一株产低温蛋白酶地衣芽胞杆菌NWMCC0046全基因组测序及分析

地衣芽胞杆菌(Bacillus licheniformis)NWMCC0046是从西藏日喀则地区屠宰场废弃血污放置土壤中分离得到的一株益生菌,产生的碱性蛋白酶在低温下有作为洗涤剂添加酶的潜力。深入分析菌株NWMCC0046的基因组序列信息,并挖掘该菌株功能特性基因及潜在应用价值。使用PacBio RS II平台和Illumina HiSeq 4000平台对菌株NWMCC0046的基因组进行测序,并对测序数据进行基因组组装、基因预测与功能注释、共线性分析、进化分析及次级代谢产物合成基因簇预测。菌株NWMCC0046全基因组大小为4 321 565 bp,平均GC含量为46.78%,共编码4 504个基因。基因注释揭示了其益生菌特性,如胃肠道内独特的适应性、抗氧化活性和抗菌活性。此外,菌株NWMCC0046还编码工业上许多重要的酶。进化树及共线性结果表明,菌株NWMCC0046属地衣芽胞杆菌且与地衣芽胞杆菌ATCC 14580具有较好的共线性。同时,预测到菌株NWMCC0046中有11个次级代谢产物合成基因簇,编码地衣素、丰原素、杆菌肽和丁酰苷菌素等生物活性物质。基因组信息存储于GenBa...     

Optimization of Chlorella biomass harvesting by flocculation and its potential for biofuel production

Optimization of microalgal biomass harvesting is essential to produce effective and optimum outcomes that can contribute towards a feasible and economical harvesting technique. Two Chlorella species were used, namely, C. vulgaris and C. sorokiniana UKM3. Two essential factors affecting microalgal biomass harvesting via flocculation, namely, the initial pH of the microalgal broth and flocculant (chitosan) concentration were studied. The optimization process was conducted by using a response surface methodology (RSM) based on the model of face-centered-central composite design (FC-CCD). The potential for biofuel application of the harvested biomass was evaluated based on the production of fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) by transesterification. The quadratic models obtained from the RSM significantly fitted the experiment data as the p-values were less than 0.05. The initial pH of the microalgal suspension was found to have a more significant effect on the flocculation process than flocculant concentration. For C. vulgaris, the highest flocculant efficiency of 98.7% was obtained at a chitosan concentration of 0.2 g L^?1 and an initial pH of 12.0, whereas for C. sorokiniana UKM3, at 0.15 g L^?1 of chitosan and initial pH of 12.0 produced the highest efficiency of 97.1%. The harvested biomass of both species exhibited a high content of palmitic acid (C16:0) with 29.74 wt% and 11.81 wt% of dry biomass for C. vulgaris and C. sorokiniana UKM3, respectively. This study showed that Chlorella species can be harvested efficiently using the flocculation process and manifested an excellent potential for biodiesel production where palmitic acid (C16:0) is one of the main compounds for high-acid oil-biodiesel.

     

Existence of sodium bicarbonate enhanced bioelectricity generation on Chlorella sp. biofilm in a Biophotovoltaic (BPV) system

Journal of Applied Phycology - Sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) is a low-cost inorganic carbon source, highly soluble in water and widely used in microalgae research. Using carbon dioxide (CO2) gas in...