产脂肪酶细菌RYXP的诱变选育及突变株产酶条件优化

以"凤丹"牡丹根际土壤中分离筛选到的产脂肪酶菌株Pseudomonas sp. RYXP作为出发菌株,对其进行了紫外线诱变选育,并采用单因素试验和正交试验方法对活性最强正突变株的产脂肪酶基本特性进行了测定。结果表明,出发菌株Pseudomonas sp. RYXP的紫外线诱变最佳条件为:15 W紫外灯30 cm距离照射1 min;将产脂肪酶活性最强的正突变菌株编号为RYXP-3,单因素试验表明RYXP-3产脂肪酶适宜的碳源为玉米淀粉,适宜氮源为豆饼粉,适宜的磷酸二氢钾含量是0.3%,适宜的初始pH值为7;正交试验表明RYXP-3的最佳的产酶培养基成分组成是:玉米淀粉7%,豆饼粉3%,磷酸二氢钾0.3%,初始pH值为8。在优化方案A1B2C2D3产酶条件下,突变株RYXP-3最高的产酶活性达到56.1 U/mL。突变菌株RYXP-3可作为产油牡丹"凤丹"专用促生菌肥开发的备选资源菌株。     

柠檬酸发酵高温生产菌株选育

以黑曲霉(Aspergillus niger)H-142为出发菌株,通过r-射线、硫酸二乙酯及高温热处理单独或复合诱变,并采用高温、高酸及高渗培养条件定向筛选,从600多株突变株中筛选出一支耐高温柠檬酸高产菌株HQL-601。其发酵温度为40-41℃,周期60—64小时,20％山芋粉摇瓶产酸13％。发酵液的高压液相色谱分析结果表明,其产酸组成明显优于现生产菌株。     

一株羽毛降解菌产酶特性的初步研究

通过富集培养从土壤中分离到一株能降解羽毛角蛋白的芽孢八叠球菌（编号为GIMN1.015）。以天然羽毛为底物,初步研究了温度、起始pH、辅助碳源以及羽毛底物含量对该菌株的蛋白酶水解活性的影响。结果表明,在羽毛发酵培养基中,菌株GIMN1.015在初始pH 11.0、温度30℃时,蛋白酶活力最强;与培养基中只含有羽毛的发酵过程相比,添加葡萄糖有利于提高蛋白酶的活性;底物浓度为1.5%时蛋白酶活性最高。本试验结果为进一步利用角蛋白降解微生物实现羽毛角蛋白的资源化利用奠定了基础。     

一株黄瓜根际促生菌的筛选、鉴定及其发酵特性

Salkowski比色法评价菌株发酵产吲哚乙酸(IAA)的能力;采用平皿、盆栽方法检测菌株的促生能力;对典型菌株生理生化测定及16S rRNA基因序列系统发育分析,初步确定菌株的分类地位;进一步采用正交设计探索不同碳源、氮源对菌株产IAA的影响。结果表明从黄瓜植株根部分离得到菌株18株,其中8株为产IAA菌株。菌株SGM7产IAA能力最强,产量达23.59 mg/L;1%SGM7菌悬液对盆栽黄瓜幼苗有明显促生效果(P0.05);初步鉴定SGM7为短小芽孢杆菌(Bacillus pumilus);其最适产IAA发酵培养基配方为:蛋白胨1%、玉米粉2%、麸皮0.25%、硫酸铵0.05%、硝酸钾0.05%;其发酵液IAA产量高达35.87 mg/L。     

具有优良抑菌特性乳酸菌的筛选鉴定及活性物质检测

【背景】有益性乳酸菌在人体和动物体内分布极为广泛,是维持胃肠道菌群平衡、提高机体免疫力的主力军。近年来,为了解决禁用抗生素而导致动物发病率不断增高的问题,分析和研究乳酸菌及其所产活性物质的益生特性并开发新型饲料添加剂成为一个重要手段。【目的】本实验旨在从土壤中分离筛选出具有优良抑菌特性的乳酸菌,并对其所产活性物质的特性进行分析评价。【方法】采用溴甲酚紫平板法筛选并结合抑菌能力检测,得到2株具有优良抑菌特性的产酸菌株,分别命名为H-3和H-4。经形态学鉴定及16S rRNA基因序列测定后,对2株菌分别进行生长曲线和产酸量检测;通过排除酸处理、蛋白酶处理和热处理的方法分析2株菌所产抑菌物质的有效成分。【结果】H-3和H-4菌株经初步鉴定为乳酸片球菌(Pediococcus acidilactici),2株菌均具有良好的生长性能及产酸性能。菌株发酵上清液对大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli)、金黄色葡萄球菌(Staphylococcus aureus)、猪霍乱沙门氏菌(Salmonella choleraesuis)、福氏志贺氏菌(Shigella flexneri)均表现出明显的抑...     

一株可高效降解羽毛的铜绿假单胞菌的分离、鉴定、产酶条件优化及其酶活研究

【目的】筛选海洋环境产角蛋白酶菌株,研究其发酵条件及酶学性质,为后续开发和利用海洋微生物降解废弃羽毛提供菌种资源和理论依据。【方法】采集广西北部湾某海鸭养殖场淤泥,用酪蛋白平板初筛和角蛋白酶活复筛获得羽毛降解效果好的菌株,并进行形态学和分子生物学鉴定;利用单因素和正交试验对菌株产酶条件进行优化,最后对酶学性质及羽毛降解产物的游离氨基酸组成进行研究。【结果】筛选到1株可高效降解羽毛的菌株,经鉴定为铜绿假单胞菌(Pseudomonas aeruginosa Gxun-7)。最佳产酶条件为：羽毛25 g/L,Zn2+0.10 g/L、初始pH 8.0、发酵温度32.5°C、发酵时间48 h,酶活力达124.03 U/mL,较优化前提高了2.3倍;酶学性质分析表明,该角蛋白酶最适作用温度和pH分别为70°C和8.0,化学试剂巯基乙醇可使酶活提高6.16倍,而苯甲基磺酰氟(PMSF)使相对酶活降至15.00%,该酶耐盐性较好(20%NaCl中相对酶活为74.29%);羽毛降解产物中检测到16种氨基酸,7种为必需氨基酸,总的游离氨基酸含量高达2 329.80 mg/L,其中缬氨酸含量最高为575....     

ARTP诱变选育环孢菌素A高产菌株及发酵工艺优化

采用常压室温等离子体技术(Atmospheric Room Temperature Plasma,ARTP)对雪白白僵菌FIM-1809菌株进行诱变,得到一株遗传稳定性较高的突变高产菌FIM-1809-7,其产环孢菌素A能力较初始菌株提高约39%。通过单因素和正交设计试验优化,确定最佳发酵培养基组分及培养条件为：玉米浆粉6%、可溶性淀粉12%、葡萄糖1.2%、蛋白胨2%,pH 5.6,菌种菌龄为72 h,接种量10%,装液量70 m L/500 m L,发酵时间8 d,最终突变菌株产环孢菌素A效价较出发菌种增加了约53%。结果表明,采用ARTP技术结合发酵条件优化能够有效提高雪白白僵菌产环孢菌素A的能力,为该菌株的工业化应用奠定了良好的基础。     

一株工业腐败物中魏氏柠檬酸杆菌的分离鉴定及产生物膜特性分析

【目的】分离和鉴定工业腐败物中高产细菌生物膜菌株,并明确该菌的部分产膜特性。【方法】通过微孔板结晶紫染色法对分离的菌株进行产膜能力评价,根据菌落形态、生理生化特性和16S rRNA序列的系统进化树分析进行菌株鉴定;同时利用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和结晶紫染色法分别研究材料及温度对该菌产膜特性和能力的影响。【结果】筛选出一株高产细菌生物膜菌株,经鉴定该菌为魏氏柠檬酸杆菌;其在玻璃、不锈钢和聚氯乙烯(PVC)材料表面均能形成生物膜;温度条件显著影响产膜能力,在30°C时,菌株在PVC材料表面形成生物膜能力最强。【结论】工业腐败物中含有高产细菌生物膜菌株,并且产膜受附着物和温度影响。     

酸解羽毛粉代替蛋白胨研制新型细菌培养基

【目的】从工厂下脚料——酸解羽毛粉氨基酸含量高且种类丰富出发,开发出低成本新型细菌培养基,以期资源化该类废弃物。【方法】将酸解羽毛粉代替常用细菌培养基(LB培养基)中的蛋白胨,进行细菌液体发酵试验,比浊法在波长600 nm处比色测定菌液的吸光值,可培养计数法监测细菌数量。【结果】以LB培养基为对照,酸解羽毛粉完全代替蛋白胨液体发酵供试菌株时,菌株的生物量与对照无显著性差异或显著高于对照。培养模式菌株大肠杆菌和枯草芽孢杆菌24 h后,与对照相比,生物量分别增加了21.59%和27.83%。菌株生长曲线表明,生长初期,菌株在新型培养基中生长稍延迟,但含酸解羽毛粉培养基能延长枯草芽孢杆菌的对数生长期,并且两菌株到达稳定期时的生物量均高于对照。可培养计数法结果同样表明,含酸解羽毛粉培养基所培养活菌数量与对照(LB培养基)相比,差异不显著。【结论】用酸解羽毛粉代替LB培养基中蛋白胨进行细菌培养是可行的,可以大大降低生产成本。     

大曲中产果胶酶微生物的分离鉴定及其产酶活力评价

为深入研究大曲中微生物的组成及其产果胶酶特性,本研究对泸州老窖酿酒大曲中微生物进行分离鉴定,得到细菌15株(其中包括6株高温菌株),真菌5株(其中包括3株高温菌株)。以桔皮粉为唯一碳源发酵诱导菌株产果胶酶并采用3,5-二硝基水杨酸法(DNS)测定酶活,筛选出了两株酶活力最高的菌株,分别为细菌Q-B2和真菌Q-F5。利用16S r DNA以及ITS鉴定高产果胶酶菌株种属,证明与Q-B2及Q-F5最相近种属分别为鹑鸡肠球菌(Enterococcus gallinarum)和嗜热子囊菌(Thermoascus aurantiacus)。本研究为加深对大曲中微生物的组成认识提供理论依据。进一步探索本实验中分离所得微生物产果胶酶的性质,对P-Q-B2 (Q-B2所产果胶酶)的酶学性质进行测定,结果显示,P-Q-B2的最适pH为3,最适温度为50℃,在pH为3以及5～11的区间内,剩余酶活力都在40%以上;该酶在30～50℃具有良好的热稳定性,证明其在实际生产中具有良好的应用潜力。     

Secretion of keratinolytic enzymes and keratinolysis by Scopulariopsis brevicaulis and Trichophyton mentagrophytes: regression analysis

A survey on keratinophilic fungi from poultry-farm soils at Namakkal and from feather dumping soils at Chennai, India, revealed the existence of 34 species of fungi. Most of the fungi exhibited variable efficiency in producing extracellular keratinase when grown in plates with chicken feathers as the sole carbon and nitrogen source. The fungi Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus versicolor, Chrysosporium state of Arthroderma tuberculatum, Paecilomyces carneus, Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, Trichoderma viride, and Trichophyton mentagrophytes were efficient candidates to degrade the feathers. However, when cultivating the strains in submerged conditions in a medium containing chicken feathers as the sole nutrients source, Aspergillus glaucus, Chrysosporium keratinophilum, Curvularia lunata, Fusarium solani, and Penicillium citrinum also proved to be potent. Among all species, S. brevicaulis and Trichophyton mentagrophytes produced higher amounts of keratinase in both methods. Conditions for keratinase production were optimized by statistical design and surface plots. The highest keratinase activity was estimated by S. brevicaulis (3.2 KU/mL) and Trichophyton mentagrophytes (2.7 KU/mL) in the culture medium with chicken feathers and shows (79% and 72.2% of degrading ability, respectively).     

Nutritional regulation of keratinolytic activity in Bacillus pumilis

Bacillus pumilis F3-4 utilized feather as a sole source of carbon, nitrogen and sulfur. Supplementation of the feather medium with glucose or MgSO₄ · 7H₂O increased keratinolytic protease production (14.6–16.7 U/mg). The synthesis of keratinolytic protease was repressed by an exogenous nitrogen source. Keratinolytic protease was produced in the absence of feather (9.4 U/mg). Feather degradation resulted in sulfhydryl group formation (0.8–2.6 μM). B. pumilis F3-4 effectively degraded chicken feather (75%), duck feather (81%) and feather meal (97%), whereas human nails, human hair and sheep wool under went less degradation (9–15%). An erratum to this article can be found at     

降解鸡毛真菌板蜡蚧的鉴定及产酶培养优化

鉴定降解鸡毛真菌并通过单因素和正交实验优化其产角蛋白酶发酵培养条件。从加入鸡毛粉钓饵的医院花坛土中分离筛选获得3株角蛋白高效降解真菌,利用形态学和分子系统学鉴定均为板蜡蚧（Lecanicillium testudineum）。单因素实验表明,对优选菌株1Y2-12产酶能力具促进作用的碳源为乳糖,氮源为酵母膏,无机离子Zn²⁺。正交实验结果表明,对菌株1Y2-12产酶活力的影响大小排序依次为氮源>无机离子>碳源;促酶活力最佳组合为氮源添加量为0.15%,碳源添加量为2%,无机离子添加量为0.01%。在此优化条件下,菌株1Y2-12的酶活力达22.03 U/mL,是未优化前的2.1倍。研究结果首次发现蜡蚧属真菌能较好降解鸡毛角蛋白,鉴定的3个菌株均为板蜡蚧,是中国新记录种。     

Degradation of chicken feathers by Chrysosporium georgiae

Using a baiting technique, Chrysosporium georgiae was isolated from chicken feathers. Twenty-eight different fungal isolates were evaluated for their ability to produce keratinase enzymes using a keratin–salt agar medium containing either white chicken feathers or a prepared feather keratin suspension (KS). The Chrysosporium species were able to use keratin and grow at different rates. Chrysosporium georgiae completely degraded the added keratin after 9 days of incubation. Degradation of feathers by C. georgiae was affected by several cultural factors. Highest keratinolytic activity occurred after 3 weeks of incubation at 6 and 8~pH at 30 °C. Chrysosporium georgiae was able to degrade white chicken feathers, whereas bovine and human hair and sheep wool were not degraded and did not support fungal growth. Addition of 1% glucose to the medium containing keratin improved fungal growth and increased enzyme production. Higher keratin degradation resulted in high SH accumulation and the utilization of the carbohydrate carbon in the medium resulted in high keto-acid accumulation but decreased ammonia accumulation. Supplementation of the keratin–salt medium with minerals such as NH4Cl and MgSO4 slightly increased mycelial growth, but decreased production of extracelluar keratinase. Keratinase enzymes were very poorly produced in the absence of keratin, indicating its inducible nature. Analysis of endocellular keratinases in the mycelial homogenate indicated higher activity of intracellular keratinase as compared to the extracellular enzyme in culture filtrates. Chrysosporium georgiae was the most superior for keratinase production among the Chrysosporium species tested in the presence or absence of glucose. It produced more of the intracellular enzymes than the exocellular ones. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Isolation and characterization of a new <Emphasis Type="Italic">Bacillus</Emphasis> sp. 50-3 with highly alkaline keratinase activity from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Calotes versicolor</Emphasis> faeces

A new native feather-degrading bacterium has been isolated from the faeces of the agamid lizard Calotes versicolor, collected from the Beijing Zoo in China. The isolate, which has been identified as Bacillus sp. 50-3 based on morphological and biochemical and 16S rDNA tests, was shown to degrade native feather completely at 37°C and pH 7.0 within 36 h when using chicken feathers as the sole carbon and nitrogen source. Bacillus sp. 50-3 presented optimum growth at 37°C and pH 7.0 in feather meal medium. Under these conditions, the maximum keratinase activity (680 ± 25 U/ml) was also achieved. The keratinase of Bacillus sp. 50-3 was active over a broad range of pH values and temperatures toward azokeratin, and presented an optimum pH and temperature of 10.0 and 60°C, respectively. Furthermore, it was relatively heat-and alkali-stable. Inhibitor studies showed that it seemed to belong to the serine-metalloprotease type. Therefore, the enzyme from Bacillus sp. 50-3 is a novel, high alkaline keratinase, suggesting its potential use in biotechnological processes.     

Keratinolytic activity of Bacillus subtilis AMR using human hair

Aims:  To determine the ability of a novel Bacillus subtilis AMR isolated from poultry waste to hydrolyse human hair producing peptidases including keratinases and hair keratin peptides.
Methods and Results:  The Bacillus subtilis AMR was identified using biochemical tests and by analysis of 16S rDNA sequence. The isolate was grown in medium containing human hair as the sole source of carbon and nitrogen. The supplementation of hair medium (HM) with 0·01% yeast extract increased the keratinolytic activity 4·2-fold. B. subtilis AMR presented high keratinase production on the 8th day of fermentation in hair medium (HM) supplemented with 0·01% yeast extract (HMY) at pH 8·0. Keratinase yield was not correlated with increase in biomass. Zymography showed keratin-degrading peptidases migrating at c. 54, 80 and 100 kDa and gelatin-degrading bands at c. 80, 70 63, 54 32 and 15 kDa. Keratinases were optimally active at 50°C and pH 9·0 and was fully inhibited by the serine proteinase inhibitor (PMSF). Scanning electron microscopy showed complete degradation of the hair cuticle after exposure to B. subtilis AMR grown in HMY. MALDI-TOF analysis of culture supernatant containing peptides produced during enzymatic hydrolysis of hair by B. subtilis AMR revealed fragments in a range of 800–2600 Da.
Conclusions:  This study showed that B. subtilis AMR was able to hydrolyse human hair producing serine peptidases with keratinase and gelatinase activity as well as hair keratin peptides.
Significance and Impact of the Study:  This is the first report describing the production and partial characterization of keratinases by a B. subtilis strain grown in a medium containing human hair . These data suggest that peptides obtained from enzymatic hair hydrolysis may be useful for future applications on pharmaceutical and cosmetic formulations.     

Biodegradation of feather waste by extracellular keratinases and gelatinases from Bacillus spp.

In this study, three feather degrading bacterial strains were isolated from agroindustrial residues from a Brazilian poultry farm. Three Gram-positive, spore-forming, rod-shaped bacteria and were identified as B. subtilis 1271, B. licheniformis 1269 and B. cereus 1268 using biochemical, physiologic and molecular methods. These Bacillus spp. strains grew and produced keratinases and peptidases using chicken feather as the sole source of nitrogen and carbon. B. subtilis 1271 degraded feathers completely after 7 days at room temperature and produced the highest levels of keratinase (446 U ml^?1). Feather hydrolysis resulted in the production of serine, glycine, glutamic acid, valine and leucine as the major amino acids. Enzymography and zymography analyses demonstrated that enzymatic extracts from the Bacillus spp. effectively degraded keratin and gelatin substrates as well as, casein, hemoglobin and bovine serum albumin. Zymography showed that B. subtilis 1271 and B. licheniformis 1269 produced peptidases and keratinases in the 15?C140 kDa range, and B. cereus produced a keratinase of ~200 kDa using feathers as the carbon and nitrogen source in culture medium. All peptidases and keratinases observed were inhibited by the serine specific peptidase inhibitor phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF). The optimum assay conditions of temperature and pH for keratinase activity were 40?C50°C and pH 10.0 for all strains. For gelatinases the best temperature and pH ranges were 50?C70°C and pH 7.0?C11. These isolates have potential for the biodegradation of feather wastes and production of proteolytic enzymes using feather as a cheap and eco-friendly substrate.     

Isolation and partial characterisation of extracellular keratinase from a wool degrading thermophilic actinomycete strain Thermoactinomyces candidus.

The keratinase production by the thermophilic actinomycete strain Thermoactinomyces candidus was induced by sheep wool as the sole source of carbon and nitrogen in the cultivation medium. For complete digestion of wool by the above strain, both keratinolytic serine proteinase and cellular reduction of disulfide bonds were involved. Evidence was presented that substrate induction was a major regulatory mechanism and the keratinase biosynthesis was not completely repressed by addition of other carbon (glucose) and nitrogen (NH4C1) sources. The enzyme was purified 62-fold by diethylaminoethyl-anion exchange and Sephadex G-75 gel permeation chromatographies. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis indicated that the purified keratinase is a monomeric enzyme with a molecular mass of 30 kDa. The pH and temperature optima were determined to be 8.6 and 70 degrees C, respectively. The purified thermophilic keratinase catalyses the hydrolysis of a broad range of substrates and displays higher proteolytic activity against native keratins than other proteinases. Ca2+ was found to have a stabilizing effect on the enzyme activity at elevated temperatures.     

Feather degradation by a new keratinolytic <Emphasis Type="Italic">Streptomyces</Emphasis> sp. MS-2

Seventy different actinomycete isolates were evaluated for their ability to produce keratinase using a keratin-salt agar medium containing ball-milled feather as substrate. A novel feather-degrading isolate obtained from marine sediment produced the highest keratinolytic activity when cultured on broth containing whole feather as a primary source of carbon, nitrogen and energy. Based on phenotypic characterization and analysis of 16S rDNA sequencing the isolate was identified as a Streptomyces sp. MS-2. Maximum keratinase activity (11.2 U/mg protein) was achieved when cells were grown on mineral salt liquid medium containing 1% whole chicken feather adjusted to pH 8 and incubated at 35°C for 72 h at 150 rpm. Reduction of disulphide bridges was also detected, increasing with incubation time. Feather degradation led to an increase in free amino acids such as alanine, leucine, valine and isoleucine. Moreover, methionine and phenylalanine were also produced as microbial metabolites.     

Keratinolytic activity from new recombinant fusant AYA2000, derived from endophytic Micromonospora strains

Two different endophytic strains, ESRAA1997 and ALAA2000, were isolated from the Egyptian herbal plant Anastatica hierochuntica. The 2 strains produced alkaline serine protease and were identified based on their phenotypic and chemotypic characteristics as different strains of Micromonospora spp. Both strains grew and produced keratinase, using different keratinous waste substances as the sole source of carbon and nitrogen. In our study, the activity and properties of keratinase enzymes of the wild strains ESRAA1997 and ALAA2000 were altered by genetic recombination through protoplast fusion between them, leading to a potent keratinolytic fusant Micromonospora strain AYA2000 with improved properties (activity, stability, specificity, and tolerance to inhibitors). Using a mixture of yeast extract, peptone, and malt extract as a supplement to the bovine hair medium increased keratinase production by 48%, and addition of 1% glucose suppressed enzyme production by Micromonospora strain AYA2000. The enzyme was purified by ammonium sulphate precipitation and DEAE-cellulose chromatography followed by gel filtration. The molecular weight, estimated using SDS-PAGE, was 39?kDa. The enzyme exhibited remarkable activity towards all keratinous wastes used and could also adapt to a broad range of pH and temperatures, with optima at pH?11 and 60?°C. The enzyme was not influenced by chelating reagents, metal ions, or alcohols. These properties make AYA2000 keratinase an ideal candidate for biotechnological application.