Effects of acetic acid and lactic acid on the growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in a minimal medium |
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Authors: | N V Narendranath K C Thomas W M Ingledew |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Applied Microbiology and Food Science, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5A8, CA |
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Abstract: | Specific growth rates (μ) of two strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae decreased exponentially (R
2>0.9) as the concentrations of acetic acid or lactic acid were increased in minimal media at 30°C. Moreover, the length of
the lag phase of each growth curve (h) increased exponentially as increasing concentrations of acetic or lactic acid were
added to the media. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of acetic acid for yeast growth was 0.6% w/v (100 mM) and that
of lactic acid was 2.5% w/v (278 mM) for both strains of yeast. However, acetic acid at concentrations as low as 0.05–0.1%
w/v and lactic acid at concentrations of 0.2–0.8% w/v begin to stress the yeasts as seen by reduced growth rates and decreased
rates of glucose consumption and ethanol production as the concentration of acetic or lactic acid in the media was raised.
In the presence of increasing acetic acid, all the glucose in the medium was eventually consumed even though the rates of
consumption differed. However, this was not observed in the presence of increasing lactic acid where glucose consumption was
extremely protracted even at a concentration of 0.6% w/v (66 mM). A response surface central composite design was used to
evaluate the interaction between acetic and lactic acids on the specific growth rate of both yeast strains at 30C. The data
were analysed using the General Linear Models (GLM) procedure. From the analysis, the interaction between acetic acid and
lactic acid was statistically significant (P≤0.001), i.e., the inhibitory effect of the two acids present together in a medium is highly synergistic. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology (2001) 26, 171–177.
Received 06 June 2000/ Accepted in revised form 21 September 2000 |
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Keywords: | : Saccharomyces cerevisiae acetic acid lactic acid synergy specific growth rate |
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