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Leathers TD, Saunders LP, Bowman MJ, Price NPJ, Bischoff KM, Rich JO, Skory CD, Nunnally MS. Inhibition of Erwinia amylovora by Bacillus nakamurai. Curr Microbiol 2020; 77:875-881. [PMID: 31938805 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-019-01845-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Accepted: 12/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A variety of potential inhibitors were tested for the first time for the suppression of Erwinia amylovora, the causal agent of fire blight in apples and pears. Strain variability was evident in susceptibility to inhibitors among five independently isolated virulent strains of E. amylovora. However, most strains were susceptible to culture supernatants from strains of Bacillus spp., and particularly to the recently described species B. nakamurai. Minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) were 5-20% (vol/vol) of culture supernatant from B. nakamurai against all five strains of E. amylovora. Although Bacillus species have been previously reported to produce lipopeptide inhibitors of E. amylovora, matrix-assisted laser desorption time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and column chromatography indicated that the inhibitor from B. nakamurai was not a lipopeptide, but rather a novel inhibitor.
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- Timothy D Leathers
- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA.
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- Bioenergy Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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Yegin S, Saha BC, Kennedy GJ, Leathers TD. Valorization of egg shell as a detoxifying and buffering agent for efficient polymalic acid production by Aureobasidium pullulans NRRL Y-2311-1 from barley straw hydrolysate. Bioresour Technol 2019; 278:130-137. [PMID: 30684726 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.12.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Revised: 12/29/2018] [Accepted: 12/31/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Stepwise formulation of a versatile and cost-effective medium based on barley straw hydrolysate and egg shell for efficient polymalic acid production by A. pullulans NRRL Y-2311-1 was carried out for the first time. The strain did not grow and produce polymalic acid when dilute acid pretreated barley straw hydrolysate (total fermentable sugars: 94.60 g/L; furfural: 1.01 g/L; hydroxymethylfurfural: 0.55 g/L; acetic acid: 5.06 g/L) was directly used in medium formulation without detoxification (e.g. charcoal pretreatment). When CaCO3 in the medium formulation was substituted with egg shell powder, efficient production of polymalic acid was achieved without a detoxification step. Utilization of 40 g/L of egg shell powder led to 43.54 g polymalic acid production per L with the productivity of 0.30 g/L/h and yield of 0.48 g/g. The bioprocess strategy used in this study can also be utilized for mass production of several other industrially important microbial organic acids and biomaterials.
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- Sirma Yegin
- Bioenergy Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Peoria, IL, USA; Department of Food Engineering, Ege University, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
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- Bioenergy Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Peoria, IL, USA
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- Bioenergy Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Peoria, IL, USA
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Peoria, IL, USA(1)
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Saunders LP, Bischoff KM, Bowman MJ, Leathers TD. Inhibition of Lactobacillus biofilm growth in fuel ethanol fermentations by Bacillus. Bioresour Technol 2019; 272:156-161. [PMID: 30336397 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Revised: 10/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Commercial fuel ethanol fermentations suffer from microbial contaminants, particularly species of Lactobacillus that may persist as antibiotic-resistant biofilms. In this study, culture supernatants from 54 strains of Bacillus known to produce lipopeptides were tested for inhibition of biofilm formation by Lactobacillus fermentum, L. plantarum, and L. brevis strains previously isolated as biofilm-forming contaminants of a commercial fuel ethanol facility. Eleven Bacillus strains inhibited biofilm formation by all three strains by at least 65% of controls. None of these strains inhibited Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Three strains also significantly inhibited planktonic cultures of Lactobacillus. Culture supernatants from B. nakamurai strain NRRL B-41091 were particularly effective. Inhibition was bacteriostatic rather than bacteriocidal, and appeared to be specific for strains of Lactobacillus. Furthermore, the inhibitor from B. nakamurai was shown to prevent stuck fermentations in a corn mash model fermentation system of S. cerevisiae contaminated with L. fermentum.
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- Lauren P Saunders
- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
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- Bioenergy Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA(1)
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA.
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Leathers TD, Rich JO, Bischoff KM, Skory CD, Nunnally MS. Inhibition of Streptococcus mutans and S. sobrinus biofilms by liamocins from Aureobasidium pullulans. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 21:e00300. [PMID: 30627519 PMCID: PMC6321862 DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2018.e00300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Liamocins are polyol lipids that specifically inhibit Streptococcus spp.. Liamocins inhibited biofilms of S. mutans and S. sobrinus in MTP assays. MTP results were verified in biofilm flow cell assays. Liamocins are potential new inhibitors of oral streptococcal biofilms.
The aim of this study was to determine if the novel anti-streptococcal inhibitors, liamocins, also inhibit biofilm formation by S. mutans and S. sobrinus. S. mutans strain ATCC 25175 and S. sobrinus strain ATCC 33478 were tested for biofilm formation in a rapid microtiter plate (MTP) assay and the effects of added liamocins were determined. This assay measures relative biofilm growth on pin lids. Results were verified in a biofilm flow cell assay, using hydroxyapatite-coated coupons to simulate dental material. Planktonic cultures of S. mutans and S. sobrinus were inhibited by 0.1 mg liamocins/ml. When liamocins were added after the adhesion phase in a rapid microtiter plate assay, S. mutans was inhibited 53% by 5 mg liamocins/ml, while S. sobrinus was more sensitive, showing 100% inhibition at 0.5 mg liamocins/ml. When liamocins were added during the adhesion phase, biofilms of S. mutans showed 78% inhibition at 3.0 mg liamocins/ml. In a biofilm flow cell assay, liamocins added after the adhesion phase at 0.5 mg liamocins/ml inhibited biofilms of S. sobrinus, and appeared to remove biofilms over time. Liamocins were shown for the first time to inhibit biofilm formation by S. mutans and S. sobrinus. Since liamocins are specific for Streptococcus spp., they are potential new inhibitors of oral streptococcal biofilms that should not affect normal oral microflora.
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- Timothy D Leathers
- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 N. University St., Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 N. University St., Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 N. University St., Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 N. University St., Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 N. University St., Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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Bischoff KM, Brockmeier SL, Skory CD, Leathers TD, Price NP, Manitchotpisit P, Rich JO. Susceptibility of Streptococcus suis to liamocins from Aureobasidium pullulans. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2018.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Rich JO, Bischoff KM, Leathers TD, Anderson AM, Liu S, Skory CD. Resolving bacterial contamination of fuel ethanol fermentations with beneficial bacteria - An alternative to antibiotic treatment. Bioresour Technol 2018; 247:357-362. [PMID: 28954248 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.09.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Revised: 09/07/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Fuel ethanol fermentations are not performed under aseptic conditions and microbial contamination reduces yields and can lead to costly "stuck fermentations". Antibiotics are commonly used to combat contaminants, but these may persist in the distillers grains co-product. Among contaminants, it is known that certain strains of lactic acid bacteria are capable of causing stuck fermentations, while other strains appear to be harmless. However, it was not previously known whether or how these strains interact one with another. In this study, more than 500 harmless strains of lactic acid bacteria were tested in a model system in combination with strains that cause stuck fermentations. Among these harmless strains, a group of beneficial strains was identified that restored ethanol production to near normal levels. Such beneficial strains may serve as an alternative approach to the use of antibiotics in fuel ethanol production.
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- Joseph O Rich
- US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Renewable Product Technology, Peoria, IL, USA.
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- US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Renewable Product Technology, Peoria, IL, USA
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- US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Renewable Product Technology, Peoria, IL, USA
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- US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Renewable Product Technology, Peoria, IL, USA
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- US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Renewable Product Technology, Peoria, IL, USA
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- US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Renewable Product Technology, Peoria, IL, USA
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Leathers TD, Skory CD, Price NP, Nunnally MS. Medium optimization for production of anti-streptococcal liamocins by Aureobasidium pullulans. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2017.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Leathers TD, Price NP, Vaughn SF, Nunnally MS. Reduced-molecular-weight derivatives of frost grape polysaccharide. Int J Biol Macromol 2017; 105:1166-1170. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.07.143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2017] [Revised: 06/30/2017] [Accepted: 07/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Leathers TD, Rich JO, Nunnally MS, Anderson AM. Inactivation of virginiamycin by Aureobasidium pullulans. Biotechnol Lett 2017; 40:157-163. [PMID: 29038924 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-017-2454-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To test the inactivation of the antibiotic, virginiamycin, by laccase-induced culture supernatants of Aureobasidium pullulans. RESULTS Fourteen strains of A. pullulans from phylogenetic clade 7 were tested for laccase production. Three laccase-producing strains from this group and three previously identified strains from clade 5 were compared for inactivation of virginiamycin. Laccase-induced culture supernatants from clade 7 strains were more effective at inactivation of virginiamycin, particularly at 50 °C. Clade 7 strain NRRL Y-2567 inactivated 6 µg virginiamycin/ml within 24 h. HPLC analyses indicated that virginiamycin was degraded by A. pullulans. CONCLUSIONS A. pullulans has the potential for the bioremediation of virginiamycin-contaminated materials, such as distiller's dry grains with solubles (DDGS) animal feed produced from corn-based fuel ethanol production.
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- Timothy D Leathers
- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA.
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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Leathers TD, Price NPJ, Manitchotpisit P, Bischoff KM. Production of anti-streptococcal liamocins from agricultural biomass by Aureobasidium pullulans. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 32:199. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-016-2158-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Price NP, Bischoff KM, Leathers TD, Cossé AA, Manitchotpisit P. Polyols, not sugars, determine the structural diversity of anti-streptococcal liamocins produced by Aureobasidium pullulans strain NRRL 50380. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2016; 70:136-141. [PMID: 27436607 DOI: 10.1038/ja.2016.92] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2016] [Revised: 05/31/2016] [Accepted: 06/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Liamocins are polyol lipids produced by the fungus Aureobasidium pullulans, and have selective antibacterial activity against Streptococcus species. Liamocins produced by A. pullulans strain NRRL 50380 on sucrose medium have a d-mannitol head group ester-linked to 3,5-dihydroxydecanoate acyl chains, three or four of which are joined together by 1,5-polyester bonds (liamocins Man-A1 and Man-B1), and similar 3'-O-acetylated analogs (Man-A2 and Man-B2). However, other types of liamocins are produced depending on the choice of strain and growth conditions. In the current study, growth on different polyols, but not sugars, resulted in considerable structural variation, including liamocins with d-galactitol (dulcitol), d-sorbitol (glucitol), d- and l-arabitol, d-xylitol, l-threitol and glycerol head groups. The head groups of liamocins produced on arabitol were shown to be entirely composed of d-arabitol. These liamocin variants were structurally characterized by NMR and MS, and tested for antibacterial activity. The new liamocin variants also had selective activity against Streptococcus. Liamocin structural variants are novel antibacterials against Streptococcus sp. that merit further investigation.
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- Neil Pj Price
- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Peoria, IL, USA
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Peoria, IL, USA
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Peoria, IL, USA
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- Crop Bioprotection Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Peoria, IL, USA
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Dunlap CA, Saunders LP, Schisler DA, Leathers TD, Naeem N, Cohan FM, Rooney AP. Bacillus nakamurai sp. nov., a black-pigment-producing strain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2987-2991. [PMID: 27150918 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Two isolates of a Gram-stain-positive, strictly aerobic, motile, rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacterium were identified during a survey of the Bacillus diversity of the Agriculture Research Service Culture Collection. These strains were originally isolated from soil and have a phenotype of producing a dark pigment on tryptic soy agar. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene indicated that these strains were related most closely to Bacillus subtilis subsp. inaquosorum (99.7 % similarity) and Bacillus axarquiensis (99.7 %). In phenotypic characterization, the novel strains were found to grow between 17 and 50 °C and can tolerate up to 9 % (w/v) NaCl. Furthermore, the strains grew in media of pH 5.5-10 (optimal growth at pH 7.0-8.0). The predominant cellular fatty acids were anteiso-C15 : 0 (34.8 %) and iso-C15 : 0 (21.9 %). The cell-wall peptidoglycan contained meso-diaminopimelic acid. A draft genome of both strains was completed. The DNA G+C content was 43.8 mol%. A phylogenomic analysis on the core genome of these two new strains and all members of the Bacillus subtilis group revealed these two strains formed a distinct monophyletic clade with the nearest neighbour Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. DNA-DNA relatedness studies using in silico DNA-DNA hybridizations showed the two strains were conspecific (93.8 %), while values with all other species (<31.5 %) were well below the species threshold of 70 %. Based on the consensus of phylogenetic and phenotypic analyses, these strains are considered to represent a novel species within the genus Bacillus, for which the name Bacillus nakamurai sp. nov. is proposed, with type strain NRRL B-41091T (=CCUG 68786T).
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- Christopher A Dunlap
- Crop Bioprotection, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, 1815 N. University St, Peoria, IL, USA
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- Renewable Product Technologies Research Units, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Peoria, IL, USA
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- Crop Bioprotection, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, 1815 N. University St, Peoria, IL, USA
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- Renewable Product Technologies Research Units, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Peoria, IL, USA
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- Department of Biology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA
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- Crop Bioprotection, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, 1815 N. University St, Peoria, IL, USA
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Rich JO, Manitchotpisit P, Peterson SW, Liu S, Leathers TD, Anderson AM. Phylogenetic classification of Aureobasidium pullulans strains for production of feruloyl esterase. Biotechnol Lett 2016; 38:863-70. [DOI: 10.1007/s10529-016-2054-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2016] [Accepted: 01/28/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Rich JO, Leathers TD, Bischoff KM, Anderson AM, Nunnally MS. Biofilm formation and ethanol inhibition by bacterial contaminants of biofuel fermentation. Bioresour Technol 2015; 196:347-54. [PMID: 26255598 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.07.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2015] [Revised: 07/16/2015] [Accepted: 07/20/2015] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Bacterial contaminants can inhibit ethanol production in biofuel fermentations, and even result in stuck fermentations. Contaminants may persist in production facilities by forming recalcitrant biofilms. A two-year longitudinal study was conducted of bacterial contaminants from a Midwestern dry grind corn fuel ethanol facility. Among eight sites sampled in the facility, the combined liquefaction stream and yeast propagation tank were consistently contaminated, leading to contamination of early fermentation tanks. Among 768 contaminants isolated, 92% were identified as Lactobacillus sp., with the most abundant species being Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus mucosae, and Lactobacillus fermentum. Seven percent of total isolates showed the ability to form biofilms in pure cultures, and 22% showed the capacity to significantly inhibit ethanol production. However, these traits were not correlated. Ethanol inhibition appeared to be related to acetic acid production by contaminants, particularly by obligately heterofermentative species such as L. fermentum and L. mucosae.
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- Joseph O Rich
- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA(1)
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA(1).
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA(1)
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA(1)
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA(1)
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Leathers TD, Price NPJ, Bischoff KM, Manitchotpisit P, Skory CD. Production of novel types of antibacterial liamocins by diverse strains of Aureobasidium pullulans grown on different culture media. Biotechnol Lett 2015; 37:2075-81. [PMID: 26112325 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-015-1892-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2015] [Accepted: 06/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To compare production of antibacterial liamocins (polyol lipids) by diverse strains of Aureobasidium pullulans grown on different culture media. RESULTS Liamocins produced by strains of A. pullulans have potential agricultural and pharmaceutical applications as antibacterials with specificity against Streptococcus spp. Six strains of A. pullulans were characterized for liamocin production on four different culture media. The choice of strain and culture medium affected growth, liamocin yields, and production of contaminating pigments. Best growth and highest liamocin yields were obtained using A. pullulans strain NRRL 50384 grown on a sucrose basal medium. Unexpectedly, the choice of strain and culture medium also affected the structure of liamocins produced, providing novel types of liamocins. Liamocins varied not only in the ratios of trimer and tetramer polyester tail groups, but also in the nature of the polyol headgroup, which could include mannitol, arabitol, or glycerol. CONCLUSIONS The ability to conveniently produce novel types of liamocins in good yields will provide novel antibacterials for applied uses, and facilitate structure-function studies on the mechanism of antibacterial activity.
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- Timothy D Leathers
- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA.
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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Sutivisedsak N, Leathers TD, Biresaw G, Nunnally MS, Bischoff KM. Simplified process for preparation of schizophyllan solutions for biomaterial applications. Prep Biochem Biotechnol 2015; 46:313-9. [DOI: 10.1080/10826068.2015.1031392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Leathers TD, Bischoff KM, Rich JO, Price NPJ, Manitchotpisit P, Nunnally MS, Anderson AM. Inhibitors of biofilm formation by biofuel fermentation contaminants. Bioresour Technol 2014; 169:45-51. [PMID: 25022836 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.06.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2014] [Revised: 06/17/2014] [Accepted: 06/18/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Biofuel fermentation contaminants such as Lactobacillus sp. may persist in production facilities by forming recalcitrant biofilms. In this study, biofilm-forming strains of Lactobacillus brevis, Lactobacillus fermentum, and Lactobacillus plantarum were isolated and characterized from a dry-grind fuel ethanol plant. A variety of potential biofilm inhibitors were tested, including microbial polysaccharides, commercial enzymes, ferric ammonium citrate, liamocins, phage endolysin, xylitol, and culture supernatants from Bacillus sp. A commercial enzyme mixture (Novozyme 188) and culture supernatants from Bacillus subtilis strains ALT3A and RPT-82412 were identified as the most promising biofilm inhibitors. In biofilm flow cells, these inhibitors reduced the density of viable biofilm cells by 0.8-0.9 log cfu/cm(2). Unlike B. subtilis strain RPT-82412, B. subtilis strain ALT3A and Novozyme 188 did not inhibit planktonic growth of Lactobacillus sp. MALDI-TOF mass spectra showed the production of surfactin-like molecules by both B. subtilis strains, and the coproduction of iturin-like molecules by strain RPT-82412.
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- Timothy D Leathers
- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA(1).
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA(1)
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA(1)
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA(1)
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- Biochemistry Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Rangsit University, 52/347 Muang Ake, Phaholyothin Rd., Lakhok, Pathumthani 12000, Thailand
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA(1)
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA(1)
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Sutivisedsak N, Leathers TD, Price NP. Production of schizophyllan from distiller's dried grains with solubles by diverse strains of Schizophyllum commune. Springerplus 2013; 2:476. [PMID: 24102042 PMCID: PMC3790907 DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2013] [Accepted: 09/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Eleven diverse strains of Schizophyllan commune were examined for production of the biopolymer schizophyllan from agricultural biomass. Strains were grown in malt extract (ME) basal medium containing 1% (w/v) distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS), an abundant coproduct of fuel ethanol production by the dry grind process. Ten of 11 strains tested produced more than 2 g schizophyllan/L. Two strains, ATCC 20165 and CBS 266.60, produced more than 10 g schizophyllan/L. Schizophyllan from these strains was similar to commercial product in terms of solution viscosity, molecular weight, and surface tension properties, suggesting that they would be equivalent in biomaterial applications.
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- Nongnuch Sutivisedsak
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604 USA
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Liu S, Bischoff KM, Leathers TD, Qureshi N, Rich JO, Hughes SR. Butyric acid from anaerobic fermentation of lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysates by Clostridium tyrobutyricum strain RPT-4213. Bioresour Technol 2013; 143:322-329. [PMID: 23811065 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2013] [Revised: 06/03/2013] [Accepted: 06/05/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A novel Clostridium tyrobutyricum strain RPT-4213 was found producing butyrate under strict anaerobic conditions. This strain produced 9.47 g L(-1) butyric acid from MRS media (0.48 g/g glucose). RPT-4213 was also used to ferment dilute acid pretreated hydrolysates including wheat straw (WSH), corn fiber (CFH), corn stover (CSH), rice hull (RHH), and switchgrass (SGH). Results indicated that 50% WSH with a Clostridia medium (Ct) produced the most butyric acid (8.06 g L(-1), 0.46 g/g glucose), followed by 50% SGH with Ct (6.01 g L(-1), 0.44 g/g glucose), however, 50% CSH Ct showed growth inhibition. RPT-4213 was then used in pH-controlled bioreactor fermentations using 60% WSH and SGH, with a dilute (0.5×) Ct medium, resulting 9.87 g L(-1) butyric acid in WSH (yield 0.44 g/g) and 7.05 g L(-1) butyric acid in SGH (yield 0.42 g/g). The titer and productivity could be improved through process engineering.
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- Siqing Liu
- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 1815 N. University St., Peoria, IL 61604, USA.
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Manitchotpisit P, Bischoff KM, Price NPJ, Leathers TD. Bacillus spp. Produce Antibacterial Activities Against Lactic Acid Bacteria that Contaminate Fuel Ethanol Plants. Curr Microbiol 2013; 66:443-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00284-012-0291-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2012] [Accepted: 12/08/2012] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Khullar E, Kent AD, Leathers TD, Bischoff KM, Rausch KD, Tumbleson ME, Singh V. Contamination issues in a continuous ethanol production corn wet milling facility. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 29:891-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-012-1244-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2012] [Accepted: 12/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Sutivisedsak N, Leathers TD, Bischoff KM, Nunnally MS, Peterson SW. Novel sources of β-glucanase for the enzymatic degradation of schizophyllan. Enzyme Microb Technol 2012; 52:203-10. [PMID: 23410934 DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2012.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2012] [Revised: 12/03/2012] [Accepted: 12/04/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Schizophyllan is a homoglucan produced by the fungus Schizophyllum commune, with a β-1,3-linked backbone and β-1,6-linked side chains of single glucose units at every other residue. Schizophyllan is commercially produced for pharmaceutical and cosmetics uses. However, surprisingly little information is available on the biodegradation of schizophyllan. Enzymes that attack schizophyllan could be useful for controlled modifications of the polymer for novel applications. Enrichment cultures were used to isolate 20 novel fungal strains from soil samples, capable of growing on schizophyllan as a sole carbon source. Three additional strains were isolated as contaminants of stored schizophyllan solutions. Strains showing the highest levels of β-glucanase activity were identified as Penicillium simplicissimum, Penicillium crustosum, and Hypocrea nigricans. β-glucanases also showed activity against the similar β-glucans, laminarin and curdlan. By comparison, commercial β-glucanase from Trichoderma longibrachiatum and laminarinase from Trichoderma sp. showed lower specific activities toward schizophyllan than most of the novel isolates. β-glucanases from P. simplicissimum and H. nigricans exhibited temperature optima of 60°C and 50°C against schizophyllan, respectively, with broad pH optima around pH 5.0. Partial purifications of β-glucanase from P. simplicissimum and P. crustosum demonstrated the presence of multiple active endoglucanase species, including a 20-25 kD enzyme from P. simplicissimum.
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- Nongnuch Sutivisedsak
- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
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Aureobasidium thailandense sp. nov. is described from cultures of material collected on leaves and wooden surfaces in Thailand and the type isolate is NRRL 58539(T). Phylogenetically it is distinct from other species of the genus Aureobasidium. Phenotypically it is distinguished by its cardinal growth temperatures, salt tolerance and production of reddish brown hyphal pigmentation in PDA cultures, but micro-morphologically it is not clearly distinguishable from Aureobasidium pullulans. Unlike A. pullulans, A. thailandense sp. nov. produces a non-pullulan extracellular polysaccharide whose characteristics are unknown. The two known isolates of A. thailandense sp. nov. possess an approx. 500 bp type I intron in the 18S rRNA gene that is present in ITS amplifications using primers ITS4 and ITS5. A. pullulans isolates uniformly lack this intron.
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- Stephen W Peterson
- Bacterial Foodborne Pathogens and Mycology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, US Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
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- Biochemistry Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Rangsit University, Muangake, Lakhok, Patumthani 12000, Thailand
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- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, US Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
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Liu S, Bischoff KM, Leathers TD, Qureshi N, Rich JO, Hughes SR. Adaptation of lactic acid bacteria to butanol. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2011.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Manitchotpisit P, Skory CD, Peterson SW, Price NPJ, Vermillion KE, Leathers TD. Poly(β-L-malic acid) production by diverse phylogenetic clades of Aureobasidium pullulans. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 39:125-32. [DOI: 10.1007/s10295-011-1007-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2011] [Accepted: 06/10/2011] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Poly(β-L-malic acid) (PMA) is a natural biopolyester that has pharmaceutical applications and other potential uses. In this study, we examined PMA production by 56 strains of the fungus Aureobasidium pullulans representing genetically diverse phylogenetic clades. Thirty-six strains were isolated from various locations in Iceland and Thailand. All strains from Iceland belonged to a newly recognized clade 13, while strains from Thailand were distributed among 8 other clades, including a novel clade 14. Thirty of these isolates, along with 26 previously described strains, were examined for PMA production in medium containing 5% glucose. Most strains produced at least 4 g PMA/L, and several strains in clades 9, 11, and 13 made 9–11 g PMA/L. Strains also produced both pullulan and heavy oil, but PMA isolated by differential precipitation in ethanol exhibited up to 72% purity with no more than 12% contamination by pullulan. The molecular weight of PMA from A. pullulans ranged from 5.1 to 7.9 kDa. Results indicate that certain genetic groups of A. pullulans are promising for the production of PMA.
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- Pennapa Manitchotpisit
- grid.412665.2 000000009427298X Biochemistry Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Science Rangsit University Muangake, Lakhok 12000 Patumthani Thailand
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- grid.417548.b 0000000404786311 Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture 1815 North University Street 61604 Peoria IL USA
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- grid.417548.b 0000000404786311 Bacterial Foodborne Pathogens and Mycology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture 1815 North University Street 61604 Peoria IL USA
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- grid.417548.b 0000000404786311 Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture 1815 North University Street 61604 Peoria IL USA
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- grid.417548.b 0000000404786311 Crop Bioprotection Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture 1815 North University Street 61604 Peoria IL USA
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- grid.417548.b 0000000404786311 Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture 1815 North University Street 61604 Peoria IL USA
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Rich JO, Leathers TD, Nunnally MS, Bischoff KM. Rapid evaluation of the antibiotic susceptibility of fuel ethanol contaminant biofilms. Bioresour Technol 2011; 102:1124-1130. [PMID: 20855199 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.08.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2010] [Revised: 08/30/2010] [Accepted: 08/31/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Bacterial contaminants from commercial fuel ethanol production facilities were previously shown to form biofilms as mixed cultures under laboratory conditions. In this study, a rapid assay was developed to simultaneously compare isolates for their ability to form biofilms as pure cultures. A total of 10 strains were isolated from a dry-grind fuel ethanol plant that routinely doses with virginiamycin. These were identified by sequence analysis as six strains of Lactobacillus fermentum, two strains of L. johnsonii, and one strain each of L. mucosae and L. amylovorus. Isolates exhibited a range of susceptibility to virginiamycin in a planktonic assay, with MIC's (minimum inhibitory concentration) of ≤0.5-16 μg/ml. Even though all strains were isolated from a mixed culture biofilm, they varied greatly in their ability to form biofilms as pure cultures. Surprisingly, growth as biofilms did not appear to provide resistance to virginiamycin, even if biofilms were grown for 144 h prior to antibiotic challenge.
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- Joseph O Rich
- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA.
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Although biofilms produced by various Leuconostoc sp. are economically important as contaminants of sugar processing plants, very few studies are available on these systems. Twelve strains of Leuconostoc citreum and L. mesenteroides that produce a variety of extracellular glucans were compared for their capacity to produce biofilms. 16s rRNA sequence analysis was used to confirm the species identity of these strains, which included four isolates of L. mesenteroides, five isolates of L. citreum, and three glucansucrase mutants of L. citreum strain NRRL B-1355. Strains identified as L. mesenteroides produce glucans that are generally similar to commercial dextran. Nevertheless, these strains differed widely in their capacity to form biofilms, with densities ranging from 2.7 to 6.1 log cfu/cm(2). L. citreum strains and their derivatives produce a variety of glucans. These strains exhibited biofilm densities ranging from 2.5 to 5.9 log cfu/cm(2). Thus, biofilm-forming capacity varied widely on a strain-specific basis in both species. The types of polysaccharides produced did not appear to affect the ability to form biofilms.
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- Timothy D Leathers
- Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA.
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Leathers TD, Nunnally MS, Côté GL. Optimization of process conditions for enzymatic modification of alternan using dextranase from Chaetomium erraticum. Carbohydr Polym 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2010.03.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Blanchette RA, Abad AR, Farrell RL, Leathers TD. Detection of lignin peroxidase and xylanase by immunocytochemical labeling in wood decayed by basidiomycetes. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 55:1457-65. [PMID: 16347939 PMCID: PMC202886 DOI: 10.1128/aem.55.6.1457-1465.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The white rot fungi used in this study caused two different forms of degradation. Phanerochaete chrysosporium, strain BKM-F-1767, and Phellinus pini caused a preferential removal of lignin from birch wood, whereas Trametes (Coriolus) versicolor caused a nonselective attack of all cell wall components. Use of polyclonal antisera to H8 lignin peroxidase and monoclonal antisera to H2 lignin peroxidase followed by immunogold labeling with protein A-gold or protein G-gold, respectively, showed lignin peroxidase extra-and intracellularly to fungal hyphae and within the delignified cell walls after 12 weeks of laboratory decay. Lignin peroxidase was localized at sites within the cell wall where electron-dense areas of the lignified cell wall layers remained. In wood decayed by Trametes versicolor, lignin peroxidase was located primarily along the surface of eroded cell walls. No lignin peroxidase was evident in brown-rotted wood, but slight labeling occurred within hyphal cells. Use of polyclonal antisera to xylanase followed by immunogold labeling showed intense labeling on fungal hyphae and surrounding slime layers and within the woody cell wall, where evidence of degradation was apparent. Colloidal-gold-labeled xylanase was prevalent in wood decayed by all fungi used in this study. Areas of the wood with early stages of cell wall decay had the greatest concentration of gold particles, while little labeling occurred in cells in advanced stages of decay by brown or white rot fungi.
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- R A Blanchette
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108; Repligen-Sandoz Research Corp., Lexington, Massachusetts 02173 ; and Northern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Peoria, Illinois 61604
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Manitchotpisit P, Leathers TD, Peterson SW, Kurtzman CP, Li XL, Eveleigh DE, Lotrakul P, Prasongsuk S, Dunlap CA, Vermillion KE, Punnapayak H. Multilocus phylogenetic analyses, pullulan production and xylanase activity of tropical isolates of Aureobasidium pullulans. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 113:1107-20. [PMID: 19619651 DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2009.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2008] [Revised: 06/15/2009] [Accepted: 07/09/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Aureobasidium pullulans is the source of the commercially valuable polysaccharide pullulan and the enzyme xylanase. Isolates are typically off-white to pale pink or black on solid media, while some tropical isolates have been described as 'color variants' with bright pigments of red, yellow or purple. We sequenced 5 loci (internal transcribed spacer, intergenic spacer 1, translation elongation factor-1 alpha, beta tubulin, and RNA polymerase II) from 45 new isolates from Thailand. Based on the phylogenetic analyses, isolates were classified into 12 clades. Each clade showed different colors on different culture media including two clades with 'color variants' and some clades exhibited high levels of pullulan production or xylanase activity. Colony characteristics do not correlate perfectly with DNA sequence phylogeny or the physiological characters, but DNA sequence differences rapidly identify isolates with genetic novelty.
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- Pennapa Manitchotpisit
- Plant Biomass Utilization Research Unit, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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The emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria may limit the effectiveness of antibiotics to treat bacterial contamination in fuel ethanol plants, and therefore, new antibacterial intervention methods and tools to test their application are needed. Using shake-flask cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae grown on saccharified corn mash and strains of lactic acid bacteria isolated from a dry-grind ethanol facility, a simple model to simulate bacterial contamination and infection was developed. Challenging the model with 10(8) CFU/mL Lactobacillus fermentum decreased ethanol yield by 27% and increased residual glucose from 6.2 to 45.5 g/L. The magnitude of the effect was proportional to the initial bacterial load, with 10(5) CFU/mL L. fermentum still producing an 8% decrease in ethanol and a 3.2-fold increase in residual glucose. Infection was also dependent on the bacterial species used to challenge the fermentation, as neither L. delbrueckii ATCC 4797 nor L. amylovorus 0315-7B produced a significant decrease in ethanol when inoculated at a density of 10(8) CFU/mL. In the shake-flask model, treatment with 2 microg/mL virginiamycin mitigated the infection when challenged with a susceptible strain of L. fermentum (MIC for virginiamycin < or =2 ppm), but treatment was ineffective at treating infection by a resistant strain of L. fermentum (MIC = 16 ppm). The model may find application in developing new antibacterial agents and management practices for use in controlling contamination in the fuel ethanol industry.
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- Kenneth M Bischoff
- National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 1815 N. University St., Peoria, Illinois 61604, USA.
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Liu S, Bischoff KM, Hughes SR, Leathers TD, Price NP, Qureshi N, Rich JO. Conversion of biomass hydrolysates and other substrates to ethanol and other chemicals by Lactobacillus buchneri*. Lett Appl Microbiol 2009; 48:337-42. [PMID: 19187511 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.2008.02536.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS A Lactobacillus buchneri strain NRRL B-30929 can convert xylose and glucose into ethanol and chemicals. The aims of the study were to survey three strains (NRRL B-30929, NRRL 1837 and DSM 5987) for fermenting 17 single substrates and to exam NRRL B-30929 for fermenting mixed substrates from biomass hydrolysates. METHODS AND RESULTS Mixed acid fermentation was observed for all three L. buchneri strains using various carbohydrates; the only exception was uridine which yielded lactate, acetate and uracil. Only B-30929 is capable of utilizing cellobiose, a desired trait in a potential biocatalyst for biomass conversion. Flask fermentation indicated that the B-30929 strain can use all the sugars released from pretreated hydrolysates, and producing 1.98-2.35 g l(-1) ethanol from corn stover hydrolysates and 2.92-3.01 g l(-1) ethanol from wheat straw hydrolysates when supplemented with either 0.25x MRS plus 1% corn steep liquor or 0.5x MRS. CONCLUSIONS The L. buchneri NRRL B-30929 can utilize mixed sugars in corn stover and wheat straw hydrolysates for ethanol and other chemical production. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY These results are valuable for future research in engineering L. buchneri NRRL B-30929 for fermentative production of ethanol and chemicals from biomass.
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- S Liu
- Bioproducts and Biocatalysis Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Peoria, IL 61604, USA.
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Alternan is a unique glucan with a backbone structure of alternating alpha-(1 --> 6) and alpha-(1 --> 3) linkages. Previously, we isolated strains of Penicillium sp. that modify native, high molecular weight alternan in a novel bioconversion process to a lower molecular weight form with solution viscosity properties similar to those of commercial gum arabic. The mechanism of this modification was unknown. Here, we report that these Penicillium sp. strains secrete dextranase during germination on alternan. Furthermore, alternan is modified in vitro by commercial dextranases, and dextranase-modified alternan appears to be identical to bioconversion-modified alternan. This is surprising, since alternan has long been considered to be resistant to dextranase. Results suggest that native alternan may have localized regions of consecutive alpha-(1 --> 6) linkages that serve as substrates for dextranase. Dextranase treatment of native alternan, particularly with GRAS enzymes, may have practical advantages for the production of modified alternan as a gum arabic substitute.
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- Timothy D Leathers
- Bioproducts and Biocatalysis Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA.
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Liu S, Skinner-Nemec KA, Leathers TD. Lactobacillus buchneri strain NRRL B-30929 converts a concentrated mixture of xylose and glucose into ethanol and other products. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2007; 35:75-81. [PMID: 17940817 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-007-0267-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2007] [Accepted: 09/25/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Lactobacillus buchneri strain NRRL B-30929 was isolated from a fuel ethanol production facility. This heterofermentative, facultative anaerobe can utilize xylose as a sole carbon source and tolerates up to 12% ethanol. Carbohydrate utilization (API, Biomerieux) and Phenotype Microarrays (PM, Biolog) analyses indicated that the strain is able to metabolize a broad spectrum of carbon sources including various monosaccharides (C5 and C6), disaccharides and oligosaccharides, with better rates under anaerobic conditions. In pH-controlled bioreactors, the bacterium consumed xylose and glucose simultaneously at high concentrations (125 g L(-1), pH 6.0). The major fermentation products were lactate (52 g L(-1)), acetate (26 g L(-1)) and ethanol (12 g L(-1)). The strain ferments glucose alone (pH 4.0) into lactate and ethanol with a molar ratio of 1.03:1. This strain will be further explored via genetic engineering for potential applications in biomass conversion.
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- Siqing Liu
- Bioproducts and Biocatalysis Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 1815 N. University St, Peoria, IL 61604, USA.
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Bischoff KM, Skinner-Nemec KA, Leathers TD. Antimicrobial susceptibility of Lactobacillus species isolated from commercial ethanol plants. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2007; 34:739-44. [PMID: 17726620 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-007-0250-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2006] [Accepted: 06/23/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bacterial contamination of commercial fermentation cultures is a common and costly problem to the fuel ethanol industry. Antimicrobials such as virginiamycin (VIR) and penicillin (PEN) are frequently used to control contamination but there are little data available on the susceptibility of bacterial contaminants to these agents. A survey of bacterial contaminants from a wet-mill ethanol plant with no history of using antibiotics and a dry-grind facility that periodically doses with VIR found that the majority of contaminants were species of Lactobacillus. Thirty-seven isolates of Lactobacillus species from the wet-mill and 42 isolates from the dry-grind facility were tested for antimicrobial susceptibility using broth dilution and agar dilution methods. In general, the Lactobacillus isolates from the dry-grind plant had higher minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) for the tested agents than the isolates from the wet-mill facility. The MIC(90) for VIR was 4 microg/ml for the dry-grind isolates versus 0.25 microg/ml for the wet-mill isolates; and for PEN, the MIC(90)'s were >8 and 2 microg/ml for the dry-grind and wet-mill isolates, respectively. Sixteen Lactobacillus isolates from the dry-grind plant but none from the wet-mill possessed vatE, a gene that encodes a streptogramin acetyltransferase associated with resistance to virginiamycin. Despite decreased susceptibility to virginiamycin, most dry-grind isolates had MICs lower than the maximal recommended application rate of 6 ppm.
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- Kenneth M Bischoff
- National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 1815 N. University St, Peoria, IL 61604, USA.
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- Timothy D. Leathers
- National Center for Agricultural Research, USDA, Peoria, IL 61604. Names are necessary to report factually on available data; however, the USDA neither guarantees nor warrants the standard of the product, and the use of the name by the USDA implies no approval of the product to the exclusion of others that may also be suitable
- Corresponding author. Fax: 309-681-6040. E-mail:
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- National Center for Agricultural Research, USDA, Peoria, IL 61604. Names are necessary to report factually on available data; however, the USDA neither guarantees nor warrants the standard of the product, and the use of the name by the USDA implies no approval of the product to the exclusion of others that may also be suitable
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Skinner-Nemec KA, Nichols NN, Leathers TD. Biofilm formation by bacterial contaminants of fuel ethanol production. Biotechnol Lett 2006; 29:379-83. [PMID: 17160348 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-006-9250-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2006] [Accepted: 11/01/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Commercial fuel ethanol production facilities were previously shown to have characteristic populations of bacterial contaminants which reduce product yield and are difficult to eradicate. Bacterial contaminants were found, for the first time, to form biofilms under laboratory conditions. Fermentor samples from a commercial fuel ethanol production facility were used to inoculate a biofilm reactor and purified bacterial isolates were identified. Biofilms were composed of many of the same species present in production samples, with lactic acid bacteria predominating.
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- Kelly A Skinner-Nemec
- National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
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Schizophyllum commune strain ATCC 38548 grew well on a medium containing alkaline H2O2 -pretreated corn fiber as a sole carbon source, and clarified the culture medium within 7 days. The strain preferentially utilized the starch component of corn fiber for growth and production of schizophyllan. Culture supernatants contained approx. 50 mg schizophyllan and 200 mg arabinoxylan per g corn fiber. These polysaccharides were recovered separately by differential precipitation with ethanol.
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- Timothy D Leathers
- Bioproducts and Biocatalysis Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, IL 61604, USA.
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Prasongsuk S, Berhow MA, Dunlap CA, Weisleder D, Leathers TD, Eveleigh DE, Punnapayak H. Pullulan production by tropical isolates of Aureobasidium pullulans. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2006; 34:55-61. [PMID: 16909265 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-006-0163-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2004] [Accepted: 07/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Tropical isolates of Aureobasidium pullulans previously isolated from distinct habitats in Thailand were characterized for their capacities to produce the valuable polysaccharide, pullulan. A. pullulans strain NRM2, the so-called "color variant" strain, was the best producer, yielding 25.1 g pullulan l(-1) after 7 days in sucrose medium with peptone as the nitrogen source. Pullulan from strain NRM2 was less pigmented than those from the other strains and was remarkably pure after a simple ethanol precipitation. The molecular weight of pullulan from all cultures dramatically decreased after 3 days growth, as analyzed by high performance size exclusion chromatography. Alpha-amylase with apparent activity against pullulan was expressed constitutively in sucrose-grown cultures and induced in starch-grown cultures. When the alpha-amylase inhibitor acarbose was added to the culture medium, pullulan of slightly higher molecular weight was obtained from late cultures, supporting the notion that alpha-amylase plays a role in the reduction of the molecular weight of pullulan during the production phase.
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- Sehanat Prasongsuk
- Plant Biomass Utilization Research Unit, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Côté GL, Leathers TD. A method for surveying and classifying Leuconostoc spp. glucansucrases according to strain-dependent acceptor product patterns. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2005; 32:53-60. [PMID: 15714308 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-004-0194-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2004] [Accepted: 11/25/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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A number of Leuconostoc spp. strains were screened for their ability to produce glucansucrases and carry out acceptor reactions with maltose. Acceptor products were analyzed by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and it was discovered that they could be grouped into four distinct categories based on oligosaccharide product patterns. These patterns corresponded with structural features of the dextrans each strain is reported to produce. Strains that produced a typical dextran-characterized by a predominantly linear alpha(1-->6)-linked D: -glucan chain with a low to moderate degree of branching-produced a homologous series of isomaltooligosaccharides via acceptor reactions. Strains that produced dextrans with moderate to high levels of alpha(1-->2) branch points, exemplified by NRRL B-1299, synthesized the same isomaltodextrins as well as another series of oligosaccharides migrating slightly faster in our TLC system. Strains that produced dextrans with higher levels of alpha(1-->3)-branches, such as NRRL B-742, synthesized isomaltodextrins plus a series of oligosaccharides that migrated slightly more slowly on TLC. And finally, strains known to produce alternansucrase produced isomaltodextrins plus oligoalternans. Within a given type, variability exists in the relative proportions of each product. The data presented here may be useful in selecting strains for the production of specific types of oligosaccharides, for example as prebiotics.
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- Gregory L Côté
- Fermentation Biotechnology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 1815 N. University St., Peoria, IL 61604, USA.
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Bacterial contamination is an ongoing problem for commercial fuel ethanol production facilities. Both chronic and acute infections are of concern, due to the fact that bacteria compete with the ethanol-producing yeast for sugar substrates and micronutrients. Lactic acid levels often rise during bouts of contamination, suggesting that the most common contaminants are lactic acid bacteria. However, quantitative surveys of commercial corn-based fuel ethanol facilities are lacking. For this study, samples were collected from one wet mill and two dry grind fuel ethanol facilities over a 9 month period at strategic time points and locations along the production lines, and bacterial contaminants were isolated and identified. Contamination in the wet mill facility consistently reached 10(6) bacteria/ml. Titers from dry grind facilities were more variable but often reached 10(8)/ml. Antibiotics were not used in the wet mill operation. One dry grind facility added antibiotic to the yeast propagation tank only, while the second facility dosed the fermentation with antibiotic every 4 h. Neither dosing procedure appeared to reliably reduce overall contamination, although the second facility showed less diversity among contaminants. Lactobacillus species were the most abundant isolates from all three plants, averaging 51, 38, and 77% of total isolates from the wet mill and the first and second dry grind facilities, respectively. Although populations varied over time, individual facilities tended to exhibit characteristic bacterial profiles, suggesting the occurrence of persistent endemic infections.
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- Kelly A Skinner
- Fermentation Biotechnology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
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Alternan-producing Leuconostoc mesenteroides strain NRRL B-1355 and its glucansucrase-negative derivative NRRL B-21414 were transformed by electroporation using four Gram positive-Gram negative shuttle vectors. Optimal conditions were 400 Omega and 10 kV cm(-1), resulting in transformation efficiencies of up to 3.5 x 10(4) per microg DNA. Relatively low copy numbers and native plasmids made it difficult to visualize the introduced plasmids on ethidium bromide-stained gels and, in some cases, on blot hybridizations. However, PCR analysis indicated that 95% of putative transformants carried plasmid sequences. Direct colony PCR was shown to work well for this system and also for transformants of L. mesenteroides subsp. cremoris.
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- Timothy D Leathers
- Fermentation Biotechnology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, IL 61604, USA.
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Commercial defatted germ from wet milled corn was efficiently saccharified by a crude enzyme preparation from Aureobasidium sp. with yields of up to 200 mg glucose, 140 mg xylose, and 130 mg arabinose per g germ. These yields exceeded sugar composition estimates based on trifluoroacetic acid digestion. Neither chemical nor mechanical pretreatments were necessary. Results from independent lots of defatted germ were similar. Enzymatically digested germ residues were enriched to 40% (w/v) protein. Defatted germ from dry milled corn contained approx. 50% more starch than wet milled germ and was saccharified to produce up to 315 mg glucose per g germ with reduced yields of pentose sugars.
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- Timothy D Leathers
- Fermentation Biotechnology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, IL 61604, USA.
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Leathers TD. Biotechnological production and applications of pullulan. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2003; 62:468-73. [PMID: 12830329 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-003-1386-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 255] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2003] [Revised: 05/19/2003] [Accepted: 05/21/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Pullulan is a unique biopolymer with many useful traits and hundreds of patented applications. However, despite the fact that pullulan has been in commercial production for more than 25 years, few of these potential uses have been widely adopted. In large part this may be due to the relatively high price of pullulan. Nevertheless, the last few years have seen a resurgence in interest in pullulan, particularly for higher-value health and pharmaceutical applications.
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- T D Leathers
- Fermentation Biotechnology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 1815 N. University St., Peoria, IL 61604, USA.
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Irwin D, Leathers TD, Greene RV, Wilson DB. Corn fiber hydrolysis by Thermobifida fusca extracellular enzymes. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2003; 61:352-8. [PMID: 12743765 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-002-1210-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2002] [Revised: 11/05/2002] [Accepted: 11/22/2002] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Thermobifida fusca was grown on cellulose (Solka-Floc), xylan or corn fiber and the supernatant extracellular enzymes were concentrated. SDS gels showed markedly different protein patterns for the three different carbon sources. Activity assays on a variety of synthetic and natural substrates showed major differences in the concentrated extracellular enzyme activities. These crude enzyme preparations were used to hydrolyze corn fiber, a low-value biomass byproduct of the wet milling of corn. Approximately 180 mg of reducing sugar were produced per gram of untreated corn fiber. When corn fiber was pretreated with alkaline hydrogen peroxide, up to 429 mg of reducing sugars were released per gram of corn fiber. Saccharification was enhanced by the addition of beta-glucosidase or by the addition of a crude xylanase preparation from Aureobasidium sp.
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- D Irwin
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, 458 Biotechnology Building, Ithica, NY 14850, USA
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Agricultural residues are abundant potential feedstocks for bioconversions to industrial fuels and chemicals. Every bushel of maize (approximately 25 kg) processed for sweeteners, oil, or ethanol generates nearly 7 kg of protein- and fiber-rich residues. Currently these materials are sold for very low returns as animal feed ingredients. Yeast-like fungi are promising biocatalysts for conversions of agricultural residues. Although corn fiber (pericarp) arabinoxylan is resistant to digestion by commercially available enzymes, a crude mixture of enzymes from the yeast-like fungus Aureobasidium partially saccharifies corn fiber without chemical pretreatment. Sugars derived from corn fiber can be converted to ethanol or other valuable products using a variety of naturally occurring or recombinant yeasts. Examples are presented of Pichia guilliermondii strains for the conversion of corn fiber hydrolysates to the alternative sweetener xylitol. Corn-based fuel ethanol production also generates enormous volumes of low-value stillage residues. These nutritionally rich materials are prospective substrates for numerous yeast fermentations. Strains of Aureobasidium and the red yeast Phaffia rhodozyma utilize stillage residues for production of the polysaccharide pullulan and the carotenoid astaxanthin, respectively.
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- Timothy D Leathers
- Fermentation Biotechnology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Peoria, IL 61604, USA.
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- Peter Biely
- Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Fermentation Biotechnology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Peoria, IL 61604. Names are necessary to report factually on available data; however, the USDA neither guarantees nor warrants the standard of the product, and the use of the name by the USDA implies no approval of the product to the exclusion of others that may also be suitable
- Current address: Wyatt Technology Corp., Santa Barbara, CA 93117
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- Fermentation Biotechnology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Peoria, IL 61604. Names are necessary to report factually on available data; however, the USDA neither guarantees nor warrants the standard of the product, and the use of the name by the USDA implies no approval of the product to the exclusion of others that may also be suitable
- Corresponding author. Phone: 309-681-6377. Fax: 309-681-6427. E-mail:
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- Office of International Programs, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Beltsville, MD 20705
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- Fermentation Biotechnology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Peoria, IL 61604. Names are necessary to report factually on available data; however, the USDA neither guarantees nor warrants the standard of the product, and the use of the name by the USDA implies no approval of the product to the exclusion of others that may also be suitable
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Four strains identified as Penicillium spp. were isolated from soil samples based on their capacity to modify the unique polysaccharide, alternan. Spores from these isolates germinated in medium containing alternan and reduced the apparent molecular weight of alternan as determined by high-performance size exclusion chromatography and viscometry. However, the fungi exhibited limited growth on alternan and did not consume the substrate. The rheological properties of the modified alternan resembled those of commercial gum arabic. Thus, treatment of native alternan with spores from these Penicillium spp. strains constitutes a simple bioconversion method to quantitatively produce novel and potentially useful modified alternan.
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- T D Leathers
- Fermentation Biotechnology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
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Lobanov AV, Borisov IA, Gordon SH, Greene RV, Leathers TD, Reshetilov AN. Analysis of ethanol-glucose mixtures by two microbial sensors: application of chemometrics and artificial neural networks for data processing. Biosens Bioelectron 2001; 16:1001-7. [PMID: 11679281 DOI: 10.1016/s0956-5663(01)00246-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Although biosensors based on whole microbial cells have many advantages in terms of convenience, cost and durability, a major limitation of these sensors is often their inability to distinguish between different substrates of interest. This paper demonstrates that it is possible to use sensors entirely based upon whole microbial cells to selectively measure ethanol and glucose in mixtures. Amperometric sensors were constructed using immobilized cells of either Gluconobacter oxydans or Pichia methanolica. The bacterial cells of G. oxydans were sensitive to both substrates, while the yeast cells of P. methanolica oxidized only ethanol. Using chemometric principles of polynomial approximation, data from both of these sensors were processed to provide accurate estimates of glucose and ethanol over a concentration range of 1.0-8.0 mM (coefficients of determination, R(2)=0.99 for ethanol and 0.98 for glucose). When data were processed using an artificial neural network, glucose and ethanol were accurately estimated over a range of 1.0-10.0 mM (R(2)=0.99 for both substrates). The described methodology extends the sphere of utility for microbial sensors.
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- A V Lobanov
- Chair of Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Pushchino State University, Pushchino, Moscow Region 142290, Russia
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