Biosynthesis and characterization of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) copolymers using jatropha oil as the main carbon source

2011 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 1572-1578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ko-Sin Ng ◽  
Yoke-Ming Wong ◽  
Takeharu Tsuge ◽  
Kumar Sudesh
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Source ◽  
Jatropha Oil ◽  
Main Carbon Source ◽  
Main Carbon

scholarly journals A β-d-fructofuranosidase from Claviceps purpurea

1972 ◽  
Vol 129 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. Dickerson
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Source ◽  
Dual Role ◽  
Claviceps Purpurea ◽  
Time Transfer ◽  
Main Carbon Source ◽  
Main Carbon

Evidence suggests that sucrose is the main carbon source for growth of Claviceps spp. in the parasitic condition. The sucrose acts as substrate for an active β-fructofuranosidase, produced by the fungus, which in the first instance converts the disaccharide into glucose and an oligofructoside. In this way, 50% of the glucose, supplied as sucrose, is made available to the parasite for assimilation. Subsequent action of the enzyme on both sucrose and the oligofructoside leads to the release of more glucose and the formation of additional oligosaccharides. The structures of the main oligosaccharides formed have been elucidated and the interactions of each compound studied. In experiments with purified enzyme in vitro the interaction of the oligosaccharides is rapid but in culture they are assimilated only slowly; in each case some free fructose is liberated. Free fructose is not assimilated in the presence of glucose and, further, inhibits growth at concentrations which might be expected to occur in the parasitic condition. A dual role has been suggested for the enzyme, with sucrose as substrate, in which glucose is made available to the growing parasite, while at the same time transfer of the fructose to form oligosaccharides prevents it from accumulating at inhibitory concentrations. Ultimately, when glucose becomes limiting, the fungus will adapt to fructose assimilation.

scholarly journals ʲ-mannanase of Streptomyces lividans 66: cloning and DNA sequence of the manA gene and characterization of the enzyme

1993 ◽  
Vol 290 (3) ◽  
pp. 857-863 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Arcand ◽  
D Kluepfel ◽  
F W Paradis ◽  
R Morosoli ◽  
F Shareck
Keyword(s):  
Dna Sequence ◽  
Wild Type Strain ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Streptomyces Lividans ◽  
Gene Coding ◽  
Sds Page ◽  
Main Carbon Source ◽  
Assay Conditions ◽  
Main Carbon

The gene coding for a beta-mannanase was cloned homologously from Streptomyces lividans and its DNA sequence was determined. The fully secreted enzyme was isolated and purified from culture filtrates of the hyperproducing clone S. lividans IAF36 grown in mineral salt media containing galactomannan as the main carbon source. It had a molecular mass of 36 kDa and a specific activity of 876 i.u./mg of protein. Under the assay conditions used, the optimal enzyme activity was obtained at 58 degrees C and a pH of 6.8. The pI was 3.5. The kinetic constants of this mannanase determined with galactomannan as substrate were a Vmax. of 205 i.u./mg of enzyme and a Km of 0.77 mg/ml. Data from SDS/PAGE and Western blotting show that the cloned enzyme was identical to that of the wild-type strain.

Structure Elucidation and Characterization of Microbial 2-Tridecyl Sophorosides (Biosurfactants)

2013 ◽  
Vol 68 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 489-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verena K. Recke ◽  
Jun B. Park ◽  
Melanie Gerlitzki ◽  
Rudolf Hausmann ◽  
Christoph Syldatk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structure Elucidation ◽  
Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Candida Bombicola ◽  
Gram Positive Bacteria ◽  
Product Mixture ◽  
Crude Product ◽  
Main Carbon Source ◽  
Hydroxy Groups ◽  
Main Carbon

To produce novel types of sophorose lipids containing an odd number of carbon atoms in the lipophilic moiety, Candida bombicola ATCC 22214 was grown in 500-ml fl ask cultures with glucose as main carbon source, and additionally, 2-tridecanone as co-substrate. After solvent extraction, the crude product mixture was separated into pure fractions, and each fraction was analysed via NMR and mass spectroscopy. This effective strategy generated five new glycolipids, 2-tridecyl sophorosides, which differed in the number of glucose units, and acetyl and hydroxy groups, respectively. Based on these compounds, a proposal for the possible biosynthetic pathway was deduced. Two compounds of the mixture, mono- and diacetylated 2-tridecyl sophorosides, respectively, were able to lower the surface tension of water from 72 mN m-1 to 32 mN m-1 and the interfacial tension between water and nhexadecane from 43 mN m-1 down to 4 and 3 mN m-1. Thus, both compounds possess a very good surfactant behaviour. Moreover, it was observed that the new products inhibit the growth of particular Gram-positive bacteria, and they indicate potential for antitumourpromoting activity.

Screening of biosurfactant-producing Bacillus strains using glycerol from the biodiesel synthesis as main carbon source

2012 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 897-906 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Sousa ◽  
V. M. M. Melo ◽  
S. Rodrigues ◽  
H. B. Sant’ana ◽  
L. R. B. Gonçalves
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Source ◽  
Biodiesel Synthesis ◽  
Main Carbon Source ◽  
Bacillus Strains ◽  
Main Carbon

scholarly journals Influence of Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorous Sources on Glucoamylase Production by Aspergillus awamori in Solid State Fermentation

2003 ◽  
Vol 58 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 708-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Telma Elita Bertolin ◽  
Willibaldo Schmidell ◽  
Alfredo E. Maiorano ◽  
Janice Casara ◽  
Jorge A. V. Costa
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
Carbon Source ◽  
Solid State Fermentation ◽  
Carbon Sources ◽  
Aspergillus Awamori ◽  
Main Carbon Source ◽  
Nitrogen Phosphorus ◽  
Additional Carbon Source ◽  
Main Carbon ◽  
Glucoamylase Production

AbstractIt was the objective of the present study to increase the production of glucoamylase by Aspergillus awamori through solid state fermentation, using wheat bran as the main carbon source and (NH4)2SO4, urea, KH2PO4, glucose, maltose and starch as additional nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon sources. The production of glucoamylase is strongly influenced by N and C sources. A 100% increase was observed when the (NH4)2SO4 was replaced by urea, with C/N = 4.8, using maltose as the additional carbon source. C/P ratios in a range of 5.1 to 28.7 did not induce glucoamylase production under the studied conditions.

scholarly journals The seawater carbon inventory at the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (39) ◽  
pp. 24088-24095
Author(s):  
Laura L. Haynes ◽  
Bärbel Hönisch
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Source ◽  
Dissolved Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Planktic Foraminifera ◽  
Natural Analog ◽  
Surface Ocean ◽  
Thermal Maximum ◽  
Carbon Release ◽  
Main Carbon Source ◽  
Carbon Inventory ◽  
Main Carbon

The Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) (55.6 Mya) was a geologically rapid carbon-release event that is considered the closest natural analog to anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Recent work has used boron-based proxies in planktic foraminifera to characterize the extent of surface-ocean acidification that occurred during the event. However, seawater acidity alone provides an incomplete constraint on the nature and source of carbon release. Here, we apply previously undescribed culture calibrations for the B/Ca proxy in planktic foraminifera and use them to calculate relative changes in seawater-dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) concentration, surmising that Pacific surface-ocean DIC increased by +1,010−646+1,415 µmol/kg during the peak-PETM. Making reasonable assumptions for the pre-PETM oceanic DIC inventory, we provide a fully data-driven estimate of the PETM carbon source. Our reconstruction yields a mean source carbon δ13C of −10‰ and a mean increase in the oceanic C inventory of +14,900 petagrams of carbon (PgC), pointing to volcanic CO2 emissions as the main carbon source responsible for PETM warming.

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