Anaerobic Growth Rate Research Articles

비이온성 계면활성제 Tween 80의 첨가가 반추위 혼합 미생물에 의한 in vitro 가스발생량, 건물소화율, 효소활력 및 미생물 성장율에 미치는 영향

비이온성 계면활성제(non-ionic surfactant: NIS) Tween 80의 첨가가 gas 발생량, 각종 기질의 건물 소화율, 섬유소 분해효소의 활력, 미생물 성장률 그리고 미생물의 기질 부착성에 미치는 영향을 규명하기 위하여 볏짚, 알팔파 건초, filter paper 그리고 톨페스큐 건초를 공시하여 in vitro시험을 수행하였다. NIS Tween 80을 0.05% (v/v) 수준으로 배지에 첨가하였을 때, in vitro 건물 소화율, cumulative gas 생성량, 미생물 성장량 그리고 섬유소 분해효소의 활력 등 조사항목 모두가 모든 공시된 기질에서 유의적 (P<0.05)으로 증가하였다. 볏짚, 알팔파 건초, filter paper 및 톨페스큐 건초로부터 발생된 in vitro 48시간 배양후의 가스량이 NIS의 첨가로 인하여 무처리구에 비하여 각각 274.8, 235.2, 231.1 및 719.5%가 유의적(P<0.05)으로 증가하였다. Tween 80을 0.05% 수준으로 알팔파 건초 기질에 첨가하여 배양 36시간 후에 섬유소 분해효소의 활력을 측정하였을 때, Avicelase의 경우는 무첨가구와 비교하여 변화가 없었지만 CMCase, xylanase 및 amylase의 활력은 무처리구에 비해 각각 38.1, 121.4 및 38.2%가 증가하였다. 이러한 결과들은 호기성 미생물에서와는 달리 Tween 80을 0.05% 수준으로 배지에 첨가하면 혐기성 미생물의 성장률을 감소시키지 않고 오히려 증가시키며 여러 종류의 섬유소 분해효소의 분비가 촉진될 수 있다는 것을 시사하는 것이다. 전자현미경(SEM) 관찰결과 NIS Tween 80의 첨가가 미생물의 기질 부착성을 증가시키지는 못하였다. 따라서 NIS Tween 80의 첨가로 가스발생량과 in vitro건물 소화율 그리고 섬유소 분해효소의 활력이 증가한 이유는 미생물의 기질 부착성 때문이 아니라는 것을 알 수 있다.. 결론적으로, 불감체중손실과 온열 생리 요인들 간에는 약한 상관이 존재했으나, 피험자들이 온열 쾌적을 유지하는 경우 착용한 의복 종류 및 노출 기온에 상관없이 불감체중손실량은 좁은 범위를 유지했다.것으로 판단된다.$4^{\circ}C$</TEX>로 저장한 경우 치커리 고유의 초록색과 아삭한 조직감을 유지하고 있어 저온냉수 세척과 tray 포장이 세척 청경채의 선도 유지에 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다.>$2.0{\sim}1459.4ppm(303.1{\pm}324.2)$</TEX>으로 나타났다.다. 4. 이상의 결과를 바탕으로 위생교육 매뉴얼을 개발하였다. 위생교육 내용은 4가지 원칙 -개인위생확보, 교차오염방지, 시간온도관리, 냉장관리- 으로 구성하였고, 8영역으로 세분화하였다. 교육 설계방식은 강의식 교육을 위주로 하고, 주제별로, 실연식 교육, 시청각 교육, 토의식 교육을 위한 강의 자료를 마련하였다. 이상의 결과에서 보여 준 레스토랑에서 식중독 예방을 위한 위생관리 활동 내용으로 실천율이 낮은 활동을 규명하고 이 활동에 대한 지속적인 모니터링과 개선활동을 전개한다면 레스토랑의 식중독 예방에 크게 도움일 될 것으로 사료된다. 또한 본 연구에서 개발된 위생교육 자료를 활용한다면, 외식업체의 전반적인 위생수준을 향상시키고 식품의 안전성을 확보하는데 크게 기여할 것으로 기대된다. 최근에 외식업계에서 발생되고 있는 식중독 사고는 이상 기후의 영향이나 시설미비도 그 원인이겠지만, 무엇보다도 중요한 요인은 경영층의 위생에 관한 인식부족, 교육 프로그램의 부재로 사료된다. 그러므로 양적으로 과포화상태에 이르고 있는 외식업계의 질적인 향상을 위해서는 외식업체는 위생교육의 지속적인 실천과 모니터링을 강화하고, 그 결과를 인사고과시스템에 반영하는 통합적인 노력이 요구된다.야 하고, 검사관리를 통해 원재료와 최종제품의 안전성이 확보되어야 한다. 납품업체들의 검사관리 수행도를 높이기 위해서는 검사시설의 구비와 장비의 The non-ionic surfactant (NIS) Tween 80 was evaluated for its ability to influence invitro cumulative gas production, dry matter digestibility, cellulolytic enzyme activities, anaerobic microbial growth rates, and adhesion to substrates by mixed rumen microorganisms on rice straw, alfalfa hay, cellulose filter paper and tall fescue hay. The addition of NIS Tween 80 at a level of 0.05% increased significantly (P<0.05) in vitro DM digestibility, cumulative gas production, microbial growth rate and cellulolytic enzyme activity from all of substrates used in this study. In vitro cumulative gas production from the NIS-treated substrates; rice straw, alfalfa hay, filter paper and tall fescue hay was significantly (P<0.05) improved by 274.8, 235.2, 231.1 and 719.5% compared with the control, when substrates were incubated for 48 hr in vitro. The addition of 0.05% NIS Tween 80 to cultures growing on alfalfa hay resulted in a significant increase in CMCase (38.1%), xylanase (121.4%), Avicelase (not changed) and amylase (38.2%) activities after 36 h incubation. These results indicated that the addition of 0.05% Tween 80 could greatly stimulate the release of some kinds of cellulolytic enzymes without decreasing cell growth rate in contrast to trends reported with aerobic microorganism. Our SEM observation showed that NIS Tween. 80 did not influence the microbial adhesion to substrates used in the study. Present data clearly show that improved gas production, DM digestibility and cellulolytic enzyme activity by Tween 80 is not due to increased bacterial adhesion on the substrates.

Growth rate of a non-fermentative Escherichia coli strain is influenced by NAD+ regeneration

By complementing a non-fermentative Escherichia coli (ldhA (-) pflB (-)) strain with the recombinant Zymomonas mobilis ethanol pathway (pdc, adhB), we evaluated the effect of different levels of enzymatic activity on growth rate demonstrating that there is a direct relationship between anaerobic growth rate and the total specific activity of pyruvate decarboxylase, which is the limiting enzyme of this specific fermentative NAD(+) regenerating pathway. This relationship was proved to be useful to establish a selection strategy based on growth rate for the analysis of lctE libraries, which encode lactate dehydrogenase from Bacillus subtilis.

INFLUENCE OF OXIDATION‐REDUCTION REDUCTANTS ON SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM GROWTH RATES AFTER INITIAL pH ADJUSTMENT AND ZINC COMPOUND ADDITION

ABSTRACTThe objective of this study was to examine the separate influence of acidic pH, reductants (cysteine and sulfide) and zinc compounds (Zn acetate and Zn sulfate) during anaerobic growth of a S. typhimurium poultry isolate in rich or minimal media. The anaerobic growth of a S. typhimurium poultry isolate in TSB medium was significantly inhibited by either acidic initial pH or higher concentrations of Zn acetate. S. typhimurium anaerobic growth in M9 minimal medium was significantly inhibited by either acidic pH or higher concentrations of Zn acetate or Zn sulfate. Most anaerobic growth rates of the S. typhimurium poultry isolate in acidic media and with higher concentrations of Zn acetate or Zn sulfate were less than 0.10 h‐1. The overall anaerobic growth rates of S. typhimurium were inhibited more in the presence (0.089 h‐1) of reductants than in the absence (0.102 h‐1) of reductants in M9 medium. Results in this study suggest that either increasing Zn concentration or decreasing initial pH can reduce growth rate of foodborne Salmonella under anaerobic growth conditions.

Effect of diethylsulphoxide on growth, survival and ion exchange of Escherichia coli.

To study the effect of diethylsulphoxide (DESO) on Escherichia coli growth, survival and ionic exchange in comparison with dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO). Bacterial survival was estimated by counting colony-forming units and by the most probable number (five-tube) technique; the K+ and H+ transport and H(2) formation were determined electrochemically. Diethylsulphoxide at concentrations between 0.01 and 0.5% (w/v) stimulated and above 5% decreased the anaerobic growth rate and survival. 2H+ : K+ exchange and H(2) formation were lost at 5% DESO. At 0.05% DESO the kinetic characteristics of H+ : K+ exchange and H(2) formation were typical for Delta micro (H(+)) -dependent TrkA uncoupled with F(0)F(1) under respiration. Diethylsulphoxide at low concentrations serves as an electron acceptor for an anaerobic respiratory chain stimulating bacterial growth and survival through the modulation of H+ : K+ exchange and H(2) formation activity. The effects of DESO were more pronounced than those of DMSO. Diethylsulphoxide determines essential biological and therapeutic properties that make its application preferable.

Snr-1 gene is required for nitrate reduction in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is able to use nitrate for both assimilation and anaerobic respiration. One set of genes, designated snr (for "shared nitrate reduction"), have been recently cloned and partially characterized. In this study, we demonstrate that the snr-1 gene encodes a predicted 52.5-kDa protein that is 82% similar to a unique cytochrome c of Desulfomonile tiedjei DCB-1. Importantly, the Snr-1 protein sequence of P. aeruginosa differed from that of the cytochrome c of D. tiedjei primarily in the first 25 amino acids, which are required for membrane attachment in D. tiedjei. In P. aeruginosa, the Snr-1 protein hydropathy profile indicates that it is a soluble protein. An isogenic snr-1::Gm insertional mutant was unable to grow aerobically with nitrate as a sole nitrogen source or anaerobically with nitrate as an electron acceptor. Complementation of the snr-1::Gm mutant with the snr-1 gene restored the wild-type phenotypes. Interestingly, anaerobic growth rates were significantly higher in the snr-1 mutant harboring a multicopy plasmid containing snr-1. In contrast, aerobic growth rates of the restored mutant using nitrate as the sole nitrogen source were similar to those of the wild type. Transcriptional lacZ fusions demonstrated that snr-1 was not regulated by molybdate, oxygen, or nitrate.

Denitrification at extremely high pH values by the alkaliphilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium Thioalkalivibrio denitrificans strain ALJD.

Thioalkalivibrio denitrificans is the first example of an alkaliphilic, obligately autotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium able to grow anaerobically by denitrification. It was isolated from a Kenyan soda lake with thiosulfate as electron donor and N2O as electron acceptor at pH 10. The bacterium can use nitrite and N2O, but not nitrate, as electron acceptors during anaerobic growth on reduced sulfur compounds. Nitrate is only utilized as nitrogen source. In batch culture at pH 10, rapid growth was observed on N2O as electron acceptor and thiosulfate as electron donor. Growth on nitrite was only possible after prolonged adaptation of the culture to increasing nitrite concentrations. In aerobic thiosulfate-limited chemostats, Thioalkalivibrio denitrificans strain ALJD was able to grow between pH values of 7.5 and 10.5 with an optimum at pH 9.0. Growth of the organism in continuous culture on N2O was more stable and faster than in aerobic cultures. The pH limit for growth on N2O was 10.6. In nitrite-limited chemostat culture, growth was possible on thiosulfate at pH 10. Despite the observed inhibition of N2O reduction by sulfide, the bacterium was able to grow in sulfide-limited continuous culture with N2O as electron acceptor at pH 10. The highest anaerobic growth rate with N2O in continuous culture at pH 10 was observed with polysulfide (S8(2-)) as electron donor. Polysulfide was also the best substrate for oxygen-respiring cells. Washed cells at pH 10 oxidized polysulfide to sulfate via elemental sulfur in the presence of N2O or O2. In the absence of the electron acceptors, elemental sulfur was slowly reduced which resulted in regeneration of polysulfide. Cells of strain ALJD grown under anoxic conditions contained a soluble cd1-like cytochrome and a cytochrome-aa3-like component in the membranes.

Effect of oxygen on the growth of Clostridium butyricum (type species of the genus Clostridium), and the distribution of enzymes for oxygen and for active oxygen species in Clostridia

Clostridia are well-known obligatory anaerobic bacteria which cannot utilize oxygen, or otherwise die in oxygenated environments. Clostridium butyricum, the type species of the genus Clostridium, possesses the ability to consume oxygen in amounts proportional to the size of the inoculum. Oxygen consumption was observed when NADH and NADPH were added to the cell extract of this strain. NADH oxidase and NADPH oxidase activities were also detected in all of the tested strains of the genus Clostridium. C. butyricum ceased growing while consuming oxygen in the medium. After consumption of all the dissolved oxygen, C. butyricum resumed growth at a rate equivalent to its anaerobic growth rate, suggesting that no oxidative damage based on oxygen reduction occurs in vivo. As scavengers for active oxygen species, the activities of NADH NADPH peroxidase and SOD were detected in C. butyricum. Furthermore, the activities of these enzymes are distributed widely in the genus Clostridium.

Comparative studies ofEscherichia coli strains using different glucose uptake systems: Metabolism and energetics

Modifying substrate uptake systems is a potentially powerful tool in metabolic engineering. This research investigates energetic and metabolic changes brought about by the genetic modification of the glucose uptake and phosphorylation system of Escherichia coli. The engineered strain PPA316, which lacks the E. coli phosphotransferase system (PTS) and uses instead the galactose-proton symport system for glucose uptake, exhibited significantly altered metabolic patterns relative to the parent strain PPA305 which retains PTS activity. Replacement of a PTS uptake system by the galactose-proton symport system is expected to lower the carbon flux to pyruvate in both aerobic and anaerobic cultivations. The extra energy cost in substrate uptake for the non-PTS strain PPA 316 had a greater effect on anaerobic specific growth rate, which was reduced by a factor of five relative to PPA 305, while PPA 316 reached a specific growth rate of 60% of that of the PTS strain under aerobic conditions. The maximal cell densities obtained with PPA 316 were approximately 8% higher than those of the PTS strain under aerobic conditions and 14% lower under anaerobic conditions. In vivo NMR results showed that the non-PTS strain possesses a dramatically different intracellular environment, as evidenced by lower levels of total sugar phosphate, NAD(H), nucleoside triphosphates and phosphoenolpyruvate, and higher levels of nucleoside diphosphates. The sugar phosphate compositions, as measured by extract NMR, were considerably different between these two strains. Data suggest that limitations in the rates of steps catalyzed by glucokinase, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, phosphofructokinase, and pyruvate kinase may be responsible for the low overall rate of glucose metabolism in PPA316. (c) 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 56: 583-590, 1997.

Synergistic iron reduction and citrate dissimilation by Shewanella alga and Aeromonas veronii

Two bacterial isolates from Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire, in co-culture carried out anaerobic dissimilation of citric acid with Fe(III) as the terminal electron acceptor. Neither isolate oxidized citrate with Fe(III) anaerobically in axenic culture. The Fe(III) reducer, Shewanella alga strain BrY, did not grow anaerobically with citrate as an energy source. The citrate utilizer, Aeromonas veronii, did not reduce iron axenically with a variety of electron donors including citrate. The onset of iron reduction by the co-culture occurred after initiation of citrate dissimilation and just prior to initiation of growth by either organism (as measured by viable plate counts). Anaerobic culture growth rates and final cell densities of each bacterial strain were greater in co-culture than in axenic cultures. By 48 h of growth, the co-culture had consumed 27 mM citrate as compared with 12 mM dissimilated by the axenic culture of A. veronii. By 48 h the co-culture produced half as much formate (6 mM) and twice as much acetate (40 mM) as did A. veronii grown axenically (12 mM and 20 mM, respectively). Formate produced from citrate by A. veronii appeared to have supported growth and Fe(III) reduction by S. alga.Although not obligatory, nutrient coupling between these two organisms illustrates that fermentative (A. veronii-type) organisms can convert organic compounds such as citrate to those used as substrates by dissimilatory Fe(III) reducers, including S. alga. This synergism broadens the range of substrates available for iron reduction, stimulates the extent and rate of organic electron donor degradation (and that of iron reduction) and enhances the growth of each participant.

Transposon Tn5 mutagenesis inRhodopseudomonas palustris

The potential of the antibiotic resistance transposon Tn5 for random insertion mutagenesis in Rhodopseudomonas palustris was assessed. The Tn5 containing suicide vector plasmid pSUP2021, was transferred from Escherichia coli to Rhodopseudomonas palustris and kanamycin-resistant transconjugants arose at a frequency of 2.7×10−7 per recipient. In the majority of transconjugants tested, Tn5 was found to have successfully transposed to yield a single chromosomal insertion, with the concomitant loss of the vector plasmid through segregation. Two Tn5 mutants, one defective in carotenoid synthesis, and one exhibiting a reduced anaerobic growth rate on aromatic acids, were partially characterised. This is the first study to show that Tn5 mutagenesis can be applied successfully to isolate mutants of Rhodopseudomonas palustris.

Growth of pathogenicCandidaisolates anaerobically and under elevated concentrations of CO2in air

Individual isolates of seven potentially pathogenic yeast species in the genus Candida all grew to some extent in Eagle's minimal essential medium including serum under elevated concentrations of CO2 and in anaerobic gas jars. The C. glabrata and C. tropicalis isolates had the highest anaerobic growth rates and yields, the C. guilliermondii and C. parapsilosis isolates had the lowest, and the C. albicans, C. krusei and C. pseudotropicalis isolates gave intermediate growth rates and yields. The same relative abilities to grow anaerobically were seen when the seven isolates were cultured in liquid and on agar formulations of a peptone-glucose broth and two media containing Yeast Nitrogen Base.

Influence of Modified Atmosphere Packaging on Microbiology of Broiler Drumsticks

Broiler drumsticks were vacuum-packaged, flushed with carbon dioxide or nitrogen gas (stored at 4–5 C), and monitored for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria growth over 11 to 12 days. Compared with the control growth value, vacuum-packaged drumsticks had lower aerobic and anerobic growth rates, whereas carbon dioxide-flushed drumsticks had reduced aerobic growth and some reduction of the anaerobic growth rate. Flushing with nitrogen gas resulted in a reduced growth rate of aerobic bacteria but had no effect on anaerobic growth rate. Introduction of a controlled atmosphere may help prolong shelf-life of poultry.

Copper as a controlling factor of anaerobic growth under N2O and biosynthesis of N2O reductase in denitrifying bacteria.

In order to determine the specific mineral requirement for N2O-anaerobic growth of the denitrifying bacteria Alcaligenes sp. NGIB 11015 and Alcaligenes faecalis IAM 1015, investigations were done using dithizone-treated KNO3-free modified Giltay's medium (dithizone-treated medium). When grown aerobically, the bacteria exhibited equally good growth in the presence or absence of an appropriate amount of copper. Anaerobic growth under N2O was stimulated by the addition of a proper amount of copper in both denitrifying bacteria. Growth in the medium demetalated by various treatments showed that copper was specifically necessary for the maximum growth under N2O. The optimum concentration of copper was between 0.5 to 1 μm and 20 to 40 μm for the anaerobic growth rate under N2O. Copper was indispensable for the biosynthesis of N2O reductase and is very likely to be a functional part of N2O reductase in denitrifying bacteria.

Trimethylamine oxide: a terminal electron acceptor in anaerobic respiration of bacteria.

Trimethylamine oxide (TMAO) stimulated both the anaerobic growth rate and the growth yield of Proteus NTHC 153. The molar growth yield from glucose and pyruvate in tryptone/yeast extract medium doubled in the presence of TMAO, and the organism grew anaerobically on the non-fermentable substrates L-lactate and formate when TMAO was added to the medium. We conclude that TMAO stimulated growth by serving as a terminal electron acceptor in an oxidative phosphorylation process.

Anaerobic L- -glycerophosphate dehydrogenase of Escherichia coli: its genetic locus and its physiological role.

In mutant cells of Escherichia coli missing the particulate l-alpha-glycerophosphate (l-alpha-GP) dehydrogenase necessary for aerobic growth on glycerol or l-alphaGP, a soluble, flavine-dependent l-alpha-GP dehydrogenase supports normal anaerobic growth rates on either of the two substrates with fumarate or nitrate as exogenous hydrogen acceptor. In an experiment in which glycerol served as the carbon source and nitrate as the acceptor, the growth of such a mutant was arrested upon the admission of air, whereas the growth of wild-type cells continued smoothly. Mutant cells lacking the soluble l-alpha-GP dehydrogenase, but possessing the particulate enzyme, can grow at normal rates aerobically on glycerol and l-alpha-GP or anaerobically on these compounds with nitrate, but not fumarate, as the hydrogen acceptor. Double mutants lacking both of the dehydrogenases fail to show significant growth on either glycerol or l-alpha-GP under any condition. Mutations affecting the anaerobic dehydrogenase (glpA locus) are situated at about minute 43 of the Taylor map, just clockwise beyond glpT, and show cotransduction with purF (1.5%), glpT (91%), and nalA (50%). The anaerobic dehydrogenase is a member of the glp regulon as judged by its inducibility by l-alpha-GP and by its constitutive formation in strains of glpR(c) genotype. The level of the anaerobic dehydrogenase is about the same in cells grown either aerobically or anaerobically with nitrate serving as a terminal hydrogen acceptor. With fumarate as terminal acceptor, the level is elevated several fold.

Streptomycin Action and Anaerobiosis

SUMMARY: The question was asked whether the insensitivity to dihydrostreptomycin and streptomycin exhibited by facultatively anaerobic organisms growing strictly anaerobically could be due entirely to the lack of an anaerobic mechanism for the uptake of these antibiotics. A technique is described here which allows exposure of Escherichia coli b to dihydrostreptomycin, under conditions which are known to promote its intracellular accumulation, for a time, followed by further incubation in a growth medium under aerobic as well as under strictly anaerobic conditions, after removal of the extracellular antibiotic. With this technique it was possible to make a quantitative comparison of the inhibitory effects of dihydrostreptomycin on aerobic and anaerobic growth of E. coli b under conditions where no further uptake of the antibiotic could occur. The results show that for any given treatment of E. coli b with dihydrostreptomycin, subsequent aerobic and anaerobic growth rates are inhibited to exactly the same extent. It is concluded that the need for aerobic metabolism in the expression of antibiotic effect by dihydrostreptomycin is concerned only with its uptake into the organisms.