular carbon and nitrogen status. Receptors of GlnB signal transduction in Escherichia coli are the NtrB/NtrC two-component system and GlnE, an enzyme which adenylylates/deadenylylates glutamine synthetase. In this study, the authors investigated the effect of different carbon sources on the expression of the NtrC-dependent genes glnA and glnK and on the uridylylation status of GlnB and GlnK. With glutamine as nitrogen source, high levels of glnA and glnK expression were obtained when glucose was used as carbon source, but expression was strongly decreased when the cells were grown with poor carbon sources or when cAMP was present. This response correlated with the uridylylation status of GlnB, suggesting that the carbon/cAMP effect was mediated through GlnB uridylylation, a conclusion that was confirmed by mutants of the PII signalling pathway. When glutamine was replaced by low concentrations of ammonium as nitrogen source, neither glnAglnK expression nor GlnB uridylylation responded to the carbon source or to cAMP. Furthermore, glutamine synthetase could be rapidly adenylylated in vivo by the external addition of glutamine; however, this occurred only when cells were grown in the presence of cAMP, not in its absence. Together, these results suggest that poor carbon sources, through cAMP signalling, favour glutamine uptake. The cellular glutamine signal is then transduced by uridylyltransferase and GlnB to modulate NtrC-dependent gene expression.


2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
He Chen ◽  
Jianbo Kou ◽  
Man Hu ◽  
Guowei Shu

Abstract In order to improve the viable counts of Bifidobacterium bifidum BB01 in the liquid medium, the Central Composite Design (CCD) was used to optimize the nitrogen source in the medium of B. bifidum BB01. The results showed that the nitrogen source composition of B. bifidum BB01 was: peptone 0.9%, yeast extracts 0.3%, beef paste 0.7%. Under the optimal conditions, the viable counts of B. bifidum BB01 reached (2.49±0.06)×109CFU/mL after cultured at 18h, which was 42.97% higher than MRS (lactose), and 12.85% higher than the optimized MRS medium (carbon source and prebiotics were optimized). Therefore, the CCD used in this study is workable for promoting the growth of B. bifidum BB01.


2011 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 541-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harivony Rakotoarivonina ◽  
Beatrice Hermant ◽  
Brigitte Chabbert ◽  
Jean-Pierre Touzel ◽  
Caroline Remond

1981 ◽  
Vol 27 (7) ◽  
pp. 685-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. A. Barnett ◽  
W. A. Ayers

Three of five isolates of Sporidesmium sclerotivorum, a mycoparasite of Sclerotinia spp., grew well on an agar medium containing mineral salts, glucose, thiamine, and glutamine or Casamino acids as the nitrogen source. The nitrogen requirement for two of the isolates was satisfied by NH4Cl, Casamino acids, or glutamine. Glutamine was the best single nitrogen source. Only one isolate, CS-1, was used in further nutritional studies. The optimum concentration of glutamine for growth was 5 g/L. Glucose, mannose, mannitol, and cellobiose were excellent carbon sources. A glucose concentration of 20 g/L was optimum. Mannitol supported greater growth than glucose with Casamino acids as the nitrogen source but glucose was the superior carbon source with glutamine as the nitrogen source. Greatest growth was achieved with a combination of these carbon and nitrogen sources. Sporidesmium sclerotivorum, isolate CS-1, required thiamine for growth and sporulation. Biotin stimulated growth. The fungus developed maximally within the range of pH 5.0–5.5 and growth was greatly reduced at a pH below 4.0 or above 6.0. Control of acidity by the periodic addition of NaOH solution permitted substantially increased growth. The optimum temperature for growth was 22.5–25.0 °C but production of macroconidia was greatest at 15–20 °C.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ram B. Khadka ◽  
Sally A. Miller

Potential synergy between anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD) and Trichoderma spp. in suppression of Rhizoctonia root rot in radish was evaluated. A split-plot design with three replications was used; main plots were Trichoderma harzianum T22, Trichoderma asperellum NT25 and a non-Trichoderma control. Subplots were ASD carbon sources wheat bran, molasses, chicken manure, and mustard greens and two non-amended controls: anaerobic (covered and flooded) and aerobic (not covered or flooded). Carbon sources and Rhizoctonia solani inoculant were mixed with soil, placed in pots, and flooded, followed by drenching Trichoderma spore suspensions and sealing the pots in zip-lock bags. After 3 weeks, bags were removed, soil was aired for 1 week and radish “SSR-RR-27” was seeded. Rhizoctonia root rot severity and incidence were lowest in radish plants grown in ASD-treated soil amended with wheat bran, molasses, or mustard greens across all Trichoderma treatments. Disease severity was lower in radish plants treated with NT25 than with T22 or the non-Trichoderma control across all ASD treatments, and in radish grown in ASD-treated soil amended with wheat bran plus NT25 compared to ASD-wheat bran or NT25 alone. Rhizoctonia solani populations were significantly reduced by ASD treatment regardless of carbon source, while Trichoderma populations were not affected by ASD treatment with the exception of ASD-mustard greens. The interactions of either Trichoderma isolate and ASD with most carbon sources were additive, while T22 with ASD-molasses and NT25 with ASD–wheat bran interactions were synergistic in reducing disease severity. One interaction, T22 with ASD-chicken manure was antagonistic. Enhancement of ASD efficacy in suppressing soilborne diseases such as Rhizoctonia root rot by additional soil amendment with Trichoderma spp. during the process appears to be dependent on both Trichoderma isolate and ASD carbon source.


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