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Abstract Various chemical compounds, including surfactants, when introduced to culture media may increase the permeability of cellular membranes and thereby affect the quantity of metabolites excreted by cells. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the impact of detergents including Triton X-100, Span 20 and Tween 80 on erythritol production from glycerol by Yarrowia lipolytica Wratislavia K1 in a shake-flask experiment, batch and fed-batch cultures. When Span 20 was added to a fed-batch culture with glycerol as a carbon source (300 g L-1), erythritol production increased by 15% compared to the culture without the surfactant where it reached 142 g L-1 after 5 days, which corresponded to 0.47 g g-1 yield and productivity of 1.1 g L-1 h-1. Therefore, it was concluded that Span 20 considerably enhanced the production of this polyol from glycerol.
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Tensoativos/metabolismo , Meios de Cultura/metabolismo , Yarrowia/metabolismo , Eritritol/biossíntese , Manitol/metabolismo , Polissorbatos/análise , Polissorbatos/metabolismo , Tensoativos/análise , Octoxinol/análise , Octoxinol/metabolismo , Meios de Cultura/química , Eritritol/análise , Manitol/análiseRESUMO
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Antibacterianos/metabolismo , Bacteriocinas/metabolismo , Meios de Cultura/metabolismo , Lactobacillus/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Lactobacillus/metabolismo , Brasil , Glucose/metabolismo , Lactobacillus/classificação , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Polissorbatos/metabolismo , Carne Vermelha/microbiologia , Propriedades de Superfície , TemperaturaRESUMO
Staphylococcus isolated from a common Indian sweet viz. basundi was tested for its ability to produce lipase. The colorless zone of hydrolysis around the colony grown on Baird Parker agar containing egg yolk produced extracellular lipase. Colony morphology, coagulase production, haemolysis, acid production in carbohydrate medium and enzyme activity studies showed that the organism was Staphylococcus warneri. Growth of S. warneri was obtained after 11 hr at 37 degrees C, pH 7.5, while the maximum production of lipase was obtained at 30 degrees C at pH 6.5 after 9 hr of incubation. Agitation did not increase lipase production. A sudden fall in the activity of lipase was noted after 11 hr. Addition of sucrose which is a growth stimulant for Staphylococcus, did not stimulate production of lipase by these organisms. Also, addition of oleic acid, Tween 80 or ethanol did not stimulate formation of lipase.