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Román-Camacho JJ, Mauricio JC, Santos-Dueñas IM, García-Martínez T, García-García I. Recent advances in applying omic technologies for studying acetic acid bacteria in industrial vinegar production: A comprehensive review. Biotechnol J 2024; 19:e2300566. [PMID: 38403443 DOI: 10.1002/biot.202300566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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Vinegar and related bioproducts containing acetic acid as the main component are among the most appreciated fermented foodstuffs in numerous European and Asian countries because of their exceptional organoleptic and bio-healthy properties. Regarding the acetification process and obtaining of final products, there is still a lack of knowledge on fundamental aspects, especially those related to the study of biodiversity and metabolism of the present microbiota. In this context, omic technologies currently allow for the massive analysis of macromolecules and metabolites for the identification and characterization of these microorganisms working in their natural media without the need for isolation. This review approaches comprehensive research on the application of omic tools for the identification of vinegar microbiota, mainly acetic acid bacteria, with subsequent emphasis on the study of the microbial diversity, behavior, and key molecular strategies used by the predominant groups throughout acetification. The current omics tools are enabling both the finding of new vinegar microbiota members and exploring underlying strategies during the elaboration process. The species Komagataeibacter europaeus may be a model organism for present and future research in this industry; moreover, the development of integrated meta-omic analysis may facilitate the achievement of numerous of the proposed milestones. This work might provide useful guidance for the vinegar industry establishing the first steps towards the improvement of the acetification conditions and the development of new products with sensory and bio-healthy profiles adapted to the agri-food market.
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- Juan J Román-Camacho
- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Edaphology, and Microbiology (Microbiology area), Severo Ochoa building (C6), Agrifood Campus of International Excellence ceiA3, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Edaphology, and Microbiology (Microbiology area), Severo Ochoa building (C6), Agrifood Campus of International Excellence ceiA3, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (Chemical Engineering area), Instituto Químico Para la Energía y el Medioambiente (IQUEMA), Marie Curie building (C3), Agrifood Campus of International Excellence ceiA3, Nano Chemistry Institute (IUNAN), Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Edaphology, and Microbiology (Microbiology area), Severo Ochoa building (C6), Agrifood Campus of International Excellence ceiA3, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (Chemical Engineering area), Instituto Químico Para la Energía y el Medioambiente (IQUEMA), Marie Curie building (C3), Agrifood Campus of International Excellence ceiA3, Nano Chemistry Institute (IUNAN), Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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Pazos-Rojas LA, Cuellar-Sánchez A, Romero-Cerón AL, Rivera-Urbalejo A, Van Dillewijn P, Luna-Vital DA, Muñoz-Rojas J, Morales-García YE, Bustillos-Cristales MDR. The Viable but Non-Culturable (VBNC) State, a Poorly Explored Aspect of Beneficial Bacteria. Microorganisms 2023; 12:39. [PMID: 38257865 PMCID: PMC10818521 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms12010039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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Many bacteria have the ability to survive in challenging environments; however, they cannot all grow on standard culture media, a phenomenon known as the viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state. Bacteria commonly enter the VBNC state under nutrient-poor environments or under stressful conditions. This review explores the concept of the VBNC state, providing insights into the beneficial bacteria known to employ this strategy. The investigation covers different chemical and physical factors that can induce the latency state, cell features, and gene expression observed in cells in the VBNC state. The review also covers the significance and applications of beneficial bacteria, methods of evaluating bacterial viability, the ability of bacteria to persist in environments associated with higher organisms, and the factors that facilitate the return to the culturable state. Knowledge about beneficial bacteria capable of entering the VBNC state remains limited; however, beneficial bacteria in this state could face adverse environmental conditions and return to a culturable state when the conditions become suitable and continue to exert their beneficial effects. Likewise, this unique feature positions them as potential candidates for healthcare applications, such as the use of probiotic bacteria to enhance human health, applications in industrial microbiology for the production of prebiotics and functional foods, and in the beer and wine industry. Moreover, their use in formulations to increase crop yields and for bacterial bioremediation offers an alternative pathway to harness their beneficial attributes.
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- Laura Abisaí Pazos-Rojas
- Faculty of Stomatology, Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla (BUAP), Puebla 72570, Mexico; (L.A.P.-R.); (A.R.-U.)
- Monterrey Institute of Technology, School of Engineering and Sciences, Monterrey 64700, Mexico; (A.C.-S.); (A.L.R.-C.); (D.A.L.-V.)
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- Monterrey Institute of Technology, School of Engineering and Sciences, Monterrey 64700, Mexico; (A.C.-S.); (A.L.R.-C.); (D.A.L.-V.)
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- Monterrey Institute of Technology, School of Engineering and Sciences, Monterrey 64700, Mexico; (A.C.-S.); (A.L.R.-C.); (D.A.L.-V.)
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- Faculty of Stomatology, Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla (BUAP), Puebla 72570, Mexico; (L.A.P.-R.); (A.R.-U.)
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 18008 Granada, Spain;
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- Monterrey Institute of Technology, School of Engineering and Sciences, Monterrey 64700, Mexico; (A.C.-S.); (A.L.R.-C.); (D.A.L.-V.)
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- Ecology and Survival of Microorganisms Group, Laboratory of Microbial Molecular Ecology (LEMM), Center for Research in Microbiological Sciences, Institute of Sciences, Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla (BUAP), Puebla 72570, Mexico;
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- Ecology and Survival of Microorganisms Group, Laboratory of Microbial Molecular Ecology (LEMM), Center for Research in Microbiological Sciences, Institute of Sciences, Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla (BUAP), Puebla 72570, Mexico;
- Faculty of Biological Sciences, Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla (BUAP), Puebla 72570, Mexico
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- Ecology and Survival of Microorganisms Group, Laboratory of Microbial Molecular Ecology (LEMM), Center for Research in Microbiological Sciences, Institute of Sciences, Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla (BUAP), Puebla 72570, Mexico;
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Li T, Wang X, Li C, Fu Q, Shi X, Wang B. Investigation of Acid Tolerance Mechanism of Acetobacter pasteurianus under Different Concentrations of Substrate Acetic Acid Based on 4D Label-Free Proteomic Analysis. Foods 2023; 12:4471. [PMID: 38137274 PMCID: PMC10742644 DOI: 10.3390/foods12244471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Revised: 12/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Acetobacter pasteurianus is always used to brew vinegar because of its ability of producing and tolerating a high concentration of acetic acid. During vinegar fermentation, initial acetic acid contributes to acetic acid accumulation, which varies with initial concentrations. In this study, to investigate the mechanisms of tolerating and producing acetic acid of Acetobacter pasteurianus under different concentrations of substrate acetic acid, four-dimensional label-free proteomic technology has been used to analyze the protein profiles of Acetobacter pasteurianus at different growth stages (the lag and exponential phases) and different substrate acetic acid concentrations (0%, 3%, and 6%). A total of 2093 proteins were quantified in this study. The differentially expressed proteins were majorly involved in gene ontology terms of metabolic processes, cellular metabolic processes, and substance binding. Under acetic acid stress, strains might attenuate the toxicity of acetic acid by intensifying fatty acid metabolism, weakening the tricarboxylic acid cycle, glycerophospholipid and energy metabolism during the lag phase, while strains might promote the assimilation of acetic acid and inter-conversion of substances during the exponential phase by enhancing the tricarboxylic acid cycle, glycolysis, pyruvate, and energy metabolism to produce and tolerate acid. Besides, cell cycle regulation and protein translation might be potential acid tolerance pathways under high acid stress. The result contributes to the exploration of new potential acid tolerance mechanisms in Acetobacter pasteurianus from four-dimensional label-free relative quantitative proteomics analysis.
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- Food College, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832000, China
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Wang W, Zhang F, Dai X, Liu Y, Mu J, Wang J, Ma Q, Sun J. Changes in vinegar quality and microbial dynamics during fermentation using a self-designed drum-type bioreactor. Front Nutr 2023; 10:1126562. [PMID: 36908901 PMCID: PMC9994180 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1126562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
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The bioreactor based on solid-state fermentation technology has been developed for vinegar production, standardization of fermentation process and stabilization of vinegar quality. The microbial community diversity, and volatile compounds of six cultivars of vinegar samples fermented in a self-designed solid-state fermentation bioreactors were investigated using Illumina MiSeq platform and gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) technology. The correlations between the richness and diversity of microbiota and volatile profiles, organic acids, as well as physicochemical indicators were explored by R software with the coplot package. The findings indicated that Acetobacter, norank-c-Cyanobacteria, and Weissella played key roles during fermentation process. Norank-f-Actinopolyporaceae, norank-c-Cyanobacteria, Pediococcus, and Microbacterium had significant correlations with the physicochemical characteristics. The most common bacterial species were associated with a citric acid content, whereas the least number of bacterial species correlated with malic acid content. Findings could be helpful for the bioreactor optimization, and thus reaching the level of pilot scale and industrialization.
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- Wenxiu Wang
- College of Food Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China.,Hebei Technology Innovation Centre of Agricultural Products Processing, Baoding, China.,Sino-US and Sino-Japan Joint Centre of Food Science and Technology, Baoding, China
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Yang H, He Y, Liao J, Li X, Zhang J, Liebl W, Chen F. RNA-Seq transcriptomic analysis reveals gene expression profiles of acetic acid bacteria under high-acidity submerged industrial fermentation process. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:956729. [PMID: 36246236 PMCID: PMC9557201 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.956729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are Gram-negative obligate aerobics in Acetobacteraceae family. Producing acetic acid and brewing vinegars are one of the most important industrial applications of AAB, attributed to their outstanding ability to tolerate the corresponding stresses. Several unique acid resistance (AR) mechanisms in AAB have been revealed previously. However, their overall AR strategies are still less-comprehensively clarified. Consequently, omics analysis was widely performed for a better understanding of this field. Among them, transcriptome has recently obtained more and more attention. However, most currently reported transcriptomic studies were conducted under lab conditions and even in low-acidity environment, which may be unable to completely reflect the conditions that AAB confront under industrialized vinegar-brewing processes. In this study, we performed an RNA-Seq transcriptomic analysis concerning AAB’s AR mechanisms during a continuous and periodical industrial submerged vinegar fermentation process, where a single AAB strain performed the fermentation and the acetic acid concentration fluctuated between ~8% and ~12%, the highest acidity as far we know for transcriptomic studies. Samples were directly taken from the initial (CK), mid, and final stages of the same period of the on-going fermentation. 16S rRNA sequence analysis indicated the participation of Komagataeibacter europaeus in the fermentation. Transcriptomic results demonstrated that more genes were downregulated than upregulated at both mid and final stages. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrich analysis reflected that the upregulated genes mainly carried out tricarboxylic acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation processes, probably implying a considerable role of acetic acid overoxidation in AR during fermentation. Besides, upregulation of riboflavin biosynthesis pathway and two NAD+-dependent succinate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase-coding genes suggested a critical role of succinate oxidation in AR. Meanwhile, downregulated genes were mainly ribosomal protein-coding ones, reflecting that the adverse impact on ribosomes initiates at the transcription level. However, it is ambiguous whether the downregulation is good for stress responding or it actually reflects the stress. Furthermore, we also assumed that the fermentation stages may have a greater effect on gene expression than acidity. Additionally, it is possible that some physiological alterations would affect the AR to a larger extent than changes in gene expression, which suggests the combination of molecular biology and physiology research will provide deeper insight into the AR mechanisms in AAB.
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- Haoran Yang
- Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Traditional Fermented Foods, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Chair of Microbiology, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Traditional Fermented Foods, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Traditional Fermented Foods, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Jiangsu Hengshun Vinegar Industry Co., Ltd, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Hengshun Vinegar Industry Co., Ltd, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China
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- Chair of Microbiology, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Traditional Fermented Foods, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- *Correspondence: Fusheng Chen,
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Román-Camacho JJ, Mauricio JC, Santos-Dueñas IM, García-Martínez T, García-García I. Unraveling the Role of Acetic Acid Bacteria Comparing Two Acetification Profiles From Natural Raw Materials: A Quantitative Approach in Komagataeibacter europaeus. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:840119. [PMID: 35572698 PMCID: PMC9100681 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.840119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The industrial production of vinegar is carried out by the activity of a complex microbiota of acetic acid bacteria (AAB) working, mainly, within bioreactors providing a quite specific and hard environment. The “omics” sciences can facilitate the identification and characterization analyses of these microbial communities, most of which are difficult to cultivate by traditional methods, outside their natural medium. In this work, two acetification profiles coming from the same AAB starter culture but using two natural raw materials of different alcoholic origins (fine wine and craft beer), were characterized and compared and the emphasis of this study is the effect of these raw materials. For this purpose, the composition and natural behavior of the microbiota present throughout these profiles were analyzed by metaproteomics focusing, mainly, on the quantitative protein profile of Komagataeibacter europaeus. This species provided a protein fraction significantly higher (73.5%) than the others. A submerged culture system and semi-continuous operating mode were employed for the acetification profiles and liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) for the protein analyses. The results showed that neither of two raw materials barely modified the microbiota composition of the profiles, however, they had an effect on the protein expression changes in different biological process. A molecular strategy in which K. europaeus would prevail over other species by taking advantage of the different features offered by each raw material has been suggested. First, by assimilating the excess of inner acetic acid through the TCA cycle and supplying biosynthetic precursors to replenish the cellular material losses; second, by a previous assimilation of the excess of available glucose, mainly in the beer medium, through the glycolysis and the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP); and third, by triggering membrane mechanisms dependent on proton motive force to detoxify the cell at the final moments of acetification. This study could complement the current knowledge of these bacteria as well as to expand the use of diverse raw materials and optimize operating conditions to obtain quality vinegars.
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- Juan J. Román-Camacho
- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Edaphology and Microbiology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Edaphology and Microbiology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
- *Correspondence: Juan C. Mauricio,
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Nanochemistry (IUNAN), University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Edaphology and Microbiology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Nanochemistry (IUNAN), University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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Song J, Wang J, Wang X, Zhao H, Hu T, Feng Z, Lei Z, Li W, Zheng Y, Wang M. Improving the Acetic Acid Fermentation of Acetobacter pasteurianus by Enhancing the Energy Metabolism. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022; 10:815614. [PMID: 35350179 PMCID: PMC8957916 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.815614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Energy metabolism is important for cell growth and tolerance against environment stress. In acetic acid fermentation by Acetobacter pasteurianus, the correlation coefficients of acid production rate with energy charge and ATP content were 0.9981 and 0.9826, respectively. The main energy metabolism pathway, including glycolysis pathway, TCA cycle, ethanol oxidation, pentose phosphate pathway, and ATP production, was constructed by transcriptome analysis. The effects of fermentation conditions, including dissolved oxygen, initial acetic acid concentration, and total concentration, on acetic acid fermentation and energy metabolism of A. pasteurianus were analyzed by using the RT-PCR method. The results showed the high energy charge inhibited glucose catabolism, and associated with the high ethanol oxidation rate. Consequently, a virtuous circle of increased ethanol oxidation, increased energy generation, and acetic acid tolerance was important for improving acetic acid fermentation.
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- Jia Song
- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
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- Tian Di No. 1 Beverage Inc., Jiangmen, China
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- Tian Di No. 1 Beverage Inc., Jiangmen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
- *Correspondence: Yu Zheng, ; Min Wang,
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
- *Correspondence: Yu Zheng, ; Min Wang,
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Yang H, Chen T, Wang M, Zhou J, Liebl W, Barja F, Chen F. Molecular biology: Fantastic toolkits to improve knowledge and application of acetic acid bacteria. Biotechnol Adv 2022; 58:107911. [PMID: 35033586 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2022.107911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2021] [Revised: 12/27/2021] [Accepted: 01/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are a group of gram-negative, obligate aerobic bacteria within the Acetobacteraceae family of the alphaproteobacteria class, which are distributed in a wide variety of different natural sources that are rich in sugar and alcohols, as well as in several traditionally fermented foods. Their capabilities are not limited to the production of acetic acid and the brewing of vinegar, as their names suggest. They can also fix nitrogen and produce various kinds of aldehydes, ketones and other organic acids by incomplete oxidation (also referred to as oxidative fermentation) of the corresponding alcohols and/or sugars, as well as pigments and exopolysaccharides (EPS). In order to gain more insight into these organisms, molecular biology techniques have been extensively applied in almost all aspects of AAB research, including their identification and classification, acid resistance mechanisms, oxidative fermentation, EPS production, thermotolerance and so on. In this review, we mainly focus on the application of molecular biological technologies in the advancement of research into AAB while presenting the progress of the latest studies using these techniques.
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- Haoran Yang
- Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Traditional Fermented Foods, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China; College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Traditional Fermented Foods, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China; College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science &Technology, Tianjin, China
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- School of Biotechnology and Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
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- Microbiology Unit, Department of Botany and Plant Biology, University of Geneva, Sciences III, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Traditional Fermented Foods, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China; College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
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Plioni I, Bekatorou A, Terpou A, Mallouchos A, Plessas S, Koutinas AA, Katechaki E. Vinegar Production from Corinthian Currants Finishing Side-Stream: Development and Comparison of Methods Based on Immobilized Acetic Acid Bacteria. Foods 2021; 10:foods10123133. [PMID: 34945684 PMCID: PMC8700812 DOI: 10.3390/foods10123133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Revised: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Fruit wastes and side-streams can be used for vinegar production to create added value for the agri-food sector and enhance farmer incomes and local economies. In this study, methods for vinegar production by wild and selected acetic acid bacteria (the quick starter Acetobacter aceti and the acid-resistant Komagataeibacter europaeus), free (FC) and immobilized (IC) on a natural cellulosic carrier, are proposed using sweet wine made from the industrial finishing side-stream (FSS) of Corinthian currants as raw material. The results showed all cultures can produce vinegar with 46.65 ± 5.43 g/L acidity, from sweet FSS wine containing 5.08 ± 1.19% alcohol. The effect of immobilization was more obvious in the case of the selected culture, presenting better acetification efficiency, both fresh and after cold storage for 2 months. The vinegars had an antioxidant capacity of 263.5 ± 8.4 and 277.1 ± 6.7 mg/L (as ascorbic acid) and phenolic content 333.1 ± 12.0 and 222.2 ± 2.9 mg/L (as gallic acid) (for FC and IC, respectively). They also had a rich volatilome (140 compounds identified by SPME GC-MS), with higher percentages of esters identified in vinegars made by IC. The results are encouraging for vinegar production with IC of a mixed A. aceti and K. europaeus culture.
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- Iris Plioni
- Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece; (I.P.); (A.A.K.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece; (I.P.); (A.A.K.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +30-2610962964
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- Department of Agricultural Development, Agri-Food, and Natural Resources Management, School of Agricultural Development, Nutrition & Sustainability, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 34400 Athens, Greece;
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- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos, 11855 Athens, Greece;
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- Laboratory of Food Processing, Faculty of Agriculture Development, Democritus University of Thrace, 68200 Orestiada, Greece;
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece; (I.P.); (A.A.K.)
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- Agricultural Cooperatives Union of Aeghion S. A., Korinthou 201, 25100 Aeghion, Greece;
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Proteomic perspectives on thermotolerant microbes: an updated review. Mol Biol Rep 2021; 49:629-646. [PMID: 34671903 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-021-06805-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Thermotolerant microbes are a group of microorganisms that survive in elevated temperatures. The thermotolerant microbes, which are found in geothermal heat zones, grow at temperatures of or above 45°C. The proteins present in such microbes are optimally active at these elevated temperatures. Hence, therefore, serves as an advantage in various biotechnological applications. In the last few years, scientists have tried to understand the molecular mechanisms behind the maintenance of the structural integrity of the cell and to study the stability of various thermotolerant proteins at extreme temperatures. Proteomic analysis is the solution for this search. Applying novel proteomic tools determines the proteins involved in the thermostability of microbes at elevated temperatures. METHODS Advanced proteomic techniques like Mass spectrometry, nano-LC-MS, protein microarray, ICAT, iTRAQ, and SILAC could enable the screening and identification of novel thermostable proteins. RESULTS This review provides up-to-date details on the protein signature of various thermotolerant microbes analyzed through advanced proteomic tools concerning relevant research articles. The protein complex composition from various thermotolerant microbes cultured at different temperatures, their structural arrangement, and functional efficiency of the protein was reviewed and reported. CONCLUSION This review provides an overview of thermotolerant microbes, their enzymes, and the proteomic tools implemented to characterize them. This article also reviewed a comprehensive view of the current proteomic approaches for protein profiling in thermotolerant microbes.
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WANG LITING, HONG HOUSHENG, ZHANG CHENGBO, HUANG ZUNXI, GUO HUIMING. Transcriptome Analysis of Komagataeibacter europaeus CGMCC 20445 Responses to Different Acidity Levels During Acetic Acid Fermentation. Pol J Microbiol 2021; 70:305-313. [PMID: 34584524 PMCID: PMC8459000 DOI: 10.33073/pjm-2021-027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 06/19/2021] [Accepted: 06/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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In the industrial production of high-acidity vinegar, the initial ethanol and acetic acid concentrations are limiting factors that will affect acetic acid fermentation. In this study, Komagataeibacter europaeus CGMCC 20445 was used for acetic acid shake flask fermentation at an initial ethanol concentration of 4.3% (v/v). We conducted transcriptome analysis of K. europaeus CGMCC 20445 samples under different acidity conditions to elucidate the changes in differentially expressed genes throughout the fermentation process. We also analyzed the expression of genes associated with acid-resistance mechanisms. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway enrichment analysis showed that the differentially expressed genes were enriched in ribosomes, citrate cycle, butanoate metabolism, oxidative phosphorylation, pentose phosphate, and the fatty acid biosynthetic pathways. In addition, this study found that K. europaeus CGMCC 20445 regulates the gene expression levels of cell envelope proteins and stress-responsive proteins to adapt to the gradual increase in acidity during acetic acid fermentation. This study improved the understanding of the acid resistance mechanism of K. europaeus and provided relevant reference information for the further genetic engineering of this bacterium.
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- LITING WANG
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Sustainable Development and Utilization of Biomass Energy, Ministry of Education, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Sustainable Development and Utilization of Biomass Energy, Ministry of Education, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
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Xia K, Ma J, Liang X. Impacts of type II toxin-antitoxin systems on cell physiology and environmental behavior in acetic acid bacteria. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 105:4357-4367. [PMID: 34021811 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11357-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2021] [Revised: 05/08/2021] [Accepted: 05/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are a group of Gram-negative and strictly aerobic microorganisms widely used in vinegar industry, especially the species belonging to the genera Acetobacter and Komagataeibacter. The environments inhabited by AAB during the vinegar fermentation, in particular those natural traditional bioprocesses, are complex and dynamically changed, usually accompanied by diverse microorganisms, bacteriophages, and the increasing acetic acid concentration. For this reason, how AAB survive to such harsh niches has always been an interesting research field. Previous omic analyses (e.g., genomics, proteomics, and transcriptomics) have provided abundant clues for the metabolic pathways and bioprocesses indispensable for the acid stress adaptation of AAB. Nevertheless, it is far from fully understanding what factors regulate these modular mechanisms overtly and covertly upon shifting environments. Bacterial toxin-antitoxin systems (TAS), usually consisting of a pair of genes encoding a stable toxin and an unstable antitoxin that is capable of counteracting the toxin, have been uncovered to have a variety of biological functions. Recent studies focusing on the role of TAS in Acetobacter pasteurianus suggest that TAS contribute substantially to the acid stress resistance. In this mini review, we discuss the biological functions of type II TAS in the context of AAB with regard to the acid stress resistance, persister formation and resuscitation, genome stability, and phage immunity. KEY POINTS: • Type II TAS act as regulators in the acid stress resistance of AAB. • Type II TAS are implicated in the formation of acid-tolerant persister cells in AAB. • Type II TAS are potential factors responsible for phage immunity and genome stability.
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- Kai Xia
- School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China.,Institute of Food Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China. .,Institute of Food Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China.
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Román-Camacho JJ, Mauricio JC, Santos-Dueñas IM, García-Martínez T, García-García I. Functional metaproteomic analysis of alcohol vinegar microbiota during an acetification process: A quantitative proteomic approach. Food Microbiol 2021; 98:103799. [PMID: 33875225 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2021.103799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2021] [Revised: 03/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Vinegar is elaborated using a semi-continuous submerged culture of a complex microbiota of acetic acid bacteria. The genus Komagataeibacter provides much of the proteins of the metaproteome, being K. europaeus the main species working in this environment. In this work, the protein profile of the vinegar microbiota, obtained by means of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) in samples from different cycle times of an acetification process using an alcohol medium, has been used to describe the functional metaproteome throughout the process. The analysis was focused on Komagataeibacter species which supplied about 90% of the metaproteome and particularly K. europaeus which accounts for more than 70%. According to these results, the natural behaviour of a microbial community in vinegar has been predicted at a quantitative proteomic level. The results revealed that most of the identified proteins involved in the metabolism of amino acids, biosynthesis of proteins, and energy production related-metabolic pathways increased their expression throughout the cycle loading phase and afterwards experimented a decrease coming into play other proteins acting against acetic acid stress. These findings may facilitate a better understanding of the microbiota's role and contributing to obtain a quality product.
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- Juan J Román-Camacho
- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Edaphology and Microbiology, Microbiology Area, Severo Ochoa Building (C6), Agrifood Campus of International Excellence ceiA3, University of Cordoba, Ctra. N-IV-A, Km 396, 14014, Córdoba, Spain.
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Edaphology and Microbiology, Microbiology Area, Severo Ochoa Building (C6), Agrifood Campus of International Excellence ceiA3, University of Cordoba, Ctra. N-IV-A, Km 396, 14014, Córdoba, Spain.
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Area, Marie Curie Building (C3), Agrifood Campus of International Excellence ceiA3, University of Cordoba, Ctra. N-IV-A, Km 396, 14014, Córdoba, Spain.
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Edaphology and Microbiology, Microbiology Area, Severo Ochoa Building (C6), Agrifood Campus of International Excellence ceiA3, University of Cordoba, Ctra. N-IV-A, Km 396, 14014, Córdoba, Spain.
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Area, Marie Curie Building (C3), Agrifood Campus of International Excellence ceiA3, University of Cordoba, Ctra. N-IV-A, Km 396, 14014, Córdoba, Spain.
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Kim Y, Lama S, Agrawal D, Kumar V, Park S. Acetate as a potential feedstock for the production of value-added chemicals: Metabolism and applications. Biotechnol Adv 2021; 49:107736. [PMID: 33781888 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2021.107736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Revised: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Acetate is regarded as a promising carbon feedstock in biological production owing to its possible derivation from C1 gases such as CO, CO2 and methane. To best use of acetate, comprehensive understanding of acetate metabolisms from genes and enzymes to pathways and regulations is needed. This review aims to provide an overview on the potential of acetate as carbon feedstock for industrial biotechnology. Biochemical, microbial and biotechnological aspects of acetate metabolism are described. Especially, the current state-of-the art in the production of value-added chemicals from acetate is summarized. Challenges and future perspectives are also provided.
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- Yeonhee Kim
- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, UNIST, 50, UNIST-gil, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, UNIST, 50, UNIST-gil, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Biochemistry and Biotechnology Area, Material Resource Efficiency Division, CSIR- Indian Institute of Petroleum, Mohkampur, Dehradun 248005, India
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- Centre for Climate and Environmental Protection, School of Water, Energy and Environment, Cranfield University, Cranfield, MK430AL, United Kingdom.
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, UNIST, 50, UNIST-gil, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea.
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Qiu X, Zhang Y, Hong H. Classification of acetic acid bacteria and their acid resistant mechanism. AMB Express 2021; 11:29. [PMID: 33595734 PMCID: PMC7889782 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-021-01189-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are obligate aerobic Gram-negative bacteria that are commonly used in vinegar fermentation because of their strong capacity for ethanol oxidation and acetic acid synthesis as well as their acid resistance. However, low biomass and low production rate due to acid stress are still major challenges that must be overcome in industrial processes. Although acid resistance in AAB is important to the production of high acidity vinegar, the acid resistance mechanisms of AAB have yet to be fully elucidated. In this study, we discuss the classification of AAB species and their metabolic processes and review potential acid resistance factors and acid resistance mechanisms in various strains. In addition, we analyze the quorum sensing systems of Komagataeibacter and Gluconacetobacter to provide new ideas for investigation of acid resistance mechanisms in AAB in the form of signaling pathways. The results presented herein will serve as an important reference for selective breeding of high acid resistance AAB and optimization of acetic acid fermentation processes.
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- Xiaoman Qiu
- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, No. 30, Puzhu Road, Nanjing, 211800, China
- National Engineering Technique Research Center for Biotechnology, Nanjing Tech University, No. 30, Puzhu Road, Nanjing, 211800, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, No. 30, Puzhu Road, Nanjing, 211800, China
- National Engineering Technique Research Center for Biotechnology, Nanjing Tech University, No. 30, Puzhu Road, Nanjing, 211800, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, No. 30, Puzhu Road, Nanjing, 211800, China.
- National Engineering Technique Research Center for Biotechnology, Nanjing Tech University, No. 30, Puzhu Road, Nanjing, 211800, China.
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Xia K, Han C, Xu J, Liang X. Toxin-antitoxin HicAB regulates the formation of persister cells responsible for the acid stress resistance in Acetobacter pasteurianus. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 105:725-739. [PMID: 33386897 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-11078-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Revised: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Elucidation of the acetic acid resistance (AAR) mechanisms is of great significance to the development of industrial microbial species, specifically to the acetic acid bacteria (AAB) in vinegar industry. Currently, the role of population heterogeneity in the AAR of AAB is still unclear. In this study, we investigated the persister formation in AAB and the physiological role of HicAB in Acetobacter pasteurianus Ab3. We found that AAB were able to produce a high level of persister cells (10-2 to 100 in frequency) in the exponential-phase cultures. Initial addition of acetic acid and ethanol reduced the ratio of persister cells in A. pasteurianus by promoting the intracellular ATP level. Further, we demonstrated that HicAB was an important regulator of AAR in A. pasteurianus Ab3. Strains lacking hicAB showed a decreased survival under acetic acid exposure. Deletion of hicAB significantly diminished the acetic acid production, acetification rate, and persister formation in A. pasteurianus Ab3, underscoring the correlation between hicAB, persister formation, and acid stress resistance. By transcriptomic analysis (RNA-seq), we revealed that HicAB contributed to the survival of A. pasteurianus Ab3 under high acid stress by upregulating the expression of genes involved in the acetic acid over-oxidation and transport, 2-methylcitrate cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation. Collectively, the results of this study refresh our current understanding of the AAR mechanisms in A. pasteurianus, which may facilitate the development of novel ways for improving its industrial performance and direct the scaled-up vinegar production. KEY POINTS: • AAB strains form persister cells with different frequencies. • A. pasteurianus are able to form acid-tolerant persister cells. • HicAB contributes to the AAR and persister formation in A. pasteurianus Ab3.
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- Kai Xia
- School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China.,Institute of Food Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China.,Institute of Food Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China. .,Institute of Food Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China.
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Suzuki T, Kobayashi S, Miyahira K, Sugiyama M, Katsuki K, Ishikawa M. DNA-binding protein from starvation cells traps intracellular free-divalent iron and plays an important role in oxidative stress resistance in Acetobacter pasteurianus NBRC 3283. J Biosci Bioeng 2020; 131:256-263. [PMID: 33218820 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2020.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Revised: 10/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Acetobacter pasteurianus accumulates reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS are produced by electron and oxygen coupling in the electron transport chain in the intracellular environment during the stationary and in the acetic acid over-oxidation phases in the presence of ethanol, thereby exposing cell to oxidative stress. In this study, to reveal the resistance mechanism to oxidative stress in A. pasteurianus, we focused on DNA-binding protein from starvation cells (Dps) and analyzed the function of Dps against oxidative stress. When Dps under the copresence of plasmid DNA was exposed to H2O2 and divalent iron, plasmid DNA fragmentation was suppressed under the presence of Dps; however, DNA binding was not observed, revealing a defensive activity for oxidative damage. In addition, this finding revealed that Dps incorporates a divalent iron intracellularly, forming a ferroxidase center. Moreover, levels of hydroxyl radicals produced by Fenton reaction under the presence of H2O2 and divalent iron were decreased by the addition of Dps, resulting in the suppression of the Fenton reaction. Through fluorescence microscopy using a divalent-iron-specific fluorescent probe, we found that, in dps gene disruptants, the accumulation of the divalent iron increased, and the dps gene disruptants showed higher sensitivity to H2O2 than the wild-type. These result strongly suggested that Dps traps intracellular free-divalent iron and plays an important role in the oxidative stress resistance of A. pasteurianus NBRC 3283 after the acetic acid fermentation phase.
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- Toshihiro Suzuki
- Department of Fermentation Sciences, Faculty of Applied Biosciences, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan
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- Department of Fermentation Sciences, Faculty of Applied Biosciences, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan
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- Department of Fermentation Sciences, Faculty of Applied Biosciences, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan
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- Department of Fermentation Sciences, Faculty of Applied Biosciences, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan
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- Department of Fermentation Sciences, Faculty of Applied Biosciences, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan
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- Department of Fermentation Sciences, Faculty of Applied Biosciences, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan.
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Xia K, Han C, Xu J, Liang X. Transcriptome response of Acetobacter pasteurianus Ab3 to high acetic acid stress during vinegar production. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 104:10585-10599. [PMID: 33156446 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-10995-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2020] [Revised: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Acetic acid accumulation is a universal limiting factor to the vinegar manufacture because of the toxic effect of acetic acid on the acid producing strain, such as Acetobacter pasteurianus. In this study, we aimed to investigate the genome-wide transcriptional response of A. pasteurianus Ab3 to high acid stress during vinegar production. By comparing the transcriptional landscape of cells harvested from a long-term cultivation with high acidity (70 ± 3 g/L) to that of low acidity (10 ± 2 g/L), we demonstrated that 1005 genes were differentially expressed. By functional enrichment analysis, we found that the expression of genes related to the two-component systems (TCS) and toxin-antitoxin systems (TAS) was significantly regulated under high acid stress. Cells increased the genome stability to withstand the intracellular toxicity caused by the acetic acid accumulation by repressing the expression of transposases and integrases. Moreover, high acid stress induced the expression of genes involved in the pathways of peptidoglycan, ceramide, and phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis as well as the Tol-Pal and TonB-ExbB systems. In addition, we observed that cells increased and diversified the ATP production to resist high acid stress. Transcriptional upregulation in the pathways of pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) synthesis and thiamine metabolism suggested that cells may increase the production of prosthetic groups to ensure the enzyme activity upon high acid stress. Collectively, the results of this study increase our current understanding of the acetic acid resistance (AAR) mechanisms in A. pasteurianus and provide opportunities for strain improvement and scaled-up vinegar production.Key Points• TCS and TAS are responsive to the acid stress and constitute the regulating networks.• Adaptive expression changes of cell envelope elements help cell resist acid stress.• Cells promote genome stability and diversify ATP production to withstand acid stress.
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- Kai Xia
- School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
- Institute of Food Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
- Institute of Food Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China.
- Institute of Food Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China.
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Han C, Xia K, Yang J, Zhang H, DeLisa MP, Liang X. Investigation of lipid profile in Acetobacter pasteurianus Ab3 against acetic acid stress during vinegar production. Extremophiles 2020; 24:909-922. [PMID: 33026498 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-020-01204-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Elucidation of the acetic acid resistance (AAR) mechanisms of Acetobacter pasteurianus is significant for vinegar production. In this study, cell membrane lipid profile of A. pasteurianus Ab3 was investigated by gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) and high performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization (HPLC-ESI) combined with high resolution accurate mass/mass spectrometry (HRAM/MS). We observed that cell remodeled the membrane physical state by decreasing the ratio of saturated fatty acids (SFAs)/unsaturated fatty acids (UFAs), and increasing the chain length of fatty acids (FAs) and the content of cyclopropane FAs in response to extreme acid stress. Noticeably, the content of octadecadienoic acid (C18:2) elevated remarkably. Moreover, a continuous reduction in cell membrane fluidity and a "V-type" variance in permeability were discovered. The content of glycerophospholipid and ceramide increased significantly in cells harvested from culture with acidity of 75 g/L and 95 g/L compared to that with acidity of 30 g/L. Among the identified lipid species, the content of phosphatidylcholine (e.g. PC 19:0/18:2 and 19:1/18:0), ceramide (e.g. Cer d18:0/16:1 and d18:0/16:1 + O), and dimethylphosphatidylethanolamine (e.g. dMePE 19:1/16:1) increased notably with increasing acidity. Collectively, these findings refresh our current understanding of the AAR mechanisms in A. pasteurianus Ab3, and should direct future strain breeding and vinegar fermentation.
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- Chengcheng Han
- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, 120 Olin Hall, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China.
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Román-Camacho JJ, Santos-Dueñas IM, García-García I, Moreno-García J, García-Martínez T, Mauricio JC. Metaproteomics of microbiota involved in submerged culture production of alcohol wine vinegar: A first approach. Int J Food Microbiol 2020; 333:108797. [PMID: 32738750 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2020.108797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Revised: 07/04/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Acetic acid bacteria form a complex microbiota that plays a fundamental role in the industrial production of vinegar through the incomplete oxidation reaction from ethanol to acetic acid. The organoleptic properties and the quality of vinegar are influenced by many factors, especially by the raw material used as acetification substrate, the microbial diversity and the technical methods employed in its production. The metaproteomics has been considered, among the new methods employed for the investigation of microbial communities, since it may provide information about the microbial biodiversity and behaviour by means of a protein content analysis. In this work, alcohol wine vinegar was produced through a submerged culture of acetic acid bacteria using a pilot acetator, operated in a semi-continuous mode, where the main system variables were monitored and the cycle profile throughout the acetification was obtained. Through a first approach, at qualitative level, of a metaproteomic analysis performed at relevant moments of the acetification cycle (end of fast and discontinuous loading phases and just prior to unloading phase), it is aimed to investigate the microbiota existent in alcohol wine vinegar as well as its changes during the cycle; to our knowledge, this is the first metaproteomics report carried out in this way on this system. A total of 1723 proteins from 30 different genera were identified; 1615 out of 1723 proteins (93.73%) belonged to the four most frequent (%) genera: Acetobacter, Gluconacetobacter, Gluconobacter and Komagataeibacter. Around 80% of identified proteins belonged to the species Komagataeibacter europaeus. In addition, GO Term enrichment analysis highlighted the important role of catalytic activity, organic cyclic compound binding, metabolic and biosynthesis processes throughout acetic acid fermentation. These findings provide the first step to obtain an AAB profile at omics level related to the environmental changes produced during the typical semi-continuous cycles used in this process and it would contribute to the optimization of operating conditions and improving the industrial production of vinegar.
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- Juan J Román-Camacho
- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Edaphology and Microbiology, Microbiology Area, Severo Ochoa Building (C6), Campus of Rabanales, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence CeiA3, University of Cordoba, Ctra. N-IV-A, Km 396, 14014 Córdoba, Spain.
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Area, Marie Curie Building (C3), Campus of Rabanales, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence CeiA3, University of Cordoba, Ctra. N-IV-A, Km 396, 14014 Córdoba, Spain.
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Area, Marie Curie Building (C3), Campus of Rabanales, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence CeiA3, University of Cordoba, Ctra. N-IV-A, Km 396, 14014 Córdoba, Spain.
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Edaphology and Microbiology, Microbiology Area, Severo Ochoa Building (C6), Campus of Rabanales, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence CeiA3, University of Cordoba, Ctra. N-IV-A, Km 396, 14014 Córdoba, Spain.
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Edaphology and Microbiology, Microbiology Area, Severo Ochoa Building (C6), Campus of Rabanales, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence CeiA3, University of Cordoba, Ctra. N-IV-A, Km 396, 14014 Córdoba, Spain.
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Edaphology and Microbiology, Microbiology Area, Severo Ochoa Building (C6), Campus of Rabanales, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence CeiA3, University of Cordoba, Ctra. N-IV-A, Km 396, 14014 Córdoba, Spain.
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The Sterol Carrier Hydroxypropyl-β-Cyclodextrin Enhances the Metabolism of Phytosterols by Mycobacterium neoaurum. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:AEM.00441-20. [PMID: 32414803 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00441-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Androst-4-ene-3,17-dione (AD) and androst-1,4-diene-3,17-dione (ADD) are valuable steroid pharmaceutical intermediates obtained by soybean phytosterol biotransformation by Mycobacterium Cyclodextrins (CDs) are generally believed to be carriers for phytosterol delivery and can improve the production of AD and ADD due to their effects on steroid solubilization and alteration in cell wall permeability for steroids. To better understand the mechanisms of CD promotion, we performed proteomic quantification of the effects of hydroxypropyl-β-CD (HP-β-CD) on phytosterol metabolism in Mycobacterium neoaurum TCCC 11978 C2. Perturbations are observed in steroid catabolism and glucose metabolism by adding HP-β-CD in a phytosterol bioconversion system. AD and ADD, as metabolic products of phytosterol, are toxic to cells, with inhibited cell growth and biocatalytic activity. Treatment of mycobacteria with HP-β-CD relieves the inhibitory effect of AD(D) on the electron transfer chain and cell growth. These results demonstrate the positive relationship between HP-β-CD and phytosterol metabolism and give insight into the complex functions of CDs as mediators of the regulation of sterol metabolism.IMPORTANCE Phytosterols from soybean are low-cost by-products of soybean oil production and, owing to their good bioavailability in mycobacteria, are preferred as the substrates for steroid drug production via biotransformation by Mycobacterium However, the low level of production of steroid hormone drugs due to the low aqueous solubility (below 0.1 mmol/liter) of phytosterols limits the commercial use of sterol-transformed strains. To improve the bioconversion of steroids, cyclodextrins (CDs) are generally used as an effective carrier for the delivery of hydrophobic steroids to the bacterium. CDs improve the biotransformation of steroids due to their effects on steroid solubilization and alterations in cell wall permeability for steroids. However, studies have rarely reported the effects of CDs on cell metabolic pathways related to sterols. In this study, the effects of hydroxypropyl-β-CD (HP-β-CD) on the expression of enzymes related to steroid catabolic pathways in Mycobacterium neoaurum were systematically investigated. These findings will improve our understanding of the complex functions of CDs in the regulation of sterol metabolism and guide the application of CDs to sterol production.
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Es-Sbata I, Lakhlifi T, Yatim M, El-Abid H, Belhaj A, Hafidi M, Zouhair R. Screening and molecular characterization of new thermo- and ethanol-tolerant Acetobacter malorum strains isolated from two biomes Moroccan cactus fruits. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2020; 68:476-485. [PMID: 32410247 DOI: 10.1002/bab.1941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 05/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Industrially, the sensitivity of acetic acid bacteria (AAB) to the high temperatures and the high ethanol concentrations is the major concerns for manufacturers. This study was conceived and designed to isolate and identify new thermo- and ethanol-tolerant AAB from Opuntia ficus-indica L. fruits. As a result, among 140 isolated bacterial strains, five selected strains (CR1, CR5, CR23, CZ2, and CZ15) exhibited important acetic acid production until 40 °C. The use of 16S rDNA gene analysis was insufficient to identify selected bacteria. Indeed, except CR5 that presented 100% similarity to A. cerevisiae, the other strains presented similar homology rates simultaneously to the 16S rDNA sequences of A. cerevisiae and A. malorum. The reidentification by 16S-23S rDNA gene sequencing showed that CR1, CR23, and CZ15 were A. malorum, which were shown tolerance to the highest concentration of ethanol (12%) and produced elevated amount (40 g/L) of acetic acid at 37 °C. In summary, we showed the thermotolerance and ethanol tolerant character of new A. malorum strains, which can be used as a starter for vinegar production. Furthermore, during the molecular characterization of the isolated strains, we concluded that 16S-23S rDNA internal transcribed spacer sequence is of great importance for discriminating between AAB species as a complement to the identification by 16S rDNA sequencing.
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- Ikram Es-Sbata
- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Moulay Ismail University, Zitoune, Meknes, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Ecology and Biodiversity of Wetlands Team, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Moulay Ismail University, Zitoune, Meknes, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Moulay Ismail University, Zitoune, Meknes, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Moulay Ismail University, Zitoune, Meknes, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Ecology and Biodiversity of Wetlands Team, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Moulay Ismail University, Zitoune, Meknes, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Moulay Ismail University, Zitoune, Meknes, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Moulay Ismail University, Zitoune, Meknes, Morocco
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Gao L, Wu X, Zhu C, Jin Z, Wang W, Xia X. Metabolic engineering to improve the biomanufacturing efficiency of acetic acid bacteria: advances and prospects. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2020; 40:522-538. [DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2020.1743231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Ling Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China
- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China
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Shafiei R, Leprince P, Sombolestani AS, Thonart P, Delvigne F. Effect of Sequential Acclimation to Various Carbon Sources on the Proteome of Acetobacter senegalensis LMG 23690 T and Its Tolerance to Downstream Process Stresses. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:608. [PMID: 30984138 PMCID: PMC6448019 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Acetic acid bacteria are very vulnerable to environmental changes; hence, they should get acclimated to different kinds of stresses when they undergo downstream processing. In the present study, Acetobacter senegalensis LMG 23690T, a thermo-tolerant strain, was acclimated sequentially to different carbon sources including glucose (condition Glc), a mixture of glucose and ethanol (condition EtOH) and a mixture of glucose and acetic acid (condition GlcAA). Then, the effects of acclimation on the cell proteome profiles and some phenotypic characteristics such as growth in culture medium containing ethanol, and tolerance to freeze-drying process were evaluated. Based on the obtained results, despite the cells acclimated to Glc or EtOH conditions, 86% of acclimated cells to GlcAA condition were culturable and resumed growth with a short lag phase in a culture medium containing ethanol and acetic acid. Interestingly, if A. senegalensis LMG 23690T had been acclimated to condition GlcAA, 92% of cells exhibited active cellular dehydrogenases, and 59% of cells were culturable after freeze-drying process. Proteome profiles comparison by 2D-DiGE and MS analysis, revealed distinct physiological status between cells exposed to different acclimation treatments, possibly explaining the resulting diversity in phenotypic characteristics. Results of proteome analysis by 2D-DiGE also showed similarities between the differentially expressed proteins of acclimated cells to EtOH condition and the proteome of acclimated cells to GlcAA condition. Most of the differentially regulated proteins are involved in metabolism, folding, sorting, and degradation processes. In conclusion, acclimation under appropriate sub-lethal conditions can be used as a method to improve cell phenotypic characteristics such as viability, growth under certain conditions, and tolerance to downstream processes.
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- Rasoul Shafiei
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
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- Walloon Center for Industrial Biology, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Microbial Processes and Interactions, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium
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In Vitro Thermal and Ethanol Adaptations to Improve Vinegar Fermentation at High Temperature of Komagataeibacter oboediens MSKU 3. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2019; 189:144-159. [PMID: 30957194 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-019-03003-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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High temperature and high ethanol concentrations obviously affect vinegar fermentation. The thermotolerant and ethanol-resistant strains are expected to become one of the technologies for effective vinegar fermentation. This study aimed to further improve thermotolerant Komagataeibacter oboediens MSKU 3 through thermal and ethanol adaptations for acetic acid fermentation. The MSKU 3 strain was independently cultured by a repetitive cultivation in gradually increasing temperature from 37 to 39 °C for thermal adaptation, while adaptation to ethanol was carried out from concentrations of 3 to 5.5% (v/v) at 37 °C. Acetic acid fermentation revealed that the thermo-adapted T4 strain could produce 2.82% acidity with 3% ethanol at 39 °C, whereas the ethanol-adapted E3 strain could produce 3.54% acidity with 5.5% ethanol at 37 °C, in contrast to the parental strain, MSKU 3, in which no fermentation occurs at either 39 °C or 5.5% ethanol. Furthermore, genome mapping analysis of T4 and E3 strains against the genome of parental strain MSKU 3 revealed several mutated genes that are associated with thermotolerance or ethanol adaptation. The occurrence of these adaptation-associated mutations during adaptive evolution was also analyzed. Therefore, adapted strains T4 and E3 revealed the potential of Komagataeibacter oboediens strain improvement to further enhance vinegar fermentation with high ethanol concentration at high temperature.
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Lynch KM, Zannini E, Wilkinson S, Daenen L, Arendt EK. Physiology of Acetic Acid Bacteria and Their Role in Vinegar and Fermented Beverages. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf 2019; 18:587-625. [DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2018] [Revised: 02/06/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Kieran M. Lynch
- School of Food and Nutritional SciencesUniv. College Cork Cork T12 K8AF Ireland
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- School of Food and Nutritional SciencesUniv. College Cork Cork T12 K8AF Ireland
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- Global Innovation & Technology CentreAnheuser‐Busch InBev nv/sa Leuven 3000 Belgium
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- Global Innovation & Technology CentreAnheuser‐Busch InBev nv/sa Leuven 3000 Belgium
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- School of Food and Nutritional SciencesUniv. College Cork Cork T12 K8AF Ireland
- APC Microbiome IrelandUniv. College Cork Cork T12 K8AF Ireland
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Characterization and comparative analysis of toxin-antitoxin systems in Acetobacter pasteurianus. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 46:869-882. [PMID: 30805740 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-019-02144-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Accepted: 01/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Bacterial toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems play important roles in diverse cellular regulatory processes. Here, we characterize three putative type II TA candidates from Acetobacter pasteurianus and investigate the profile of type II TA systems in the genus Acetobacter. Based on the gene structure and activity detection, two-pairs loci were identified as the canonical hicAB and higAB TA systems, respectively, and DB34_01190-DB34_01195 as a putative new one without a canonical TA architecture. Physiologically, the expression of the three pairs conferred E. coli with additional plasmid maintenance and survival when under acetic acid stress. Chromosomal TA systems can be horizontally transferred within an ecological vinegar microbiota by co-option, and there was a tendency for toxin module loss. The antitoxin retention in the genome is suggested to have a broad role in bacterial physiology. Furthermore, A. pasteurianus strains, universally domesticated and used for industrial vinegar fermentation, showed a higher number of type II TA loci compared to the host-associated ones. The amount of TA loci per genome showed little positive relationship to insertion sequences, although its prevalence was species-associated, to the extent of even being strain-associated. The TA system is a candidate of studying the resistant mechanistic network, the TAs-dependent translatome affords a real-time profile to explore stress adaptation of A. pasteurianus, promoting industrial development.
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Yun JH, Kim JH, Lee JE. Surface Film Formation in Static-Fermented Rice Vinegar: A Case Study. MYCOBIOLOGY 2019; 47:250-255. [PMID: 31448145 PMCID: PMC6691759 DOI: 10.1080/12298093.2019.1575585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2018] [Revised: 11/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In the present study, we aimed to determine the cause of surface film formation in three rice vinegars fermented using the traditional static fermentation method. The pH and total acidity of vinegar were 3.0-3.3 and 3.0-8.7%, respectively, and acetic acid was the predominant organic acid present. Colonies showing a clear halo on GYC medium were isolated from the surface film of all vinegars. Via 16S rDNA sequencing, all of the isolates were identified as Acetobacter pasteurianus. Furthermore, field-emission scanning electron microscopy analysis showed that the bacterial cells had a rough surface, were rod-shaped, and were ∼1 × 2 µm in size. Interestingly, cells of the isolate from one of the vinegars were surrounded with an extremely fine threadlike structure. Thus, our results suggest that formation of the surface film in rice vinegar was attributable not to external contamination, to the production of bacterial cellulose by A. pasteurianus to withstand the high concentrations of acetic acid generated during fermentation. However, because of the formation of a surface film in vinegar is undesirable from an industrial perspective, further studies should focus on devising a modified fermentation process to prevent surface film formation and consequent quality degradation.
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- Jeong Hyun Yun
- Department of Food Biotechnology, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Research Group of Traditional Food, Korea Food Research Institute, Jeollabukdo, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Biotechnology, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Research Group of Traditional Food, Korea Food Research Institute, Jeollabukdo, Republic of Korea
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Cunha CS, Marcondes MI, Veloso CM, Mantovani HC, Pereira LGR, Tomich TR, Dill-McFarland KA, Suen G. Compositional and structural dynamics of the ruminal microbiota in dairy heifers and its relationship to methane production. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2019; 99:210-218. [PMID: 29851082 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.9162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2018] [Revised: 05/28/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Heifers emit more enteric methane (CH4 ) than adult cows and these emissions tend to decrease per unit feed intake as they age. However, common mitigation strategies like expensive high-quality feeds are not economically feasible for these pre-production animals. Given its direct role in CH4 production, altering the rumen microbiota is another potential avenue for reducing CH4 production by ruminants. However, to identify effective microbial targets, a better understanding of the rumen microbiota and its relationship to CH4 production across heifer development is needed. RESULTS Here, we investigate the relationship between rumen bacterial, archaeal, and fungal communities as well as CH4 emissions and a number of production traits in prepubertal (PP), pubertal (PB), and pregnant heifers (PG). Overall, PG heifers emitted the most CH4 , followed by PB and PP heifers. The bacterial genus Acetobacter and the archaeal genus Methanobrevibacter were positively associated, while Eubacterium and Methanosphaera were negatively associated with raw CH4 production by heifers. When corrected for dietary intake, both Eubacterium and Methanosphaera remained negatively associated with CH4 production. CONCLUSION We suggest that Eubacterium and Methanosphaera represent likely targets for CH4 mitigation efforts in heifers as they were negatively associated with CH4 production and not significantly associated with production traits. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Camila S Cunha
- Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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- Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, EMBRAPA Dairy Cattle, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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Zheng Y, Chang Y, Zhang R, Song J, Xu Y, Liu J, Wang M. Two-stage oxygen supply strategy based on energy metabolism analysis for improving acetic acid production by Acetobacter pasteurianus. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 45:781-788. [PMID: 30008048 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-018-2060-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Oxygen acts as the electron acceptor to oxidize ethanol by acetic acid bacteria during acetic acid fermentation. In this study, the energy release rate from ethanol and glucose under different aerate rate were compared, and the relationship between energy metabolism and acetic acid fermentation was analyzed. The results imply that proper oxygen supply can maintain the reasonable energy metabolism and cell tolerance to improve the acetic acid fermentation. Further, the transcriptions of genes that involve in the ethanol oxidation, TCA cycle, ATP synthesis and tolerance protein expression were analyzed to outline the effect of oxygen supply on cell metabolism of Acetobacter pasteurianus. Under the direction of energy metabolism framework a rational two-stage oxygen supply strategy was established to release the power consumption and substrates volatilization during acetic acid fermentation. As a result, the acetic acid production rate of 1.86 g/L/h was obtained, which were 20.78% higher than that of 0.1 vvm one-stage aerate rate. And the final acetic acid concentration and the stoichiometric yield were 88.5 g/L and 94.1%, respectively, which were 84.6 g/L and 89.5% for 0.15 vvm one-stage aerate rate.
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- Yu Zheng
- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China.
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Wu X, Yao H, Liu Q, Zheng Z, Cao L, Mu D, Wang H, Jiang S, Li X. Producing Acetic Acid of Acetobacter pasteurianus by Fermentation Characteristics and Metabolic Flux Analysis. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2018; 186:217-232. [PMID: 29552715 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-018-2732-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 02/28/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The acetic acid bacterium Acetobacter pasteurianus plays an important role in acetic acid fermentation, which involves oxidation of ethanol to acetic acid through the ethanol respiratory chain under specific conditions. In order to obtain more suitable bacteria for the acetic acid industry, A. pasteurianus JST-S screened in this laboratory was compared with A. pasteurianus CICC 20001, a current industrial strain in China, to determine optimal fermentation parameters under different environmental stresses. The maximum total acid content of A. pasteurianus JST-S was 57.14 ± 1.09 g/L, whereas that of A. pasteurianus CICC 20001 reached 48.24 ± 1.15 g/L in a 15-L stir stank. Metabolic flux analysis was also performed to compare the reaction byproducts. Our findings revealed the potential value of the strain in improvement of industrial vinegar fermentation.
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- Xuefeng Wu
- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, No.193 Tunxi Road, Hefei City, 230009, Anhui Province, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory for Agricultural Products Processing of Anhui Province, Hefei, 230009, Anhui Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, No.193 Tunxi Road, Hefei City, 230009, Anhui Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, No.193 Tunxi Road, Hefei City, 230009, Anhui Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, No.193 Tunxi Road, Hefei City, 230009, Anhui Province, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory for Agricultural Products Processing of Anhui Province, Hefei, 230009, Anhui Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, No.193 Tunxi Road, Hefei City, 230009, Anhui Province, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory for Agricultural Products Processing of Anhui Province, Hefei, 230009, Anhui Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, No.193 Tunxi Road, Hefei City, 230009, Anhui Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, No.193 Tunxi Road, Hefei City, 230009, Anhui Province, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory for Agricultural Products Processing of Anhui Province, Hefei, 230009, Anhui Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, No.193 Tunxi Road, Hefei City, 230009, Anhui Province, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory for Agricultural Products Processing of Anhui Province, Hefei, 230009, Anhui Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, No.193 Tunxi Road, Hefei City, 230009, Anhui Province, People's Republic of China.
- Key Laboratory for Agricultural Products Processing of Anhui Province, Hefei, 230009, Anhui Province, People's Republic of China.
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Gomes RJ, Borges MDF, Rosa MDF, Castro-Gómez RJH, Spinosa WA. Acetic Acid Bacteria in the Food Industry: Systematics, Characteristics and Applications. Food Technol Biotechnol 2018; 56:139-151. [PMID: 30228790 DOI: 10.17113/ftb.56.02.18.5593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The group of Gram-negative bacteria capable of oxidising ethanol to acetic acid is called acetic acid bacteria (AAB). They are widespread in nature and play an important role in the production of food and beverages, such as vinegar and kombucha. The ability to oxidise ethanol to acetic acid also allows the unwanted growth of AAB in other fermented beverages, such as wine, cider, beer and functional and soft beverages, causing an undesirable sour taste. These bacteria are also used in the production of other metabolic products, for example, gluconic acid, l-sorbose and bacterial cellulose, with potential applications in the food and biomedical industries. The classification of AAB into distinct genera has undergone several modifications over the last years, based on morphological, physiological and genetic characteristics. Therefore, this review focuses on the history of taxonomy, biochemical aspects and methods of isolation, identification and quantification of AAB, mainly related to those with important biotechnological applications.
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- Rodrigo José Gomes
- Department of Food Science and Technology, State University of Londrina, Celso Garcia Cid (PR 445) Road, 86057-970 Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Embrapa Tropical Agroindustry, 2270 Dra. Sara Mesquita Road, 60511-110 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, State University of Londrina, Celso Garcia Cid (PR 445) Road, 86057-970 Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, State University of Londrina, Celso Garcia Cid (PR 445) Road, 86057-970 Londrina, PR, Brazil
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Wu X, Yao H, Cao L, Zheng Z, Chen X, Zhang M, Wei Z, Cheng J, Jiang S, Pan L, Li X. Improving Acetic Acid Production by Over-Expressing PQQ-ADH in Acetobacter pasteurianus. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1713. [PMID: 28932219 PMCID: PMC5592214 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Pyrroquinoline quinone-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase (PQQ-ADH) is a key enzyme in the ethanol oxidase respiratory chain of acetic acid bacteria (AAB). To investigate the effect of PQQ-ADH on acetic acid production by Acetobacter pasteurianus JST-S, subunits I (adhA) and II (adhB) of PQQ-ADH were over-expressed, the fermentation parameters and the metabolic flux analysis were compared in the engineered strain and the original one. The acetic acid production was improved by the engineered strain (61.42 g L−1) while the residual ethanol content (4.18 g L−1) was decreased. Analysis of 2D maps indicated that 19 proteins were differently expressed between the two strains; of these, 17 were identified and analyzed by mass spectrometry and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. With further investigation of metabolic flux analysis (MFA) of the pathway from ethanol and glucose, the results reveal that over-expression of PQQ-ADH is an effective way to improve the ethanol oxidation respiratory chain pathway and these can offer theoretical references for potential mechanism of metabolic regulation in AAB and researches with its acetic acid resistance.
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- Xuefeng Wu
- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of TechnologyHefei, China.,Key Laboratory for Agricultural Products Processing of Anhui Province, Hefei University of TechnologyHefei, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of TechnologyHefei, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of TechnologyHefei, China.,Key Laboratory for Agricultural Products Processing of Anhui Province, Hefei University of TechnologyHefei, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of TechnologyHefei, China.,Key Laboratory for Agricultural Products Processing of Anhui Province, Hefei University of TechnologyHefei, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences, Chaohu UniversityHefei, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of TechnologyHefei, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of TechnologyHefei, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of TechnologyHefei, China.,Key Laboratory for Agricultural Products Processing of Anhui Province, Hefei University of TechnologyHefei, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of TechnologyHefei, China.,Key Laboratory for Agricultural Products Processing of Anhui Province, Hefei University of TechnologyHefei, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of TechnologyHefei, China.,Key Laboratory for Agricultural Products Processing of Anhui Province, Hefei University of TechnologyHefei, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of TechnologyHefei, China.,Key Laboratory for Agricultural Products Processing of Anhui Province, Hefei University of TechnologyHefei, China
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Zheng Y, Zhang R, Yin H, Bai X, Chang Y, Xia M, Wang M. Acetobacter pasteurianus metabolic change induced by initial acetic acid to adapt to acetic acid fermentation conditions. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 101:7007-7016. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-017-8453-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2017] [Revised: 07/19/2017] [Accepted: 07/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Yin H, Zhang R, Xia M, Bai X, Mou J, Zheng Y, Wang M. Effect of aspartic acid and glutamate on metabolism and acid stress resistance of Acetobacter pasteurianus. Microb Cell Fact 2017; 16:109. [PMID: 28619110 PMCID: PMC5472864 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-017-0717-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2017] [Accepted: 06/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are widely applied in food, bioengineering and medicine fields. However, the acid stress at low pH conditions limits acetic acid fermentation efficiency and high concentration of vinegar production with AAB. Therefore, how to enhance resistance ability of the AAB remains as the major challenge. Amino acids play an important role in cell growth and cell survival under severe environment. However, until now the effects of amino acids on acetic fermentation and acid stress resistance of AAB have not been fully studied. Results In the present work the effects of amino acids on metabolism and acid stress resistance of Acetobacter pasteurianus were investigated. Cell growth, culturable cell counts, acetic acid production, acetic acid production rate and specific production rate of acetic acid of A. pasteurianus revealed an increase of 1.04, 5.43, 1.45, 3.30 and 0.79-folds by adding aspartic acid (Asp), and cell growth, culturable cell counts, acetic acid production and acetic acid production rate revealed an increase of 0.51, 0.72, 0.60 and 0.94-folds by adding glutamate (Glu), respectively. For a fully understanding of the biological mechanism, proteomic technology was carried out. The results showed that the strengthening mechanism mainly came from the following four aspects: (1) Enhancing the generation of pentose phosphates and NADPH for the synthesis of nucleic acid, fatty acids and glutathione (GSH) throughout pentose phosphate pathway. And GSH could protect bacteria from low pH, halide, oxidative stress and osmotic stress by maintaining the viability of cells through intracellular redox equilibrium; (2) Reinforcing deamination of amino acids to increase intracellular ammonia concentration to maintain stability of intracellular pH; (3) Enhancing nucleic acid synthesis and reparation of impaired DNA caused by acid stress damage; (4) Promoting unsaturated fatty acids synthesis and lipid transport, which resulted in the improvement of cytomembrane fluidity, stability and integrity. Conclusions The present work is the study to show the effectiveness of Asp and Glu on metabolism and acid stress resistance of A. pasteurianus as well as their working mechanism. The research results will be helpful for development of nutrient salts, the optimization and regulation of high concentration of cider vinegar production process. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12934-017-0717-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Haisong Yin
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China.,School of Bioengineering, Tianjin Modern Vocational Technology College, Tianjin, 300350, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin, 300457, People's Republic of China.
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Zhou W, Zhang Y, Wang S, Li Y, Zhang J, Zhang C, Wang Z, Zhang Z. LAMP, PCR, and real-time PCR detection of Acetobacter aceti in yogurt. Food Sci Biotechnol 2017; 26:153-158. [PMID: 30263522 PMCID: PMC6049496 DOI: 10.1007/s10068-017-0020-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Revised: 10/26/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) can spoil food. Acetobacter aceti as a core subgroup of AAB is usually isolated from yogurt. A. aceti should be timely and effectively detected to prevent yogurt contamination. The present study focused on A. aceti to establish an assay that can be performed to detect AAB in yogurt. LAMP, PCR, and real-time PCR were applied and compared for detecting A. aceti from pure culture and artificially contaminated yogurt samples. In pure culture, LAMP showed the highest detection sensitivity with 10-1 CFU/mL. For yogurt samples, the sensitivity limit of LAMP was 102 CFU/mL, which was lower than that of real-time PCR (101 CFU/mL). The results indicated that these methods could be quickly and efficiently applied to detect A. aceti. As LAMP technology has low cost and high detection efficiency, it can potentially be applied for detecting A. aceti in production and quality control programs of yogurt.
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- Wei Zhou
- Agricultural University of Hebei, College of Food Science and Technology, Baoding, 071000 China
- Hebei Food Inspection and Research Institute, Hebei Food Safety Key Laboratory, Shijiazhuang, 050071 China
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- Hebei Food Inspection and Research Institute, Hebei Food Safety Key Laboratory, Shijiazhuang, 050071 China
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- Hebei Food Inspection and Research Institute, Hebei Food Safety Key Laboratory, Shijiazhuang, 050071 China
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- Hebei Food Inspection and Research Institute, Hebei Food Safety Key Laboratory, Shijiazhuang, 050071 China
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- Hebei Food Inspection and Research Institute, Hebei Food Safety Key Laboratory, Shijiazhuang, 050071 China
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- Hebei Food Inspection and Research Institute, Hebei Food Safety Key Laboratory, Shijiazhuang, 050071 China
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- Hebei Food Inspection and Research Institute, Hebei Food Safety Key Laboratory, Shijiazhuang, 050071 China
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- Agricultural University of Hebei, College of Food Science and Technology, Baoding, 071000 China
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Xia K, Zang N, Zhang J, Zhang H, Li Y, Liu Y, Feng W, Liang X. New insights into the mechanisms of acetic acid resistance in Acetobacter pasteurianus using iTRAQ-dependent quantitative proteomic analysis. Int J Food Microbiol 2016; 238:241-251. [PMID: 27681379 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2016.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2016] [Revised: 09/20/2016] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Acetobacter pasteurianus is the main starter in rice vinegar manufacturing due to its remarkable abilities to resist and produce acetic acid. Although several mechanisms of acetic acid resistance have been proposed and only a few effector proteins have been identified, a comprehensive depiction of the biological processes involved in acetic acid resistance is needed. In this study, iTRAQ-based quantitative proteomic analysis was adopted to investigate the whole proteome of different acidic titers (3.6, 7.1 and 9.3%, w/v) of Acetobacter pasteurianus Ab3 during the vinegar fermentation process. Consequently, 1386 proteins, including 318 differentially expressed proteins (p<0.05), were identified. Compared to that in the low titer circumstance, cells conducted distinct biological processes under high acetic acid stress, where >150 proteins were differentially expressed. Specifically, proteins involved in amino acid metabolic processes and fatty acid biosynthesis were differentially expressed, which may contribute to the acetic acid resistance of Acetobacter. Transcription factors, two component systems and toxin-antitoxin systems were implicated in the modulatory network at multiple levels. In addition, the identification of proteins involved in redox homeostasis, protein metabolism, and the cell envelope suggested that the whole cellular system is mobilized in response to acid stress. These findings provide a differential proteomic profile of acetic acid resistance in Acetobacter pasteurianus and have potential application to highly acidic rice vinegar manufacturing.
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- Kai Xia
- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Food Science and Biochemical Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310025, China
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- Medical Scientific Research Center, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Food Science and Biochemical Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310025, China
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Food Science and Biochemical Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310025, China
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Food Science and Biochemical Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310025, China
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- Zhejiang Wuweihe Food Co. Ltd., Huzhou 313213, China
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- Zhejiang Wuweihe Food Co. Ltd., Huzhou 313213, China
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Food Science and Biochemical Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310025, China.
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Xia K, Li Y, Sun J, Liang X. Comparative Genomics of Acetobacterpasteurianus Ab3, an Acetic Acid Producing Strain Isolated from Chinese Traditional Rice Vinegar Meiguichu. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0162172. [PMID: 27611790 PMCID: PMC5017713 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Accepted: 08/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Acetobacter pasteurianus, an acetic acid resistant bacterium belonging to alpha-proteobacteria, has been widely used to produce vinegar in the food industry. To understand the mechanism of its high tolerance to acetic acid and robust ability of oxidizing ethanol to acetic acid (> 12%, w/v), we described the 3.1 Mb complete genome sequence (including 0.28 M plasmid sequence) with a G+C content of 52.4% of A. pasteurianus Ab3, which was isolated from the traditional Chinese rice vinegar (Meiguichu) fermentation process. Automatic annotation of the complete genome revealed 2,786 protein-coding genes and 73 RNA genes. The comparative genome analysis among A. pasteurianus strains revealed that A. pasteurianus Ab3 possesses many unique genes potentially involved in acetic acid resistance mechanisms. In particular, two-component systems or toxin-antitoxin systems may be the signal pathway and modulatory network in A. pasteurianus to cope with acid stress. In addition, the large numbers of unique transport systems may also be related to its acid resistance capacity and cell fitness. Our results provide new clues to understanding the underlying mechanisms of acetic acid resistance in Acetobacter species and guiding industrial strain breeding for vinegar fermentation processes.
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- Kai Xia
- College of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- College of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- College of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- College of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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Andrés-Barrao C, Saad MM, Cabello Ferrete E, Bravo D, Chappuis ML, Ortega Pérez R, Junier P, Perret X, Barja F. Metaproteomics and ultrastructure characterization of Komagataeibacter spp. involved in high-acid spirit vinegar production. Food Microbiol 2016; 55:112-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2015.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2015] [Revised: 10/15/2015] [Accepted: 10/18/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Wang Z, Zang N, Shi J, Feng W, Liu Y, Liang X. Comparative Proteome of Acetobacter pasteurianus Ab3 During the High Acidity Rice Vinegar Fermentation. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2015; 177:1573-88. [PMID: 26369782 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-015-1838-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2015] [Accepted: 09/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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As a traditional Asian food for several centuries, vinegar is known to be produced by acetic acid bacteria. The Acetobacter species is the primary starter for vinegar fermentation and has evolutionarily acquired acetic acid resistance, in which Acetobacter pasteurianus Ab3 is routinely used for industrial production of rice vinegar with a high acidity (9 %, w/v). In contrast to the documented short-term and low acetic acid effects on A. pasteurianus, here we investigated the molecular and cellular signatures of long-term and high acetic acid responses by proteomic profiling with bidimensional gel electrophoresis and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI TOF/MS) analyses. Protein spots of interest were selected based on the threshold ANOVA p value of 0.05 and minimal twofold of differential expression, leading to the identification of 26 proteins that are functionally enriched in oxidoreductase activity, cell membrane, and metabolism. The alterations in protein functioning in respiratory chain and protein denaturation may underlay cellular modifications at the outer membrane. Significantly, we found that at higher acidity fermentation phase, the A. pasteurianus Ab3 cells would adapt to distinct physiological processes from that of an ordinary vinegar fermentation with intermediate acidity, indicating increasing energy requirement and dependency of membrane integrity during the transition of acetic acid production. Together, our study provided new insights into the adaptation mechanisms in A. pasteurianus to high acetic acid environments and yield novel regulators and key pathways during the development of acetic acid resistance.
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- Zhe Wang
- Department of Biochemical Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- Medical Scientific Research Center, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- Hangzhou Xihu Brewing Company, Hangzhou, 310012, China
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- Hangzhou Xihu Brewing Company, Hangzhou, 310012, China
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China.
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System-level understanding of the potential acid-tolerance components of Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans ZJJN-3 under extreme acid stress. Extremophiles 2015; 19:1029-39. [DOI: 10.1007/s00792-015-0780-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Accepted: 08/03/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Adaptation and tolerance of bacteria against acetic acid. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 99:6215-29. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6762-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2015] [Revised: 06/05/2015] [Accepted: 06/15/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Zheng Y, Zhang K, Su G, Han Q, Shen Y, Wang M. The evolutionary response of alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenases of Acetobacter pasteurianus CGMCC 3089 to ethanol adaptation. Food Sci Biotechnol 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s10068-015-0019-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Zhang Z, Ma H, Yang Y, Dai L, Chen K. Protein profile of Acetobacter pasteurianus HSZ3-21. Curr Microbiol 2015; 70:724-9. [PMID: 25648427 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-015-0777-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2014] [Accepted: 12/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Acetobacter pasteurianus plays an important role in the process of traditional vinegar production and is also essential for the fermentation of Zhenjiang aromatic vinegar. In this study, we utilized the proteomic approach to analyze the proteomic profile of A. pasteurianus HSZ3-21, and 258 proteins were successfully identified by MALDI-TOF-MS and database search. The hydropathy and GO analyse combined with COG results of the identified proteins revealed the molecular biological characteristics of A. pasteurianus proteins, that is, most proteins of A. pasteurianus were related to metabolic process, binding, catalytic or cellular response. Meanwhile, our results also showed that some proteins of A. pasteurianus may be responsible for acetic acid tolerance, thermotolerance, and stress response. Therefore, the identification of 258 proteins not only deciphers protein composition and functional classification of A. pasteurianus, but also provides useful information for improving quality of Zhenjiang aromatic vinegar.
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- Zhiyan Zhang
- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China,
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Overview on mechanisms of acetic acid resistance in acetic acid bacteria. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 31:255-63. [PMID: 25575804 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-015-1799-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2014] [Accepted: 01/05/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are a group of gram-negative or gram-variable bacteria which possess an obligate aerobic property with oxygen as the terminal electron acceptor, meanwhile transform ethanol and sugar to corresponding aldehydes, ketones and organic acids. Since the first genus Acetobacter of AAB was established in 1898, 16 AAB genera have been recorded so far. As the main producer of a world-wide condiment, vinegar, AAB have evolved an elegant adaptive system that enables them to survive and produce a high concentration of acetic acid. Some researches and reviews focused on mechanisms of acid resistance in enteric bacteria and made the mechanisms thoroughly understood, while a few investigations did in AAB. As the related technologies with proteome, transcriptome and genome were rapidly developed and applied to AAB research, some plausible mechanisms conferring acetic acid resistance in some AAB strains have been published. In this review, the related mechanisms of AAB against acetic acid with acetic acid assimilation, transportation systems, cell morphology and membrane compositions, adaptation response, and fermentation conditions will be described. Finally, a framework for future research for anti-acid AAB will be provided.
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Qi Z, Wang W, Yang H, Xia X, Yu X. Mutation ofAcetobacter pasteurianusby UV irradiation under acidic stress for high-acidity vinegar fermentation. Int J Food Sci Technol 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/ijfs.12324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Zhengliang Qi
- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education; School of Biotechnology; Jiangnan University; Wuxi 214122 China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education; School of Biotechnology; Jiangnan University; Wuxi 214122 China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education; School of Biotechnology; Jiangnan University; Wuxi 214122 China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education; School of Biotechnology; Jiangnan University; Wuxi 214122 China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education; School of Biotechnology; Jiangnan University; Wuxi 214122 China
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Shafiei R, Delvigne F, Babanezhad M, Thonart P. Evaluation of viability and growth of Acetobacter senegalensis under different stress conditions. Int J Food Microbiol 2013; 163:204-13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2012] [Revised: 02/25/2013] [Accepted: 03/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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