Carob pulp as raw material for production of the biocontrol agent <Emphasis Type="Italic">P. agglomerans</Emphasis> PBC-1 |
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Authors: | Teresa Manso Carla Nunes Sara Raposo Maria Emília Lima-Costa |
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Institution: | (1) Centre for Marine and Environmental Research, CIMA, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal;(2) Faculty of Sciences and Technology, ICAAM, Polo Algarve, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal; |
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Abstract: | Large-scale production has been the major obstacle to the success of many biopesticides. The spreading of microbial biocontrol
agents against postharvest disease, as a safe and environmentally friendly alternative to synthetic fungicides, is quite dependent
on their industrial mass production from low-cost raw materials. Considerable interest has been shown in using agricultural
waste products and by-products from food industry as nitrogen and carbon sources. In this work, carob pulp aqueous extracts
were used as carbon source in the production of the biocontrol agent Pantoea agglomerans PBC-1. Optimal sugar extraction was achieved at a solid/liquid ratio of 1:10 (w/v), at 25°C, for 1 h. Batch experiments were
performed in shake flasks, at different concentrations and in stirred reactors at two initial inoculums concentrations, 106 and 107 cfu ml−1. The initial sugar concentration of 5 g l−1 allowed rapid growth (0.16 h−1) and high biomass productivity (0.28 g l−1 h−1) and was chosen as the value for use in stirred reactor experiments. After 22 and 32 h of fermentation the viable population
reached was 3.2 × 109 and 6.2 × 109 cfu ml−1 in the fermenter inoculated at 106 cfu ml−1 and 2.7 × 109 and 6.7 × 109 cfu ml−1 in the bioreactor inoculated at 107 cfu ml−1. A 78% reduction of the pathogen incidence was achieved with PBC-1 at 1 × 108 cfu ml−1, grown in medium with carob extracts, on artificially wounded apples stored after 7 days at 25°C against P. expansum. |
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