Produção do antitumoral retamicina por Streptomyces olindensis em processos descontínuo alimentado e contínuo. / Retamycin production by Streptomyces olindensis in continuous and fed-batch cultivations.

AUTOR(ES)

Celso Ricardo Denser Pamboukian

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2003

RESUMO

The objective of the present work was to study retamycin production in fed-batch and continuous cultivations of Streptomyces olindensis So20, a mutant strain, in order to obtain high antibiotic concentrations and analyse microorganism morphology employing image analysis techniques. The fed-batch runs were performed in order to control the specific growth rate in three different values, during feed (0.03 1/h, 0.10 1/h, and 0.17 1/h), employing exponential feed rates. Three sets of fed-batch runs were carried-out. The first set, feed composition was varied, controlling the specific growth rate in a low value (0.03 1/h) during feed. In general, higher nutrient concentrations in the feed led to higher antibiotic production. In the second set of fed-batch runs, the control of the specific growth rate in three different values during feed was studied. The feed was composed by R5 Modified medium, with four-fold the glucose concentration only, which led to nutrient limitation during runs. This nutrient limitation prejudiced the specific growth rate control, but led to high antibiotic production. This fact showed that nutrient limitation is an important factor in retamycin production. In the third set of fed-batch runs, the control of the specific growth rate in three different values during feed was studied. In these runs, the feed was composed by R5 Modified medium, with four-fold all the nutrient concentrations, which avoided nutrient limitation, during runs. In these runs, the control of the specific growth rate during feed was possible. Results showed that retamycin production is favored by the maintenance of low specific growth rates, since it is a secondary metabolite. Higher antibiotic production was achieved controlling the specific growth rate in 0.03 1/h, during feed. In the continuous runs, the influence of the dilution rate (D), and consequently, of the specific growth rate (µx) on the retamycin production was studied. Four continuous runs were performed, varying D in the range from 0.03 1/h to 0.30 1/h. The highest antibiotic production (in terms of retamycin concentration, retamycin productivity and retamycin specific production) was obtained at D = 0.05 1/h. The increase in the dilution rate led to lower antibiotic production, which ceased at D = 0.30 1/h, showing a typical behavior of a secondary metabolite. Image analysis was used to assess the morphological characteristics of the microorganism. Shear showed to be an important factor in pellet disruption and in clump and free filaments formation, mainly in the continuous runs. In general, higher antibiotic production was obtained with the growth mainly in the form of clumps.

ASSUNTO(S)

continuous cultivation streptomyces fed-batch cultivation retamicina processos descontínuos alimentados processos contínuos retamycin analise de imagens image analysis

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