Producción de goma xántica en cultivos inmovilizados de Xanthomonas campestris / [Production of xanthan gum in immobilized cultures of Xanthomonas campestris]

The efficiency of xanthan production through surface processes was evaluated. The best porous material was selected first. Thereafter, a comparative study was performed using submerged agitated process vs other without agitation but containing the selected porous material. The culture medium used was white potatoes infusion, buffered with K2HPO4 and supplemented with glucose in diverse concentrations. Besides, to evaluate a different type of surface process, three vegetables were valued: Ipomaea batatus, Solanum tuberosum and Daucus carota, with an without glucose supplement. Larger xanthan production was achieved with immobilization of X. campestris vs the conventional method, when the liquid culture medium was used. The highest yield was obtained when the white potatoes infusion was supplemented with glucose 2.5

, yielding a conversion of this saccharide to xanthan up to 58

. When X. campestris was cultured on fragmented vegetables, the highest xanthan gum yield (5.6g) was obtained with Solanum tuberosum supplemented with glucose. This yield indicators that X. campestris used the glucose added as well as the constitutive polysaccharide of this vegetable.

Producción de goma xántica en cultivos inmovilizados de Xanthomonas campestris / [Production of xanthan gum in immobilized cultures of Xanthomonas campestris]

The efficiency of xanthan production through surface processes was evaluated. The best porous material was selected first. Thereafter, a comparative study was performed using submerged agitated process vs other without agitation but containing the selected porous material. The culture medium used was white potatoes infusion, buffered with K2HPO4 and supplemented with glucose in diverse concentrations. Besides, to evaluate a different type of surface process, three vegetables were valued: Ipomaea batatus, Solanum tuberosum and Daucus carota, with an without glucose supplement. Larger xanthan production was achieved with immobilization of X. campestris vs the conventional method, when the liquid culture medium was used. The highest yield was obtained when the white potatoes infusion was supplemented with glucose 2.5

, yielding a conversion of this saccharide to xanthan up to 58

. When X. campestris was cultured on fragmented vegetables, the highest xanthan gum yield (5.6g) was obtained with Solanum tuberosum supplemented with glucose. This yield indicators that X. campestris used the glucose added as well as the constitutive polysaccharide of this vegetable.

Producción de gomas xánticas / Production of xanthan gums

En el período que va desde febrero has agosto de 1990, se realizó un relevamiento de Xanthomonas campestris en la zona de Luján, provincia de Buenos Aires, de 70 muestras de vegetales infectados. Se comprobó si las 50 cepas de Xanthomonas campestris obtenidas presentaban la capacidad de producir goma xantan, así como el porcentaje de conversión de sustrato en goma y el recuento de Xanthomonas campestris viables/ml de cultivo. Los mayores números de cepas productoras del polisacárido extracelular se obtuvieron de alfalfa. Asimismo, la Xanthomonas campestris pv. alfalfae presentó elevados números de células viables y porcentajes de conversión de glucosa en goma xántica

Estudio comparativo de cuatro métodos de aislamiento de salmonelas de aguas superficiales / Comparative study of 4 methods for isolating Salmonella from surface waters

El presente trabajo es la primera etapa de un proyecto destinado a determinar la presencia de serovariedades de Salmonella en aguas del Río Lujáan, que recorre la zona urbana de la ciudad homónima, en la provincia de Buenos Aires. Consiste en realizar un estudio comparativo de cuatro métodos de detección de salmonelas a partir de 200 muestras de dicho río: caldos tetrationato-verde brilhante; manitol y selenito; Rappaport 25 y Rappaport-Vassiliadis modificado, con y sin preenriquecimiento de las muestras en agua peptonada fosfatada. Para las tomas, se aplicó la técnica del pliego de gasa sumergido, en tres puntos de muestreo: uno en la planta urbana, otro a 2 km aguas arriba de la misma y el último a 2 km aguas abajo de la ciudad. La mejor combinación de medios de enriquecimiento y de aislamiento estuvo dada por caldo Rappaport-Vassiliadis modificado y agar verde brilhante con 0,25% de desoxicolato de sodio, luego de preenriquecer las muestras en agua peptonada fosfatada. Se aisló Salmonella en el 46% de las muestras examinadas, identificándose 16 serovariedades. Entre otras, se hallaron: S. Typhimurium, S. Enteritidis, S. Infantis, S. Mbandaka, S. Israel y S. Sub-especie IV 18 z36 : Z38:-