Growth kinetic and longevity of the Kluyveromyces lactis cultures under nitrogen limitation / Cinética de crescimento e longevidade de culturas de Kluyveromyces lactis sob estresse por nitrogênio

AUTOR(ES)

Lygia Fátima da Mata Correa

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

In order to investigate the stress condition imposed by nitrogen limitation on kinetic of growth and aging of Kluyveromyces lactis, the kinetics constants of K. lactis culture as function of ammonium sulfate concentration were determined. The effect of aging of the culture on its specific initial growth rate was evaluated. Signals of aging such as cell wall chitin concentration and apoptosis markers were analyzed as function of growth rate on continuous culture. K. lactis was cultured in buffered YCB medium supplemented with ammonium sulfate at concentrations of 0.02 to 38.0 mmol.L-1. The growth kinetic followed the model proposed by Monod. The maximum specific growth rate (max) and saturation constant (Ks) were 0.44 h-1 and 0.15 mmol.L-1, respectively. The initial specific growth rates decrease as the aging of the culture increases. The cell wall chitin concentration increased with the ammonium concentrate and the aging of the cultures. The cell dimensions raised with aging in all the ammonium sulfate concentration analyzed. Apoptosis markers were only observed in the older cultures, after five days of recycling of the culture on the concentrations of 0.57 mmol.L-1, 3.80 mmol.L-1 and 7.60 mmol.L-1 and after eight days on the concentrations 38.0 mmol.L-1 of ammonium sulfate. Aging signals were investigated at K. lactis cells growing in nitrogen limiting continuous culture at growth rate 0.01, 0.06, 0.18 and 0.35 h-1. Chitin concentration of cell wall of cells growing at 0.01 h-1 and 0.06 h-1 was higher (27g.mL-1 N-acetylglucosamine and 20g.mL-1 N-acetylglucosamine) than of cells growing at 0.18 h-1 and 0.35 h-1 (6g.mL-1 and 5g.mL-1, respectively). The dimensions of K. lactis cells were largest on the growth rate of 0.01 h-1. It was detected apoptosis markers on the continuous culture under the nitrogen limiting growth rate of 0.01 h-1. The results demonstrate that nitrogen limitation and aging affect growth kinetic and suggest that nitrogen limiteted continuous culture conducted at growth rate 0.01 h-1 can still proven useful to investigate aging response of Kluyveromyces lactis.

ASSUNTO(S)

kluyveromyces lactis longevity cinética de crescimento estresse por nitrogênio microbiologia industrial e de fermentacao longevidade kluyveromyces lactis growth kinetic nitrogen limitation

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