Coculture of xylose-fermenting yeast P. stipitis CCY 39501 and respiratory deficient mutant of S. cerevisiae V30 designated as V30 I 40 was used for ethanol fermentation on a medium containing glucose and xylose mixture and compared to P. stipitis monoculture or coculture of P. stipitis and S. cerevisiae V30. Batch fermentations were carried out on a model medium or on a medium containing both sugars derived from direct saccharification of either wheat straw or birch sawdust. The yields obtained were 0.38 g/g, 0.34 g/g and 0.4 g/g for model medium, wheat straw and birch sawdust hydrolysates respectively, after cofermentation of P. stipitis with RD mutant V30 I 40. The results confirmed the application of this coculture for ethanol fermentation of sugars derived from lignocellulosic hydrolysates.
Corn hulls were abundant and inexpensive byproducts of the corn dry or wet milling processes, but most of them were discarded as agro-wastes. The aim of this study was to extract the dietary fiber by hot-compressed water (HCW) from defatted corn hull and to determine the chemical properties. Results showed that temperature and time played critical roles in extraction effi ciency; the maximal yield of dietary fiber A (DFA) extracted by HCW reached 33.0% at 150°C for 60 min. The yield of dietary fiber B (DFB) increased from 2.0% to 56.9% as the temperature increased from 110 to 180°C, while the yield of solid residue (SR) decreased from 88.7% to 27.7%. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) results demonstrated that C-H, O-H, C=O, COO- occurred in the DFA, SR and DFB. The dietary fiber polysaccharides consisted of arabinose, galactose, glucose, xylose and uronic acid.
A glucose-nonfermenting Gram-negative bacterial strain isolated from bronchofiberoscope used for examination of the patients suffering from pulmonary diseases was subjected to phenol-water extraction. Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) isolated from the water and the phenol phase differed in fatty acid composition. Both contained xylose, glucose, glucosamine and components typical for LPS, namely heptose, 3-deoxyoctulosonic acid (Kdo) and 3-hydroxymyristic acid. The presence of sphingosine in all LPS preparations classifies the strain to the genus Sphingomonas.
W pracy podjęto próbę wykorzystania metody PCR do różnicowania gatunków drożdży fermentujących ksylozę: Pichia stipitis, Yamadazyma stipitis, Candida shehatae i Pachysolen tannophilus.
Optimizing production of α-amylase production by Thermoactinomyces vulgaris isolated from Egyptian soil was studied. The optimum incubation period, temperature and initial pH of medium for organism growth and enzyme yield were around 24 h, 55°C and 7.0, respectively. Maximum α-amylase activity was observed in a medium containing starch as carbon source. The other tested carbohydrates (cellulose, glucose, galactose, xylose, arabinose, lactose and maltose) inhibited the enzyme production. Adding tryptone as a nitrogen source exhibited a maximum activity of α-amylase. Bactopeptone and yeast extract gave also high activity comparing to the other nitrogen sources (NH₄Cl, NH₄NO₃, NaNO₃, KNO₃, CH₃CO2 NH₄). Electrophoresis profile of the produced two α-amylase isozymes indicated that the same pattern at about 135145 kDa under different conditions. The optimum pH and temperature of the enzyme activity were 8.0 and 60°C, respectively and enzyme was stable at 50°C over 6 hours. The enzyme was significantly inhibited by the addition of metal ions (Na⁺, Co²⁺ and Ca²⁺) whereas Cl⁻ seemed to act as activator. The enzyme was not affected by 0.1 mM EDTA while higher concentration (10 mM EDTA) totally inactivated the enzyme.