Affiliation:
1. Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
Abstract
Anaerobic production of extracellular polysaccharide (EP) was examined, using a previously uncharacterized, obligately anaerobic rumen isolate,
Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens
nyx, which produced an EP that was rheologically similar to xanthan gum. The main objectives were to determine the nutritional requirements and conditions which promoted EP production by strain nyx. Strain nyx was grown anaerobically in defined and semidefined media. In addition to carbohydrate and nitrogen sources, strain nyx required acetic acid, folic acid, biotin, and pyridoxamine. Strain nyx produced similar amounts of EP at 35 to 40°C. Conditions that improved growth usually improved EP production. Of the carbohydrates tested, glucose supported the fastest growth and most EP production, followed by sucrose, xylose, and lactose. Strain nyx utilized ammonium sulfate, urea, or vitamin-free casein hydrolysate as nitrogen sources for growth and EP production. At 2 and 20 g/liter, respectively, ammonium sulfate and vitamin-free casein hydrolysate supported about the same rates of growth and EP production. EP was not produced in the lag or stationary phases, and EP production was exponential during exponential cell growth. Based on the results of this work, anaerobic EP production with
B. fibrisolvens
nyx could reduce energy costs for industrial EP production compared with the cost of aerated systems. Finally, this work demonstrated that, under appropriate growth conditions, a gastrointestinal tract (ruminal) microorganism produced high levels of EP.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology
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