一株产丁酸羊源拜氏梭菌的筛选及其培养条件优化

【背景】人类和动物消化道内栖息着极其复杂和多样化的微生物群落,这些微生物群落分布在肠道的不同位置并执行着特定的功能。近年来,产丁酸菌逐渐成为微生物领域的研究热点,产丁酸菌主要为产芽孢革兰氏阳性厌氧菌,对肠道健康有重要意义。【目的】从反刍动物瘤胃中筛选出产丁酸菌株并研究其生长特性,进一步优化其培养条件,从而提高产丁酸菌的丁酸产量。【方法】以绵羊瘤胃内容物为样品,运用稀释涂布法进行产丁酸菌的筛选,通过形态学观察和16S rRNA基因序列分析等方法对菌株进行鉴定。通过单因素试验与Box-Behnken design试验相结合,对培养条件进行优化,确定筛选菌株在梭菌增殖培养基(reinforced clostridium medium,RCM)中的最佳产酸培养条件。【结果】经过筛选鉴定得到的菌株为梭菌属的拜氏梭菌(clostridium beijerinckii,CB),命名为拜氏梭菌R8(CB.R8)。对拜氏梭菌R8的培养条件进行优化,得出该菌株在接种量为1.22%、温度为38.45℃、pH6.08和培养时间为64.67h的条件下丁酸产量为2.48g/L。【结论】筛选到1株拜氏梭菌R8,该菌能够在RCM培养基中生长并代谢产生丁酸,具备较高的应用价值。     

丁酸梭菌在医学领域中的研究进展

肠道益生菌是定植于人体肠道内,能产生确切健康功效从而改善宿主微生态平衡,对宿主发挥有益作用的一类活性微生物总称。最近越来越多的研究表明肥胖、糖尿病、肠易激综合征、骨质疏松等与肠道菌群密切相关,而丁酸梭菌由于能够促进其他有益菌(乳杆菌、双歧杆菌)生长,具有其他有益生菌没有的特性,受到越来越多研究者的重视。本文通过综述近几年有关丁酸梭菌与神经、内分泌、消化等系统中部分疾病的关系,总结了丁酸梭菌可能具有的治疗机制,并将其与益生菌在治疗骨质疏松症时所发挥的机制进行对比,以展望丁酸梭菌可能具有治疗骨质疏松的潜力。     

洋河酒窖泥细菌群落结构与菌株产酸能力分析

【背景】窖泥微生物的种类及其代谢产物类型是影响浓香型白酒发酵过程中丁酸和己酸等白酒中主要有机酸合成的影响因素之一。【目的】揭示浓香型白酒不同窖龄窖泥细菌群落结构,研究厌氧细菌产酸性能,阐明窖泥细菌与白酒中有机酸合成的相关性。【方法】通过Illumina HiSeq高通量测序,基于16S rRNA基因序列分析不同窖龄窖泥细菌的组成。分离获得厌氧细菌,通过比较菌株产丁酸和己酸能力来分析窖泥的微生物代谢特性。【结果】洋河酒窖泥细菌主要分布于梭菌纲(Clostridia)、拟杆菌纲(Bacteroidia)、互营养菌纲(Synergistia)和芽孢杆菌纲(Bacilli)。20年窖龄的窖泥中氢孢菌属(Hydrogenispora)和瘤胃梭菌属(Ruminiclostridium)丰度显著增加。窖泥细菌间相关性分析表明,瘤胃梭菌属(Ruminiclostridium)为窖泥中影响最大的核心微生物,很多微生物与梭菌属(Clostridium)菌株之间多为相互促进关系。通过传统可培养方法共分离得到梭菌目(Clostridiales)的20株厌氧菌。其中梭菌属(Clostridium)菌株产酸能力高于其他菌属,酪丁酸梭菌(Clostridium tyrobutyricum)和丁酸梭菌(Clostridium butyricum)产丁酸和己酸的能力最强。产丁酸能力最高的菌主要分离自5年和20年窖龄窖泥,产己酸能力最高的菌分离自20年窖龄窖泥。【结论】解析了浓香型白酒不同窖龄窖泥的细菌组成,并对菌株产丁酸和己酸的能力进行了比较,为揭示窖泥微生物功能及其对白酒风味物质合成的影响奠定了相关的研究基础。     

产1,3-丙二醇菌株丁酸梭菌的诱变育种

甘油由丁酸梭菌转化成1,3-丙二醇的研究是厌氧条件下进行。为了获得1,3-丙二醇的高产突变株,以丁酸梭菌为出发菌株进行诱变处理。经过硫酸二乙酯（DES）化学诱变得到2株高产正突变株C.but2031和C.but2046,再经过紫外线和亚硝基胍（NTG）复合诱变得到突变株C.but3037。经过初筛、复筛和传代实验,表明其是稳定的突变株。C.but3037的1,3-丙二醇产量由出发菌株的2.2g/L提高到15.7g/L,提高了6.13倍,     

24株鸡源丁酸梭菌的分离鉴定及耐药基因与毒力基因携带情况

【目的】旨在对鸡源丁酸梭菌进行分离鉴定与安全性评估。【方法】利用厌氧培养方法对源自汶上芦花鸡与SPF鸡粪便样品进行丁酸梭菌的分离与纯化,挑选可疑菌落进行微生物质谱鉴定,进一步通过16S rRNA基因测序进行鉴定,16S rRNA测序结果与NCBI核苷酸数据库中丁酸梭菌的16S rRNA序列进行同源性分析;同时,进行所有分离株对氧氟沙星、头孢吡肟等9种药物的药敏试验,利用PCR方法进行mefA等23种耐药基因扩增,基于益生菌安全要求对样品进行alpha等4种梭菌毒素基因以及typeA等4种肉毒毒素基因的测定。【结果】共分离鉴定了24株丁酸梭菌。24株均对氧氟沙星等7种抗生素表现为敏感,L-1、L-6、L-12仅对新霉素表现为中介,L-19仅对头孢吡肟表现为中介。全部菌株的mefA等16种耐药基因结果全部为阴性,sul2、flor、blaTEM 3种耐药基因全部呈阳性,tetC携带率为79.2%,cmlA携带率为45.8%,blaOXA携带率为37.5%,aadB携带率为12.5%,qnrA携带率为4.2%。PCR结果显示所有分离菌株的alpha、beta、epsilon、iota等4种梭菌毒素基因携带率0%。全部分离菌株均未携带typeA、typeB、typeE、typeF 4种肉毒毒素基因。【结论】结果表明,从未饲喂抗生素和丁酸梭菌的汶上芦花鸡与SPF鸡群中获得的24株丁酸梭菌分离株达到预期的安全性要求,可作为益生添加菌的筛选参考株。     

丁酸梭菌及产丁酸代谢改造

丁酸梭菌(Clostridium butyricum)是一种专性厌氧菌,可通过多基因过表达、同源重组、基于非复制型质粒和非复制型质粒的同源重组等多种遗传操作方式对其进行改造.丁酸是丁酸梭菌发酵的产物之一,丁酸用途广泛,用于饲料添加剂,可提高动物抵抗力,减少抗生素的使用.用丁酸梭菌发酵产丁酸,其产量仍然较低,不利于工业化...     

丁酸梭菌的应用及对食品安全的影响

丁酸梭菌不仅能够调节畜禽肠道微生态平衡,提高免疫力,产生益生物质,而且能够促进有益菌群繁殖。作为一种新型的饲料添加剂,它具有绿色、无污染、无药物残留等优点,能够减少动物性食品的抗生素残留,对常见致病菌具有拮抗作用,可以作为抗生素的优选替代品。丁酸梭菌的应用对食品安全具有重要的意义,文章对丁酸梭菌的应用及其对食品安全的影响进行综述,为其进一步应用提供科学依据。     

肠道内产丁酸细菌及其产物丁酸生理功能的研究进展

产丁酸细菌是利用糖类发酵产生丁酸的一类细菌,代表种是丁酸梭菌。在动物及人类肠道内存在的产丁酸细菌主要是梭菌属、柔嫩梭菌属、罗斯式菌属、真菌属及丁酸弧菌属。本文一方面介绍部分肠道内产丁酸细菌的种类、特点及膳食纤维的摄入和肠道益生菌对产丁酸细菌的影响,另一方面对其主要代谢产物丁酸在体内的生理功能进行探讨,以期为产丁酸细菌的应用及产品开发提供理论依据。     

丁酸梭菌发酵培养基的优化及发酵产物对黄曲霉毒素B1的降解

【背景】丁酸梭菌是专性厌氧的新一代芽孢益生菌,耐热、耐酸、抗逆性强,极具应用价值和开发前景。【目的】优化丁酸梭菌发酵培养基并初步研究其发酵液对黄曲霉菌的抑制作用和降解黄曲霉毒素B₁ (aflatoxin B₁, AFB₁)的能力。【方法】利用响应面法对发酵培养基进行优化,采用牛津杯法对丁酸梭菌发酵液抑制黄曲霉菌生长进行研究,并通过酶联免疫法测定发酵液对AFB₁的降解能力。【结果】优化后的发酵培养基为：葡萄糖18.1g/L,大豆蛋白胨29.7g/L,磷酸氢二钾3.8 g/L,氯化钠2.0 g/L,乙酸钠4.0 g/L,结晶硫酸镁1.2 g/L,L-半胱氨酸盐酸盐0.3 g/L。优化后的丁酸梭菌生物量由8.99×10⁸个/mL提高至2.28×10⁹个/mL,是优化前的2.54倍。丁酸梭菌发酵液对致病真菌黄曲霉菌的抑菌效果十分显著,其上清液经浓缩后对AFB₁降解72h的降解率达到68.65%,初步分析表明上清液中对AFB₁     

人肠道内Faecalibacterium prausnitzii的分离、鉴定及优良菌株筛选研究

本研究通过特异性引物PCR、ERIC-PCR指纹图谱,从一健康人体肠道内筛选到20种ERIC类型的分离物。选取不同ERIC类型的代表菌株进行16S r RNA全长基因测序并在NCBI中进行BLAST,发现15种代表菌株的16S r RNA基因序列与库中的普拉梭菌(Faecalibacterium prausnitzii)相似性均达到97%以上,初步将这些代表菌株鉴定为普拉梭菌。为了筛选出与人体健康具有密切相关性且生物学活性强的优良菌株,通过综合分析15种ERIC类型的分离物的分离丰度及遗传距离,从鉴定出的15株代表菌株中挑选了7株候选优良菌株,进行胆汁酸盐耐受、丁酸盐产生和对肠屏障功能的障影响等评价。研究表明:胆汁酸盐浓度高于0.1%时,F18、F22、F109和F139菌株仍然可以生长,表现出较强的耐胆汁酸能力;菌株间产丁酸盐能力差异显著,F31的丁酸盐产量最高,其次为F18、F20、F33和F139,且这4株菌株间产丁酸盐能力无显著差异;菌株F31使肠屏障功能受损,而其他菌株无明显影响。综合实验数据,筛选出F18和F139为优良菌株。本研究成功实现了普拉梭菌的分离鉴定及优良菌株筛选,为后续的体内实验研究提供了重要研究基础。     

Taxonomy of the glycerol fermenting clostridia and description of Clostridium diolis sp. nov

Six Clostridium strains which ferment glycerol to 1,3-propanediol were tested for their taxonomic and phylogenetic relatedness. All but one were known as C butyricum. By physiological tests, 16S rDNA sequences and fatty acid composition two groups were distinguished. The first comprised the strains VPI 3266, DSM 2478 and DSM 523 (C. "kainantoi") and was consistent with the type strain of C. butyricum in almost all characters. The second group comprising the strains DSM 5430, DSM 5431 and E5 was related to C. beijerinckii. The 16S rDNAs of these strains were almost identical with that of the type strain of C. beijerinckii, DSM 791. The DNA-DNA hybridization value of DSM 5431 and ES with C. beijerinckii DSM 791 was markedly but not decisively lower (67 and 72%, respectively). However, there were significant physiological differences to C. beijerinckii which suggested to describe the strains as a separate species, Clostridium diolis with strain SH1 (= DSM 5431) as the type strain. The new species is distinguished from C. beijerinckii, which requires complex nutrients, by its ability to grow in glucose mineral medium with biotin as the only growth factor and by differences in substrate utilization. "C. kainantoi" Takeda and Matsui was recognized as a later synonym of C. butyricum.     

Identification of Clostridium butyricum and Clostridium beijerinckii by gas-liquid chromatography and sugar fermentation: correlation with DNA homologies and electrophoretic patterns

Sixty-five strains of clostridia of the butyricum group were studied by DNA-DNA hybridization, electrophoresis of cell proteins, gas-liquid chromatography, and fermentation of glycerol, inositol and ribose. The DNA--DNA hybridization results confirmed that strains of this group belong to two main species, Clostridium butyricum and C. beijerinckii. Five strains did not hybridize with the reference strains of these two species. Most of the strains could be identified by quantitative gas-liquid chromatographic analysis combined with fermentation patterns. The other strains could be identified by their protein electrophoretic patterns.     

Plasmid localization of a type E botulinal neurotoxin gene homologue in toxigenic Clostridium butyricum strains, and absence of this gene in non-toxigenic C. butyricum strains

It has been shown recently that two Clostridium butyricum strains (ATCC 43181 and ATCC 43755) contain a botulinal neurotoxin type E (BoNT/E) gene closely related to that of C. botulinum type E. In this study, we show that this gene is located on a large plasmid in the two toxigenic C. butyricum strains and is absent in 18 non-toxigenic C. butyricum and C. beijerinckii strains. Interestingly, the 230 bp upstream and the 1260 bp downstream of the neurotoxin coding sequence are not present in either the non-toxigenic C. butyricum or C. beijerinckii strains. Our data suggest a BoNT/E gene transfer from C. botulinum E to originally non-toxigenic C. butyricum strains.     

Genetic analysis of type E botulinum toxin-producing Clostridium butyricum strains

Type E botulinum toxin (BoNT/E)-producing Clostridium butyricum strains isolated from botulism cases or soil specimens in Italy and China were analyzed by using nucleotide sequencing of the bont/E gene, random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) assay, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and Southern blot hybridization for the bont/E gene. Nucleotide sequences of the bont/E genes of 11 Chinese isolates and of the Italian strain BL 6340 were determined. The nucleotide sequences of the bont/E genes of 11 C. butyricum isolates from China were identical. The deduced amino acid sequence of BoNT/E from the Chinese isolates showed 95.0 and 96.9% identity with those of BoNT/E from C. butyricum BL 6340 and Clostridium botulinum type E, respectively. The BoNT/E-producing C. butyricum strains were divided into the following three clusters based on the results of RAPD assay, PFGE profiles of genomic DNA digested with SmaI or XhoI, and Southern blot hybridization: strains associated with infant botulism in Italy, strains associated with food-borne botulism in China, and isolates from soil specimens of the Weishan lake area in China. A DNA probe for the bont/E gene hybridized with the nondigested chromosomal DNA of all toxigenic strains tested, indicating chromosomal localization of the bont/E gene in C. butyricum. The present results suggest that BoNT/E-producing C. butyricum is clonally distributed over a vast area.     

Classification of Clostridium butyricum based on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Eleven strains of Clostridium butyricum collected from different sources were analysed by both sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). The strains could be classified into four groups based on their banding profiles of the proteins extracted from the cells on SDS-PAGE. Group I consisted of seven strains, and these strains were further divided into five subgroups by PFGE. The strains belonging to groups II, III, and IV on SDS-PAGE were also classified into the same II to IV groups by PFGE. These data indicate that grouping of the strains of C. butyricum can be performed by employing both SDS-PAGE and PFGE.     

Separation and characterization of the 1,3-propanediol and glycerol dehydrogenase activities from Clostridium butyricum E5 wild-type and mutant D

AIMS: Clostridium butyricum E5 wild-type and mutant E5-MD were cultivated in chemostat culture on glycerol in order to compare the properties of two key enzymes of glycerol catabolism, i.e. propanediol and glycerol dehydrogenase. METHODS AND RESULTS: These two enzymes, which belong to the dha regulon, were separated by gel filtration. Both dehydrogenase activities displayed similar properties, such as pH optimum values, specificity towards physiological substrates and dependence on Mn2+. Both strains accumulate glycerol at high levels. CONCLUSION: The mutant D strain contained a propanediol dehydrogenase activity which had a low affinity for its physiological substrate, leading to the conclusion that this strain would seem more resistant to the toxic effect of 3-hydroxypropionaldehyde than the wild-type. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: These properties make Cl. butyricum mutant D strain the best candidate so far to be used as a biotechnological agent for the bioconversion of glycerol to 1,3-propanediol.     

Hydrogen production from glucose by anaerobes

Various anaerobes were cultivated in media containing glucose. When 100 mL of thioglycollate medium containing 2.0% (w/v) glucose was used, Clostridium butyricum ATCC 859, NBRC 3315, and NBRC 13949 evolved 227-243 mL of biogas containing about 180 mL of hydrogen in 1 day. Although some strains had some resistance against oxygen, C. butyricum ATCC 859 and 860 did not have it. C. butyricum NBRC 3315 and Enterobacter aerogenes NBRC 13534 produced hydrogen in the presence of glucose or pyruvic acid, and E. aerogenes NBRC 13534 produced hydrogen by not only glucose and pyruvic acid but also dextrin, sucrose, maltose, galactose, fructose, mannose, and mannitol. When a medium containing 0.5% (w/v) yeast extract and 2.0% (w/v) glucose was used, E. aerogenes NBRC 13534 evolved more biogas and hydrogen than C. butyricum NBRC 3315 in the absence of reducing agent.     

Identification of novel linear megaplasmids carrying a ß-lactamase gene in neurotoxigenic Clostridium butyricum type E strains

Since the first isolation of type E botulinum toxin-producing Clostridium butyricum from two infant botulism cases in Italy in 1984, this peculiar microorganism has been implicated in different forms of botulism worldwide. By applying particular pulsed-field gel electrophoresis run conditions, we were able to show for the first time that ten neurotoxigenic C. butyricum type E strains originated from Italy and China have linear megaplasmids in their genomes. At least four different megaplasmid sizes were identified among the ten neurotoxigenic C. butyricum type E strains. Each isolate displayed a single sized megaplasmid that was shown to possess a linear structure by ATP-dependent exonuclease digestion. Some of the neurotoxigenic C. butyricum type E strains possessed additional smaller circular plasmids. In order to investigate the genetic content of the newly identified megaplasmids, selected gene probes were designed and used in Southern hybridization experiments. Our results revealed that the type E botulinum neurotoxin gene was chromosome-located in all neurotoxigenic C. butyricum type E strains. Similar results were obtained with the 16S rRNA, the tetracycline tet(P) and the lincomycin resistance protein lmrB gene probes. A specific mobA gene probe only hybridized to the smaller plasmids of the Italian C. butyricum type E strains. Of note, a ?-lactamase gene probe hybridized to the megaplasmids of eight neurotoxigenic C. butyricum type E strains, of which seven from clinical sources and the remaining one from a food implicated in foodborne botulism, whereas this ?-lactam antibiotic resistance gene was absent form the megaplasmids of the two soil strains examined. The widespread occurrence among C. butyricum type E strains associated to human disease of linear megaplasmids harboring an antibiotic resistance gene strongly suggests that the megaplasmids could have played an important role in the emergence of C. butyricum type E as a human pathogen.     

Sequences of the botulinal neurotoxin E derived from Clostridium botulinum type E (strain Beluga) and Clostridium butyricum (strains ATCC 43181 and ATCC 43755).

Recently, it has been shown that two Clostridium butyricum strains (ATCC 43181 and ATCC 43755), isolated from cases of infant botulism, produce a botulinal neurotoxin type E (BoNT/E). Here we have determined the nucleotide sequences of the BoNT/E genes of these two C. butyricum strains and from C. botulinum E strain Beluga. We show that the sequences of the BoNT/E genes from the two C. butyricum strains are identical and differ in only 64 positions resulting in 39 amino acid changes (97% identity at the amino acid level) from that derived from C. botulinum. Our data suggest a transfer of the BoNT/E gene from C. botulinum to the originally nontoxigenic C. butyricum strains.     

Microbial conversion of glycerol to 1,3-propanediol: physiological comparison of a natural producer, Clostridium butyricum VPI 3266, and an engineered strain, Clostridium acetobutylicum DG1(pSPD5)

Clostridium acetobutylicum is not able to grow on glycerol as the sole carbon source since it cannot reoxidize the excess of NADH generated by glycerol catabolism. Nevertheless, when the pSPD5 plasmid, carrying the NADH-consuming 1,3-propanediol pathway from C. butyricum VPI 3266, was introduced into C. acetobutylicum DG1, growth on glycerol was achieved, and 1,3-propanediol was produced. In order to compare the physiological behavior of the recombinant C. acetobutylicum DG1(pSPD5) strain with that of the natural 1,3-propanediol producer C. butyricum VPI 3266, both strains were grown in chemostat cultures with glycerol as the sole carbon source. The same "global behavior" was observed for both strains: 1,3-propanediol was the main fermentation product, and the qH2 flux was very low. However, when looking at key intracellular enzyme levels, significant differences were observed. Firstly, the pathway for glycerol oxidation was different: C. butyricum uses a glycerol dehydrogenase and a dihydroxyacetone kinase, while C. acetobutylicum uses a glycerol kinase and a glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. Secondly, the electron flow is differentially regulated: (i) in C. butyricum VPI 3266, the in vitro hydrogenase activity is 10-fold lower than that in C. acetobutylicum DG1(pSPD5), and (ii) while the ferredoxin-NAD+ reductase activity is high and the NADH-ferredoxin reductase activity is low in C. acetobutylicum DG1(pSPD5), the reverse is observed for C. butyricum VPI 3266. Thirdly, lactate dehydrogenase activity is only detected in the C. acetobutylicum DG1(pSPD5) culture, explaining why this microorganism produces lactate.