Effect of nitrogen supplementation on the longevity of antibiotic production by immobilized cells of Penicillium urticae |
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Authors: | Deo Yashwant M Gaucher G Maurice |
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Institution: | (1) Biochemistry Division, Department of Chemistry, The University of Calgary, T2N 1N4 Calgary, Alberta, Canada;(2) Present address: Schering-Plough Corp., 1011 Morris Ave., 07083 Union, New Jersey, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary Conidia of Penicillium urticae were immobilized in Kappa-Carrageenan beads (2–3 mm) by a previously described procedure to yield an in situ grown immobilized cell population which could be induced to produce the antibiotic and mycotoxin, patulin. When repeatedly transferred into a nitrogen-free production medium every 2 days, the patulin productivity of these cells gradually decreased to 50% within 14 days while the total cell protein remained constant. This decline was due to the gradual loss of the cells' catalytic capacity for converting glucose to 6-methylsalicylic acid (6-MSA), the first metabolite of the patulin pathway, as well as for converting 6-MSA to patulin. When these 14 day-old cells were incubated in a nutrient rich growth medium for 2 days their patulin producing activity increased from 50% to 130%. On the other hand the addition of a protein synthesis inhibitor, cycloheximide, to the N-free production medium drastically reduced the patulin producing activity of the immobilized cells; in particular, their capacity for converting 6-MSA to patulin. The cells' patulin producing activity was maintained at >100% for longer than 15 days when the cells were repeatedly transferred into a yeast extract supplemented production medium or when they were occasionally transferred into 10 or 20% strength growth medium. Repeated transfers to a 10% strength growth medium appeared to stabilize the cells' capacity for converting 6-MSA to patulin. |
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