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。     

固定化酵母细胞产增香酯的研究

本工作在研究固定化己酸菌的基础上,进一步用海藻酸钙固定化酵母细胞,用活细胞计数法探讨了固定化酵母细胞的存活状态及增殖情况,从促进产酯能力上对固定化酵母和游离酵母进行了比较,并将其应用于白酒发酵之中与已酸菌液共同发酵生成己酸乙酯,可以使普通白酒的主体香气成份提高2.5倍,因此,认为固定化酵母细胞产增香酯在改进白酒质量上将很有前途。     

黑微5-3已酸菌种的分离和培养条件的探讨

黑微5-3己酸菌是从我省富裕老窖酒厂的廿多年窖泥中,分离到的一株高产菌株:最高产酸量为540毫克/100ml,活菌数5亿/ml以上,经20代连续培养没有发现菌种性能下降和退化现象,本文较详细的叙述了黑微5-3己酸菌的分离方法以及形态和培养特性,已酸菌在液态法白酒和优质酒(浓香型)的生产上,被广泛地应用,它对增加成品酒中的己酸乙酯的含量起着主导作用。     

浓香型白酒糟醅及窖泥产香功能菌的研究进展

浓香型白酒主要香气物为己酸乙酯、乳酸乙酯、乙酸乙酯和丁酸乙酯四大酯类,白酒微生物发酵过程中酯类合成主要是酸与醇在酯化酶的作用下产生,因此产香功能菌包括香气及其前体物产生菌和酯化酶产生菌.本文综述了浓香型白酒糟醅及窖泥主要产香功能菌的来源、组成、鉴定方法、功能特性、相互关系及其在浓香型白酒生产过程中的应用等方面的研究进展,旨为浓香型白酒重要微生物的研究提供思路,为其发酵过程控制提供理论依据.     

厌氧产酸菌群培养技术在窖泥质量快速检测中的应用

【背景】窖泥质量决定了浓香型白酒品质的高低,窖泥中的产酸功能菌群显著影响着窖泥的质量及对应的浓香型白酒品质,但目前对窖泥质量的评价尚缺乏明确和完善的标准。【目的】建立一种快速、准确评价窖泥质量的方法,解析窖泥中参与己酸合成的重要微生物。【方法】通过窖泥产酸菌群培养和产酸代谢特征研究,构建厌氧产酸菌群发酵体系,根据窖泥中厌氧菌的己酸合成能力来评价相应窖泥的质量;利用高通量测序技术分析可培养发酵体系中产己酸功能微生物的群落组成。【结果】葡萄糖碳源相比乳酸碳源可以更有效地富集窖泥中的产己酸菌群;采用毫升级别发酵体系、对窖底泥进行多点取样,产酸菌群发酵代谢产物稳定期的己酸产量、己酸/丁酸值可较准确地评价不同窖泥的质量。16S rRNA基因测序结果表明,利用产酸菌群培养方法可以有效地富集未培养产己酸细菌(Uncultured bacterium Caproiciproducens)。【结论】基于产酸菌群培养的窖泥微生物发酵体系可用于实际生产中快速、准确地评价窖泥质量,并为窖泥微生物己酸合成代谢机制的研究提供参考。     

用固定化细胞发酵生产己酸的研究

固定于海藻酸钙、琼脂、卡拉胶、聚丙烯酰胺凝胶,魔芋葡苷露聚糖等几种载体上的己酸菌株(Doseridium sp．WI)批次发酵表明,海藻酸钙包埋己酸菌活性最高。在最适条件下,己酸产量最高可达15mg／ml,经18批次(200余天)的批式发酵,固定化己酸菌产己酸活性稳定性较好,4℃储存二月后的固定化细胞,其发酵产己酸活性与储前基本相同。短暂的与空气接触对固定化己酸菌的活性几乎没受影响。与游离已酸菌比较,固定化细胞的己酸生成速度加快,己酸产量明显提高,单位体积内的细胞数目可高出游离培养的近10倍。     

液态一步法白酒的研究

我厂自1976年以来开始进行一步法液态白酒的研究。一年来,通过大量的小型试验,确定了以高粱为主要原料,通过糊化、糖化、液态发酵、液态蒸馏等工艺条件。探讨了己酸菌增香技术。建成了一步法液态白酒车间。成品酒总     

低产高级醇酿酒酵母突变菌株的差异蛋白组分析及

【目的】高级醇是白酒微量香气成分中的重要组成部分,但是高级醇含量过高会对酒的品质产生不利影响,而白酒中的高级醇主要是在酒精发酵过程由酵母产生的,因此酿酒酵母高级醇合成相关蛋白的研究对于控制高级醇产生具有重要意义。【方法】以诱变得到的低产高级醇酿酒酵母菌株ARTP5和原始酿酒酵母菌株CF4为研究对象,比较两株酵母的胞内蛋白组差异,寻找高级醇合成相关蛋白。【结果】与原始菌株CF4相比,诱变菌株ARTP5高级醇产量降低了20%,有45个胞内蛋白表达量差异2倍以上,通过MALDITOF-MS质谱鉴定出29个,主要包括碳源和能量代谢、胁迫反应过程、蛋白翻译和折叠过程、氨基酸代谢和高级醇代谢等途径的蛋白,其中ARTP5菌株表达上调的支链氨基酸代谢合成途径的ILV5蛋白和表达下调的高级醇合成途径中的ADH1蛋白与诱变菌株ARTP5高级醇降低具有一定相关性。【结论】与高级醇合成具有一定相关性蛋白的发现对于酿酒酵母酒精发酵过程高级醇的合成机制的解析以及白酒酿造过程高级醇产量的控制有重要意义。     

合成己酸乙酯脂肪酶产生菌的筛选及产酶条件

从２７株脂肪酶产生菌中筛选到能由乙醇和己酸合成己酸乙酯的菌株８株。其中Ｒｈｉｚｏｐｕｓｓｐ．Ｈ－３菌株脂肪酶活力为５０－６０ｕ／ｍｌ,全细胞在有机溶剂中的酯化率可达己酸的９１％。Ｈ３产酶的最适碳源为淀粉或葡萄糖。６％黄豆饼粉加４％蛋白陈复合氮源有利于酶活力的增加。     

合成乙酸乙酯酯肪酶产生菌的筛选及产酶条件

从２７株脂肪酶产生菌中筛选到能由乙醇和己酸合成己酸乙酯的菌株８侏。其中Ｒｈｉｚｏｐｕｓ ｓｐ．Ｈ－３菌株脂肪酶活力为５０－６０ｕ／ｍｌ,全细胞在有机溶剂中的酯化率可达己酸的９１％。Ｈ－３产酶的最适碳源为淀偻或葡萄糖。６％黄豆饼粉加４％蛋白胨复合氮源有利于酶活力的增加。     

Induction of hexanol dehydrogenase in Geotrichum spp. by the addition of hexanol

Excessive hexanol content distorts the flavor of foods and is harmful to human health. Previously, two strains of fungi were found capable of producing hexanol-degrading enzymes. The current study identified these strains as Galactomyces geotrichum according to the gene sequence of the 26 S rDNA D1/D2 region (strain S12) and genus Geotrichum according to the gene sequence of ITS region (strain S13). Parallel analysis of extracellular and intracellular enzyme activities showed that the enzymes mainly accumulated intracellularly. Native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with reactive dyes showed the enzymes were alcohol dehydrogenases induced by the addition of hexanol. Hexanol was catalyzed into hexanoic acid and hexanal by strain S12 and into hexanoic acid by strain S13. The optimum conditions for the induction of enzymes were determined to be 6–9 h in the presence of 0.7 g/l hexanol. The identification of two strains capable of enzymatically degrading hexanol and optimum conditions for their induction will facilitate their use in industrial applications.     

Acyl Migration in 1,2-Dibutyrin Dependence on Solvent and Water Activity

The rate of isomerization of 1,2-dibutyrin has been examined as a function of solvent, water activity, enzyme and the presence of hexanoic acid. The rate of acyl migration was found to be solvent dependent. Decreasing solvent polarity gave increasing rate. Addition of water to the most nonpolar solvent used, hexane, led to a decrease which followed the water activity. When solid salt hydrates were included in the reaction mixture, some led to no migration. When yeast alcohol dehydrogenase, lysozyme, lipase from Geotrichum candidum or hexanoic acid were present, the migration rate increased with increasing water activity.     

Poly‐3‐hydroxyalkanoate synthases from Pseudomonas putida U: substrate specificity and ultrastructural studies

The substrate specificity of the two polymerases (PhaC1 and PhaC2) involved in the biosynthesis of medium‐chain‐length poly‐hydroxyalkanoates (mcl PHAs) in Pseudomonas putida U has been studied in vivo. For these kind of experiments, two recombinant strains derived from a genetically engineered mutant in which the whole pha locus had been deleted (P. putida U Δpha) were employed. These bacteria, which expresses only phaC1 (P. putida U Δpha pMC‐phaC1) or only phaC2 (P. putida U Δpha pMC‐phaC2), accumulated different PHAs in function of the precursor supplemented to the culture broth. Thus, the P. putida U Δpha pMC‐phaC1 strain was able to synthesize several aliphatic and aromatic PHAs when hexanoic, heptanoic, octanoic decanoic, 5‐phenylvaleric, 6‐phenylhexanoic, 7‐phenylheptanoic, 8‐phenyloctanoic or 9‐phenylnonanoic acid were used as precursors; the highest accumulation of polymers was observed when the precursor used were decanoic acid (aliphatic PHAs) or 6‐phenylhexanoic acid (aromatic PHAs). However, although it synthesizes similar aliphatic PHAs (the highest accumulation was observed when hexanoic acid was the precursor) the other recombinant strain (P. putida U Δpha pMC‐phaC2) only accumulated aromatic PHAs when the monomer to be polymerized was 3‐hydroxy‐5‐phenylvaleryl‐CoA. The possible influence of the putative three‐dimensional structures on the different catalytic behaviour of PhaC1 and PhaC2 is discussed.     

Inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria innocua by hexanoic and octanoic acids

Hexanoic acid and octanoic acid inhibited growth of 10 strains of Listeria monocytogenes and two strains of L. innocua at pH 5·0 and pH 5·5 and 20°C. Octanoic acid was more inhibitory than hexanoic acid and both were more inhibitory at pH 5·0 than at pH 5·5. The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) were comparable with the concentrations of these acids that have been reported in Danish Blue cheese, where they were probably formed by the metabolism of Penicillium roquefortii . Thus hexanoic and octanoic acids may contribute to the inhibition of listerias in some cheeses.     

Production of hexanoic acid from d-galactitol by a newly isolated Clostridium sp. BS-1

In a study screening anaerobic microbes utilizing d-galactitol as a fermentable carbon source, four bacterial strains were isolated from an enrichment culture producing H₂, ethanol, butanol, acetic acid, butyric acid, and hexanoic acid. Among these isolates, strain BS-1 produced hexanoic acid as a major metabolic product of anaerobic fermentation with d-galactitol. Strain BS-1 belonged to the genus Clostridium based on phylogenetic analysis using 16S rRNA gene sequences, and the most closely related strain was Clostridium sporosphaeroides DSM 1294^T, with 94.4% 16S rRNA gene similarity. In batch cultures, Clostridium sp. BS-1 produced 550 ± 31 mL L⁻¹ of H₂, 0.36 ± 0.01 g L⁻¹ of acetic acid, 0.44 ± 0.01 g L⁻¹ of butyric acid, and 0.98 ± 0.03 g L⁻¹ of hexanoic acid in a 4-day cultivation. The production of hexanoic acid increased to 1.22 and 1.73 g L⁻¹ with the addition of 1.5 g L⁻¹ of sodium acetate and 100 mM 2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid (MES), respectively. Especially when 1.5 g L⁻¹ of sodium acetate and 100 mM MES were added simultaneously, the production of hexanoic acid increased up to 2.99 g L⁻¹. Without adding sodium acetate, 2.75 g L⁻¹ of hexanoic acid production from d-galactitol was achieved using a coculture of Clostridium sp. BS-1 and one of the isolates, Clostridium sp. BS-7, in the presence of 100 mM MES. In addition, volatile fatty acid (VFA) production by Clostridium sp. BS-1 from d-galactitol and d-glucose was enhanced when a more reduced culture redox potential (CRP) was applied via addition of Na₂S·9H₂O.     

Priming for JA-dependent defenses using hexanoic acid is an effective mechanism to protect Arabidopsis against B. cinerea

Soil drench treatments with hexanoic acid can effectively protect Arabidopsis plants against Botrytis cinerea through a mechanism based on a stronger and faster accumulation of JA-dependent defenses.Plants impaired in ethylene, salicylic acid, abscisic acid or glutathion pathways showed intact protection by hexanoic acid upon B. cinerea infection. Accordingly, no significant changes in the SA marker gene PR-1 in either the SA or ABA hormone balance were observed in the infected and treated plants. In contrast, the JA signaling pathway showed dramatic changes after hexanoic acid treatment, mainly when the pathogen was present. The impaired JA mutants, jin1-2 and jar1, were unable to display hexanoic acid priming against the necrotroph. In addition, hexanoic acid-treated plants infected with B. cinerea showed priming in the expression of the PDF1.2, PR-4 and VSP1 genes implicated in the JA pathways. Moreover, JA and OPDA levels were primed at early stages by hexanoic acid. Treatments also stimulated increased callose accumulation in response to the pathogen. Although callose accumulation has proved an effective IR mechanism against B. cinerea, it is apparently not essential to express hexanoic acid-induced resistance (HxAc-IR) because the mutant pmr4.1 (callose synthesis defective mutant) is protected by treatment.We recently described how hexanoic acid treatments can protect tomato plants against B. cinerea by stimulating ABA-dependent callose deposition and by priming OPDA and JA-Ile production. We clearly demonstrate here that Hx-IR is a dependent plant species, since this acid protects Arabidopsis plants against the same necrotroph by priming JA-dependent defenses without enhancing callose accumulation.     

Asymmetrically simultaneous synthesis of L‐homophenylalanine and N6‐protected‐2‐oxo‐6‐amino‐hexanoic acid by engineered Escherichia coli aspartate aminotransferase

L ‐Homophenylalanine (L ‐HPA) and N⁶‐protected‐2‐oxo‐6‐amino‐hexanoic acid (N⁶‐protected‐OAHA) can be used as building blocks for the manufacture of angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors. To synthesize L ‐HPA and N⁶‐protected‐OAHA simultaneously from 2‐oxo‐4‐phenylbutanoic acid (OPBA) and N⁶‐protected‐L ‐lysine, several variants of Escherichia coli aspartate aminotransferase (AAT) were developed by site‐directed mutagenesis and their catalytic activities were investigated. Three kinds of N⁶‐protected‐L ‐lysine were tested as potential amino donors for the bioconversion process. AAT variants of R292E/L18H and R292E/L18T exhibited specific activities of 0.70±0.01 U/mg protein and 0.67±0.02 U/mg protein to 2‐amino‐6‐tert‐butoxycarbonylamino‐hexanoic acid (BOC‐lysine) and 2‐amino‐6‐(2,2,2‐trifluoro‐acetylamino)‐hexanoic acid, respectively. E. coli cells expressing R292E/L18H variant were able to convert OPBA and BOC‐lysine to L ‐HPA and 2‐oxo‐6‐tert‐butoxycarbonylamino‐hexanoic acid (BOC‐OAHA) with 96.2% yield in 8 h. This is the first report demonstrating a process for the simultaneous production of two useful building blocks, L ‐HPA and BOC‐OAHA. © 2009 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 2009     

Inhibition of medium-chain fatty acid beta-oxidation in vitro by valproic acid and its unsaturated metabolite, 2-n-propyl-4-pentenoic acid

Valproic acid and its unsaturated metabolite, 2-n-propyl-4-pentenoic acid, were found to inhibit strongly the metabolism of decanoic acid in homogenates of rat liver. Reductions in decanoate consumption in response to inhibitors were paralleled by decreases in the formation of octanoic and hexanoic acids, two products of decanoate beta-oxidation. In contrast, 4-pentenoic acid, an established inhibitor of long-chain fatty acid beta-oxidation, had little effect on the metabolism of decanoate. It is concluded that the title compounds are potent, broad-spectrum inhibitors of fatty acid beta-oxidation, a property which may be of key toxicological importance in the pathology of valproate-induced liver injury.     

Dietary fatty acids promote sleep through a taste‐independent mechanism

Consumption of foods that are high in fat contribute to obesity and metabolism‐related disorders. Dietary lipids are comprised of triglycerides and fatty acids, and the highly palatable taste of dietary fatty acids promotes food consumption, activates reward centers in mammals and underlies hedonic feeding. Despite the central role of dietary fats in the regulation of food intake and the etiology of metabolic diseases, little is known about how fat consumption regulates sleep. The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, provides a powerful model system for the study of sleep and metabolic traits, and flies potently regulate sleep in accordance with food availability. To investigate the effects of dietary fats on sleep regulation, we have supplemented fatty acids into the diet of Drosophila and measured their effects on sleep and activity. We found that flies fed a diet of hexanoic acid, a medium‐chain fatty acid that is a by‐product of yeast fermentation, slept more than flies starved on an agar diet. To assess whether dietary fatty acids regulate sleep through the taste system, we assessed sleep in flies with a mutation in the hexanoic acid receptor Ionotropic receptor 56D, which is required for fatty acid taste perception. We found that these flies also sleep more than agar‐fed flies when fed a hexanoic acid diet, suggesting the sleep promoting effect of hexanoic acid is not dependent on sensory perception. Taken together, these findings provide a platform to investigate the molecular and neural basis for fatty acid‐dependent modulation of sleep.