以异养细胞作为种子的椭圆小球藻产油脂光自养培养优化

异养细胞种子/光自养培养方法是一种可异养培养的能源微藻培养的有效方法,但已有文献尚未从工艺优化角度考察其发展潜力。为了获得较高细胞密度的用于光自养培养的种子和提高光自养培养的细胞密度与油脂产率,对异养细胞种子/光自养培养的培养基和培养条件进行了优化。结果表明,采用优化后的培养基,椭圆小球藻在摇瓶中异养培养的最高藻细胞密度可达11.04 g/L,比在初始培养基条件下提高了28.0%,在5 L发酵罐中异养培养的藻细胞密度达到73.89 g/L;在2 L柱式光生物反应器中光自养培养的藻细胞密度、油脂含量和油脂产率分别达1.62 g/L、36.34%和6.1 mg/(L·h),油脂成分主要为含C16-C18碳链的脂肪酸,是制备生物柴油的理想原料。经过优化,异养细胞种子/光自养培养这一方法能够显著地提高椭圆小球藻产油脂的能力,这进一步表明异养细胞种子/光自养培养方法有望成为可异养的能源微藻的高效培养方式。     

不同营养方式对普通小球藻生长代谢及生化组分的影响

摘要:【目的】系统研究自养、混养和异养3种营养方式对真核模式微藻———普通小球藻(Chlorella vulgaris)生长特性、细胞生化组分和碳代谢途径关键酶活性的影响。【方法】以C．vulgaris为研究对象,通过设置光合自养、混养和异养3 种营养方式,采用光谱学、色谱学方法,研究不同营养方式对C．vulgaris从生长特性、细胞组分合成和碳代谢等方面的影响。【结果】C．vulgaris依次经自养至混养和异养的培养方式转变中,藻细胞的可溶性糖和油脂含量显著提高,油脂中C16、C18不饱和脂肪酸的相对含量降低,而饱和脂肪酸的含量升高;蛋白质含量、光合色素含量显著下降,18种氨基酸的相对含量也呈下降趋势;葡萄糖的添加可抑制藻细胞吸收和积累除碳元素以外的其他测试元素。在添加葡萄糖的前提下,光照可促进藻细胞的生长量、不饱和脂肪酸和氨基酸,以及除碳元素以外的其他测试参数增加。对微藻胞外碳酸酐酶和核酮糖-1,5-二磷酸 羧化酶的活性分析结果表明,异养和混养直接影响C．vulgaris的碳代谢途径。【结论】光源和葡萄糖的供给与否直接影响C．vulgaris的生长代谢和生化组分合成,葡萄糖的添加在显著促进藻细胞生物量积累的同时,刺激碳素(糖类和油脂)生化成分的合成,而抑制氮素成分(蛋白质和光合色素)的合成;在光照条件下培养基质中葡萄糖的浓度和消耗水平直接决定藻细胞主营自养或异养生长。添加有机碳源葡萄糖的混养(光照)和异养(暗处理)培养可促进藻细胞的生长,异养和自养的生物量之和接近于混养,表明混养是最佳的藻细胞营养生长方式。     

小球藻的异养生长及培养条件优化

对小球藻异养培养中的碳源、氮源、微量元素—镁离子以及其他培养条件的影响进行了探讨 ,并测定了小球藻的生长曲线。优化结果 :C∶ N为 4∶ 1～ 5∶ 1 ,硫酸镁的量为 1 g/L;培养条件为 :p H6～ 7,接种量1 0 % ,温度 3 0°C。在此条件下 ,异养培养小球藻 ,其 OD值可达 1 8,蛋白质为 3 0 % ,叶绿素含量为 1 .2 %。     

不同营养条件下原始小球藻对蒽的富集和降解研究

研究了自养与异养条件下原始小球藻对蒽的降解和富集能力 .结果表明 ,自养条件下 ,浓度为1 0mg·L-1的蒽有 48.18%被降解 ,其中 2 8.81%属于自然光降解 ,仅有 19.37%被原始小球藻降解 .而异养条件下的原始小球藻对浓度为 2 .5mg·L-1的蒽降解率达到 33.5 3%,说明异养原始小球藻不仅能耐受高浓度蒽 ,而且表现出比自养原始小球藻更强的蒽降解能力 .两种条件下 ,80 %以上残留的蒽都被富集到藻细胞中 .虽然自养条件下原始小球藻对蒽的生物富集系数达 90 6 4,远大于异养条件下的生物富集系数(1899) ,但异养条件下藻对蒽的绝对富集量 (2 0 2 .2 9μg)远远高于自养条件下的 6 9.6 87μg .     

PP333用于藻类培养影响异养小球藻的生长及蛋白质含量

用植物生长物质PS333处理异养小球藻,研究了PP333对异养小球藻的生长及蛋白质含量的影响,实验结果表明,PP333能抑制异养小球藻的生长,同时也能显著提高小球藻的蛋白质含量,选取适当浓度的PP333处理异养小球藻可达到小球藻的细胞密度较高,其蛋白质含量又接近自养水平的目的。用50mg/L PP333处理异养小球藻,摇瓶批次培养时,小球藻的蛋白质含量与生物量分别为47.88%和3.60g/L,而对照的分别为37.34%和4.21g/L,摇瓶分批流加培养时,小球藻的蛋白质含量与生物量分别为50.96%和6.97g/L,而对照的分别为38.56%和10.99g/L,蛋白质量促进率和生物量抑制率摇瓶批次培养时分别为28.2%和14.5%,摇瓶分批流加培养时分别达32.2%和36.6%。     

光合自养缺陷型小球藻的筛选及生物能源应用

小球藻Chlorella protothecoides(C.protothecoides)是潜在的、可用于工业生产生物柴油的高产油微藻.本研究通过体外诱变的手段,获得了一株完全不能进行光合自养生长的突变体Al64.利用尼罗红染色和叶绿素自发荧光分析和电子显微镜分析细胞的亚显微结构,结果显示该突变体中叶绿体严重退化,其中类囊体膜结构缺失,导致该突变体缺乏叶绿素,无法进行光合自养生长.在富糖富氮的培养条件下,该光合自养缺陷型突变体的细胞密度和油脂含量比野生型细胞分别高5.54%和6.76%,分析还发现,该突变体产油能力为0.158 g L?1 h?1,比野生型提高12.8%.本文通过缺失光合作用突变体的构建,在异养高氮条件下实现了生物量及细胞内油脂含量的同步提高,为进一步提高微藻生产生物柴油的产量提供了新的研究平台.     

不同营养方式对小球藻FACHB 484生长的影响及其非自养生长机理研究

系统研究了小球藻FACHB 484在含有葡萄糖的不同营养方式下的生长情况,并通过抑制试验探讨葡萄糖在小球藻FACHB 484光异养和兼养生长条件下所起的作用以及小球藻FACHB 484是否存在氧化呼吸系统的关键酶类。结果表明:小球藻FACHB 484可利用葡萄糖进行化能异养、光激活异养、光异养及兼养生长,其生长速率大小为:兼养光异养光激活异养化能异养光合自养。兼养培养的最大生物量和比生长速率分别是自养培养的8.6和3.4倍,其比生长速率接近于光合自养和光异养培养下的比生长速率之和。葡萄糖主要作为小球藻FACHB 484兼养和光异养培养的碳源,而能量主要源自光。小球藻FACHB 484存在氧化呼吸链代谢途径,其细胞中有琥珀酸脱氢酶和细胞色素氧化酶。       

葡萄糖对小球藻(Chloralla sp. HN08)光合作用和生长的影响

【目的】探讨葡萄糖作为外加碳源对热带海洋小球藻(Chloralla sp.HN08)生物质生产和脂、光合色素、碳水化合物及可溶性蛋白等细胞主要成份含量的影响。【方法】分析比较小球藻HN08在光合自养和兼养(添加10 g/L葡萄糖)2种营养方式下的生长速率、细胞密度、光合放氧速率、油脂相对含量,以及可溶性总糖、淀粉和可溶性蛋白的含量。【结果】结果表明,在光照条件下葡萄糖(10 g/L)能促进小球藻(Chloralla sp.HN08)生长,提高细胞终密度,而异养条件下藻细胞逐渐衰亡。兼养条件下,细胞相对生长速率及细胞终密度分别是自养条件下的6.8倍和1.3倍。兼养藻细胞中可溶性糖、淀粉、油脂含量显著高于(P0.05)光合自养细胞,然而可溶性蛋白质和光合色素含量显著低于(P0.05)光合自养细胞。添加葡萄糖的小球藻液的光饱和点和呼吸速率均高于光自养条件下的细胞,但2种培养条件下藻液的净光合速率无显著差异(P0.05)。【结论】光照条件下,添加葡萄糖可显著提高小球藻HN08相对生长速率和细胞终密度,促进油脂与淀粉的积累。     

黄腐酸对单针藻生长和油脂含量的影响

为了研究不同浓度的黄腐酸对单针藻Monoraphidium sp.FXY-10细胞生长、油脂合成的影响,研究于Kuh1培养基中添加4种不同浓度的黄腐酸(40、80、120和160 mg/L),优化出异养培养条件下最适合藻细胞生长的黄腐酸浓度;并采用黄腐酸与异养-自养两步培养联用的方法提高细胞量和油脂含量,自养培养时在培养基中添加5、25、125和625 mg/L的黄腐酸诱导油脂的合成。结果表明,80 mg/L的黄腐酸对细胞生长的促进作用最显著,细胞量可达6.4 g/L,为对照组的1.5倍。黄腐酸的浓度增加至160 mg/L,藻细胞的生长受到明显的抑制。自养培养阶段,添加25 mg/L的黄腐酸能显著地提高藻细胞的油脂含量,其油脂含量从30.78%增加至54.65%。黄腐酸对于单针藻的生长和油脂合成具有明显的促进作用,黄腐酸与两步法联用在提高微藻细胞量和油脂含量方面具有较好的应用前景。     

帕米尔绿球藻的培养和条件优化

采用自养、异养、混养三种培养方式以及葡萄糖和醋酸钠两种不同的碳源对帕米尔绿球藻进行了培养。结果显示细胞在混养条件下获得了最大生物量。在异养条件下,以葡萄糖为碳源,细胞的生物量要远远高于自养条件,而以醋酸钠为碳源则结果相反。葡萄糖比醋酸钠更适合作为帕米尔绿球藻异养的碳源,5g/L的葡萄糖是比较合适的碳源浓度。     

Proteomic analysis of heterotrophy in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

To provide an insight into the heterotrophic metabolism of cyanobacteria, a proteomic approach has been employed with the model organism Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. The soluble proteins from Synechocystis grown under photoautotrophic and light-activated heterotrophic conditions were separated by 2-DE and identified by MALDI-MS or LC-MS/MS analysis. 2-DE gels made using narrow- and micro-range IPG strips allowed quantitative comparison of more than 900 spots. Out of 67 abundant protein spots identified, 13 spots were increased and 9 decreased under heterotrophy, representing all the major fold changes. Proteomic alterations and activity levels of selected enzymes indicate a shift in the central carbon metabolism in response to trophic change. The significant reduction in light-saturated rate of photosynthesis as well as in the expression levels of rubisco and CO(2)-concentrating mechanism proteins under heterotrophy indicates the down-regulation of the photosynthetic machinery. Alterations in the expression level of proteins involved in carbon utilization pathways refer to enhanced glycolysis, oxidative pentose phosphate pathway as well as tricarboxylic acid cycle under heterotrophy. Proteomic evidences also suggest an enhanced biosynthesis of amino acids such as histidine and serine during heterotrophic growth.     

Regulation of Chloroplast Development by Nitrogen Source and Growth Conditions in a Chlorella protothecoides Strain

Chlorella strain (UTEX 27) maintains optimal photosynthetic capacity when growing photoautotrophically in the presence of ammonium. Nitrate-grown photoautotrophic cells, however, show a drastic loss of chlorophyll content and ribulose-1,6-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase activity, resulting in a greater than 10-fold decrease in photosynthetic capacity and growth rate. Nitrate-grown cells are not deficient in protein content, and under mixotrophic and heterotrophic conditions, the alga can utilize nitrate as well as it does ammonium. The alga metabolizes both glucose and acetate in the dark with a doubling time of 5 to 6 hours. However, its growth on acetate is inhibited by light. Ribulose-1,6-biphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase activity correlates well with photosynthetic capacity, and glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase and hexokinase activities are altered in a manner consistent with the availability of glucose in growing cells. The alga appears to assimilate ammonium under photoautotrophic conditions primarily via the glutamine synthetase pathway, and shows an induction of both NADH and NADPH dependent glutamate dehydrogenase pathways under mixotrophic and heterotrophic conditions. Multiple isoforms are present only for hexokinase and glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase. Etiolated nitrate-grown cells resume greening and increase their photosynthetic capacity after about 6 hours of incubation in the presence of ammonium under photoautotrophic conditions. Similarly, the loss of photosynthetic capacity in ammonium-grown photoautotrophic cells commence about 9 hours after their transfer to heterotrophic nitrate containing media.     

Characterization of the Photosynthetic Apparatus and Proteome of Roseobacter denitrificans

The phototrophic capacity of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria endows them with a selective advantage over other heterotrophic bacteria in the oligotrophic ocean. Here, we reported the phototrophic features and proteome of an aerobic phototrophic bacterium Roseobacter denitrificans under starvation stress. The fluorescence induction and relaxation measurements suggested that the photosynthetic capacity in R. denitrificans was preserved but was lower than in the photoautotrophic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides. The existence of light-harvesting complexes (LH1 and LH2) and the reaction center (RC) in the native membrane were demonstrated through atomic force microscopy image analysis as direct evidence of their phototrophy. The homology-based LH1–RC complex structure was proposed in which RC was the Rb. sphaeroides homolog structure surrounded by the LH1. Moreover, the protein expression profiles of cells in the stationary phase under heterotrophic and mixotrophic conditions show that light enhanced or activated some proteins such as carbon monoxide dehydrogenase and NifU to cope with the low levels of amino acids and carbon sources under starvation conditions.     

Differential growth and biochemical composition of photoautotrophic and heterotrophic <Emphasis Type="Italic">Isochrysis maritima</Emphasis>: evaluation for use as aquaculture feed

The growth and biochemical composition of photoautotrophic and heterotrophic Isochrysis maritima in 50 L of Walne’s medium were compared. Heterotrophic I. maritima fed with 0.02 M glucose had a 4.6-fold higher maximum cell density (38.17 ± 0.23 × 10⁶ cells mL^?1) than photoautotrophic cells (8.29 ± 0.70 × 10⁶ cells mL^?1). The carbohydrate content was slightly higher in heterotrophic cells at all growth stages (mid-exponential, 40.8%; early stationary, 48.3%; and late stationary, 47.6%), but there was no significant effect on the protein content under either trophic condition. The total saturated fatty acids (SFAs), monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) were higher under heterotrophic conditions than those under photoautotrophic conditions. However, because omega-3 PUFAs are the most essential element in feed nutrition, low results for eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) (0.28 ± 0.06%) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) (3.22 ± 0.26%) in the heterotrophic cells compared to the photoautotrophic cells (EPA: 0.44 ± 0.11%; DHA: 8.58 ± 0.73%) plus a low omega-3/6 PUFAs ratio (heterotrophic: 0.16–0.47; photoautotrophic: 2.60–2.88) and high value of (SFA + MUFA)/PUFA (heterotrophic: 5.50–6.81; photoautotrophic: 2.64–3.60) showed that this species is not suitable for aquaculture feed when cultivated under heterotrophic conditions.     

Lipids in plant tissue cultures. VIII: Reversible changes in the composition of lipids and their constituent fatty acids in response to alternate shifts in the mode of carbon supply

When heterotrophic cell cultures of red goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum) turned photoautotrophic, their contents of various glycolipids and phospholipids increased. The total lipids and the individual lipid classes, especially monogalactosyldiacylglycerols, became richer in linolenic and poorer in linoleic acids. When photoautotrophic cell cultures were rendered heterotrophic again a reversal of changes occurred; both the composition of lipids and the patterns of their constituent fatty acids became similar to those of the starting heterotrophic cultures.The results indicate that the biosynthesis of linolenic acid in photoautotrophic cell cultures involves mainly desaturation of linoleic acid and that chain extension of hexadecatrienoic acid is possibly another, though minor pathway. Monogalactosyldiacylglycerols are apparently the substrates preferred for linolenic acid biosynthesis, whereas various phospholipids are the substrates preferred for linoleic acid biosynthesis.During a growth period of 6 weeks, the levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the lipids from both heterotrophic and photoautotrophic cell cultures decrease with time, whereas the proportions of palmitic acid increase.     

Photosystem II regulation of macromolecule synthesis in the blue-green alga Aphanocapsa 6714.

Polymers synthesized by heterotrophically growing (glucose as carbon source) cultures of Aphanocapsa 6714 were compared with polymers synthesized in photosynthetically grown cultures. Loss of photosystem II by dark incubation, or inhibition of light-grown cells with the photosystem II-specific inhibitor dichlorophenylmethylurea, caused an 80 to 90% reduction in the rate of lipid and total ribonucleic acid synthesis, and more than a 90% reduction in the rate of protein synthesis. In contrast, glycogen synthesis was reduced only about 50% in dark cells and less than 30% in dichlorphenylmethylurea-inhibited cells. After longer heterotrophic growth, glycogen became the major component, whereas in photosynthetically grown cultures protein was the major constituent. 14C (from 14CO2 and/or [14C]glucose) assimilated into protein by heterotrophically grown cells was found in amino acids in nearly the same proportions as in photosynthetically grown cells. Thus, routes of biosynthesis available to autotropic cells were also available to heterotrophic cultures, but the supply of carbon precursors to those pathways was greatly reduced. The limited biosynthesis in heterotrophic cells was not due to a limitation for cellular energy. The adenylates were maintained at nearly the same concentrations (and hence the energy charge also) as in photosynthetic cells. The concentration of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate was higher in heterotrophic (dark) cells than in photosynthetic cells. From rates of CO2 fixation and/or glycogen biosynthesis it was determined that stationary-phase cells expended approximately 835, 165, and less than 42 nmol of adenosine 5'-triphosphate per mg (dry weight) of algae per 30 min during photosynthetic, photoheterotrophic, and chemoheterotrophic metabolism, respectively. Analysis of the soluble metabolite pools in dark heterotrophic cultures by double-labeling experiments revealed rapid equilibration of 14C through the monophosphate pools, but much slower movement of label into the diphosphate pools of fructose-1,6-diphosphate and sedoheptulose-1,7-diphosphate. Carbon did flow into 3-phosphoglycerate in the dark; however, the initial rate was low and the concentration of this metabolite soon fell to an undetectable level. In photosynthetic cells, 14C quickly equilibrated throughout all the intermediates of the reductive pentose cycle, in particular, into 3-phosphoglycerate. Analysis of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in cell extracts showed that the enzyme was very sensitive to product inhibition by reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide.     

Differential lipid and fatty acid profiles of photoautotrophic and heterotrophic Chlorella zofingiensis: Assessment of algal oils for biodiesel production

The objective of this study was to document and compare the lipid class and fatty acid composition of the green microalga Chlorella zofingiensis cultivated under photoautotrophic and heterotrophic conditions. Compared with photoautotrophic cells, a 900% increase in lipid yield was achieved in heterotrophic cells fed with 30 g L⁻¹ of glucose. Furthermore heterotrophic cells accumulated predominantly neutral lipids (NL) that accounted for 79.5% of total lipids with 88.7% being triacylglycerol (TAG); whereas photoautotrophic cells contained mainly the membrane lipids glycolipids (GL) and phospholipids (PL). Together with the much higher content of oleic acid (C18:1) (35.2% of total fatty acids), oils from heterotrophic C. zofingiensis appear to be more feasible for biodiesel production. Our study highlights the possibility of using heterotrophic algae for producing high quality biodiesel.     

Growth characteristics of the cyanobacterium Nostoc flagelliforme in photoautotrophic, mixotrophic and heterotrophic cultivation

Nostoc flagelliforme is a terrestrial cyanobacterium with high economic value. Dissociated cells separated from a natural colony of N. flagelliforme were cultivated for 7 days under either phototrophic, mixotrophic or heterotrophic culture conditions. The highest biomass, 1.67 g L⁻¹ cell concentration, was obtained under mixotrophic culture, representing 4.98 and 2.28 times the biomass obtained in phototrophic and heterotrophic cultures, respectively. The biomass in mixotrophic culture was not the sum as that in photoautotrophic and heterotrophic cultures. During the first 4 days of culture, the cell concentration in mixotrophic culture was lower than the sum of those in photoautotrophic and heterotrophic cultures. However, from the 5th day, the cell concentration in mixotrophic culture surpassed the sum of those obtained from the other two trophic modes. Although the inhibitor of photosynthetic electron transport DCMU [3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea] efficiently inhibited autotrophic growth of N. flagelliforme cells, under mixotrophic culture they could grow by using glucose. The addition of glucose changed the response of N.flagelliforme cells to light. The maximal photosynthetic rate, dark respiration rate and light compensation point in mixotrophic culture were higher than those in photoautotrophic cultures. These results suggest that photoautotrophic (photosynthesis) and heterotrophic (oxidative metabolism of glucose) growth interact in mixotrophic growth of N. flagelliforme cells.