From water‐in‐oil to oil‐in‐water emulsions to optimize the production of fatty acids using ionic liquids in micellar systems

Biocatalysis is nowadays considered as one of the most important tools in green chemistry. The elimination of multiple steps involved in some of the most complex chemical synthesis, reducing the amounts of wastes and hazards, thus increasing the reaction yields and decreasing the intrinsic costs, are the major advantages of biocatalysis. This work aims at improving the enzymatic hydrolysis of olive oil to produce valuable fatty acids through emulsion systems formed by long alkyl chain ionic liquids (ILs). The optimization of the emulsion and the best conditions to maximize the production of fatty acids were investigated. The stability of the emulsion was characterized considering the effect of several parameters, namely, the IL and its concentration and different water/olive oil volumetric ratios. ILs from the imidazolium and phosphonium families were evaluated. The results suggest that the ILs effect on the hydrolysis performance varies with the water concentration and the emulsion system formed, that is, water‐in‐oil or oil‐in‐water emulsion. Although at low water concentrations, the presence of ILs does not present any advantages for the hydrolysis reaction, at high water contents (in oil‐in‐water emulsions), the imidazolium‐based IL acts as an enhancer of the lipase catalytic capacity, super‐activating 1.8 times the enzyme, and consequently promoting the complete hydrolysis of the olive oil for the highest water contents [85% (v/v)]. © 2015 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 31:1473–1480, 2015     

Regioselective Enzymatic Hydrolysis of 3',5'-DI-O-Acetylthymidine and Observation of a Surface Effect Due to Polystyrene

The selective enzymatic hydrolysis of 3',5'-di-O-acetylthyidine (1) was studied. The lipases from porcine pancreas and Aspergillus niger, and pig liver esterase, all catalysed selective hydrolysis of the 5'O-acetyl group, but the lipase from Candida cylindracea catalysed selective hydrolysis of the 3'-O-acetyl group. Highest selectivity, leading to essentially pure 3'-O-acetylthymidine, was achieved using porcine pancreatic lipase in dilute solution at pH 7.5. Provision of an artificial interface in the form of polystyrene beads led to a significant increase in the rate of hydrolysis, accompanied by a marked fall in selectivity. Other changes in the hydrolysis conditions, such as raising the concentration of substrate or adding cosolvent, also led to a fall in selectivity.     

1株近平滑假丝酵母的分离及其鉴定

采用平板稀释法从土壤及水果中分离出1株近平滑假丝酵母（Candida parapsilosis）,YPD培养基培养酵母,利用分子生物学方法对其rRNA基因内转录间区（ITS区）进行了克隆测序,并与GenBank中已有的有关序列进行比较及系统发育分析。测序结果表明该序列长度为547 bp,与GenBank中近平滑假丝酵母同源率在98.5%~100%之间,进化分析表明与C.parapsilosis（EF193067）、C.parapsilosis UOA/HCPF（FJ872013）属于一单独分支中,形态结果及分子鉴定表明近平滑假丝酵母培养成功,为其进一步开发利用提供了依据。     

氦氖激光和亚硝基胍复合诱变选育高产乙醇的休哈塔假丝酵母

木糖的乙醇发酵一直被视为木质纤维原料生物转化产生乙醇的关键因素,休哈塔假丝酵母(Candidashehatae)是木糖发酵性能较好的天然酵母之一。对Candida shehatae HDYXHT-01进行了氦氖激光诱变和NTG诱变,力求选育出发酵木糖产乙醇能力强的菌株。氦氖激光诱变得到的突变株HN-3乙醇产量为17.03g/L,乙醇得率达到0.3393g/g,相比原始菌株提高20.36%。再对HN-3进行NTG诱变,得到的突变株NTG-2乙醇产量为24.20g/L,相比HN-3提高42.10%。进而对NTG-2菌株进行了摇瓶48h连续发酵试验,测得其乙醇产量、木糖利用率、乙醇得率和乙醇产率分别达到24.16g/L,69.26%,0.4360g/g和0.7075g/(L·h)。     

产D-阿拉伯醇菌株的筛选、鉴定及其产D-阿拉伯醇条件的优化

摘要：【目的】产D-阿拉伯醇的耐高渗酵母的筛选、鉴定和产D-阿拉伯醇条件的优化。【方法】通过电镜、Biolog GN、(G+C)含量和26S rDNA D1/D2区序列分析法对所获得的菌株进行了描述。通过红外光谱、核磁共振氢谱和碳谱、质谱以及旋光度实验鉴定纯化产物的结构。通过单因素实验优化产D-阿拉伯醇的发酵条件。【结果】本文筛选得到一株产D-阿拉伯醇的新型菌株,经鉴定属于假丝酵母属并命名为Candida sp. H2。200 mL摇瓶发酵生产D-阿拉伯醇的单因素优化实验表明,最适发酵条件为：葡萄糖250     

氟康唑对热带念珠菌活性氧和线粒体膜电位的影响

为了探讨氟康唑作用机制,观察它对热带念珠菌作用后存活率、活性氧(Reactive oxygen species,ROS)、线粒体膜电位(Mitochondrial membrane potential,△Ψm)和细胞周期的变化。参照NCCLS M27-A方案的微量稀释法测定氟康唑对热带念珠菌的最低抑菌浓度(MIC);热带念珠菌与不同浓度氟康唑共同培养后用流式细胞术(Flow cytometry,FCM)分析热带念珠菌存活率、ROS、线粒体膜电位△Ψm和细胞周期的变化。结果表明,氟康唑作用后,热带念珠菌氟康唑耐药株的存活率、ROS、线粒体膜电位△Ψm和细胞周期各期比例均没有明显变化;而热带念珠菌氟康唑敏感株的存活率和线粒体膜电位△Ψm明显下降,ROS明显升高,而且大部分热带念珠菌阻滞于G2/M期,并出现明显凋亡峰,呈一定的时间剂量依赖关系。自由基清除剂谷胱甘肽抑制热带念珠菌ROS的产生,阻止细胞周期G2/M期阻滞和降低凋亡。由此可见,氟康唑可能通过刺激热带念珠菌产生过多ROS,并使线粒体膜电位△Ψm下降,从而诱导热带念珠菌凋亡。     

褐飞虱共生解脂假丝酵母抗吡虫啉菌株的驯化

为进一步研究共生菌在褐飞虱对吡虫啉产生抗性中的生理生化机制,在稻田杀虫剂对褐飞虱共生解脂假丝酵母生长影响的基础上,选用不同吡虫啉浓度进行抗药性菌株的驯化。结果表明,褐飞虱共生解脂假丝酵母在不同吡虫啉浓度(2 000、1 000和500 mg/L)的固体培养基上继代培养,经过20代后2 000 mg/L培养基上的共生菌菌落数量,与未加吡虫啉的培养基上的菌落数量差异不明显,并且连续3代稳定后定为抗2 000 mg/L吡虫啉的共生菌菌株。在光镜下比较不同抗感吡虫啉菌株假菌丝的形态变化,发现抗吡虫啉菌株的假菌丝出现畸形,而且假丝变短,部分出现了膨大。     

利用大豆乳清废水生产SCP的研究

以大豆乳清废水为原料,通过对产朊假丝酵母的培养,使大豆乳清废水中的营养成分被酵母菌吸收利用,从而使菌体生长繁殖产生单细胞蛋白。单细胞蛋白(SCP)产量为8.7 mg/mL,蛋白含量为51.3%;且废水COD去除率达到73.4%,达到了国家乳清废水的标准,从而实现了废水资源化利用的目的。