Low temperature air plasma was used as the mutation tool for penicillin-producing strain Penicillium chrysogenum. The discharge conditions were RF power of 360 W, temperature of 40℃ in a sealed chamber, and pressure ...Low temperature air plasma was used as the mutation tool for penicillin-producing strain Penicillium chrysogenum. The discharge conditions were RF power of 360 W, temperature of 40℃ in a sealed chamber, and pressure of 10 Pa to 30 Pa. The result showed that the kinetics of the survival rate followed a typical saddle-shaped curve. Based on a statistic analysis, at the treating duration of 10 min, the positive mutation rate was as high as 37.5% while the negative mutation rate was low. The colonial morphology changed obviously when the plasma treating duration reached or exceeded 45 min. After both primary and secondary screening, a mutant designated as aPc051310 with high productivity of penicillin was obtained, and a strong mutagenic effect on P. chrysogenurn was observed in the process. It was proved that after five generations, the mutant aPc051310 still exhibits a high productivity. All the results prove that the plasma mutation method could be developed as a convenient and effective tool to breed high-yield strains in the fermentation industry, while expanding the plasm application at the same time.展开更多
Ergosterol,(1→3)-α-D-glucan and chitosan are important biomaterials.In this research,a process has been developed to integratively extract ergosterol,(1→3)-α-D-glucan,and chitosan from Penicillium chrysongenum myc...Ergosterol,(1→3)-α-D-glucan and chitosan are important biomaterials.In this research,a process has been developed to integratively extract ergosterol,(1→3)-α-D-glucan,and chitosan from Penicillium chrysongenum mycelium.First,the mycelia are pretreated with 0.1mol·L-1 of NaOH.After recovery by centrifugation,the solid portion is made to undergo saponification and deacetylation reactions by addition of 2mol·L-1 NaOH and ethanol. After reaction,extraction is carried out by addition of petroleum ether,which separates the reaction mixture into two phases.The upper layer of petroleum ether contains extracted ergosterol,and the bottom layer of NaOH solu-tion contains(1→3)-α-D-glucan;the chitosan is on the mycelia residuum.After isolation,the recovery yield of er-gosterol is 0.52%of dry mycelium.That of(1→3)-α-D-glucan is about 8.2%;and chitosan is 5.7%with 86% deacetylation.The compositions have been characterized by IR,HPLC analyses.展开更多
Bioleaching is an environment-friendly and economical technique to remove heavy metals from contaminated soil.The objective of this work is to find out an indigenous strain to remedy soil contaminated by Zn,Pb,Cu and ...Bioleaching is an environment-friendly and economical technique to remove heavy metals from contaminated soil.The objective of this work is to find out an indigenous strain to remedy soil contaminated by Zn,Pb,Cu and Cd.A strain which was selected from the soil of a local smelting industry was found to be able to produce many organic acids and degrade pH value of the liquid medium.The fungus strain is identified as Penicillium Chrysogenum (P.Chrysogenum) by sequencing 18srDNA and ITS.Bioleaching condition using P.Chrysogenum is optimized.Glucose is the best carbon source for P.Chrysogenum and inorganic nitrogen is better than organic nitrogen.In addition,neutral solution and room temperature are fit for P.Chrysogenum to bioleach.In the one-step bioleaching,the bioleaching ratios are 39.95% for Zn,9.4% for Pb,34.89% for Cu and 49.59% for Cd,which are 53.89% for Zn,14.44% for Pb,55.53% for Cu and 62.81% for Cd in the two-step bioleaching.The efficiency of two-step bioleaching is better than the one-step bioleaching.P.Chrysogenum is effective in removing heavy metals from the contaminated soil.展开更多
Objective:To explore various unexplored locations where Penicillium spp.would be available and study the production of penicillin from the isolated Penicillium spp.in different media with altered carbohydrate source.M...Objective:To explore various unexplored locations where Penicillium spp.would be available and study the production of penicillin from the isolated Penicillium spp.in different media with altered carbohydrate source.Methods:The collected soil samples were screened for the isolation of Penicillium chrysogenum(P.chrysogenum) by soil dilution plate.The isolated Penicillium species were further grown in different production media with changes in the carbohydrate source.The extracted penicillin from various isolates was analyzed by HPLC for the efficacy of the product.Further the products were screened with various bacterial species including methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA).And the work was extended to find the possible action on MRSA,along with characterization using other pathogens.Results:From the various soil and citrus samples used for analysis,only the soil sample from Government General Hospital of Bangalore,India,and Sanjay Gandhi Hospital,Bangalore,India,showed some potential growth of the desired fungi P.chrysogenum.Different production media showed varied range of growth of PenicilUum.Optimum production of penicillin was obtained in maltose which proved maximum zone of inhibition during assay.Characterization of penicillin on pathogens,like wild Escherichia coli strain,Klebsiella spp.,and MRSA,gave quite interesting results such as no activity on the later strain as it is resistant.HPLC data provided the analytical and confirmation details of the penicillin produced.Accordingly,the penicillin produced from the soil sample of Government General Hospital had the high milli absorbance unit of 441.5 mAu compared with that of the penicillin produced from Sanjay Gandhi Hospital sample,8S.S2 mAu.Therefore,there was a considerable change in quantity of the penicillin produced from both the samples.Conclusions: The Penicillium spp.could be possibly rich in hospital contaminants and its environments.This research focuses on various unexplored sources of medical ailments,and also shows that the growth of penicillin is high in maltose rich media that could possibly enhance the growth.展开更多
In order to improve the efficiency of bioleaching heavy metal from the contaminated soil using Penicillium chrysogenum(P.chrysogenum),experiment was conducted to evaluate the influence of heavy metal stress on P.chrys...In order to improve the efficiency of bioleaching heavy metal from the contaminated soil using Penicillium chrysogenum(P.chrysogenum),experiment was conducted to evaluate the influence of heavy metal stress on P.chrysogenum during bioleaching.The morphology and physiology of P.chrysogenum were observed.Assuming that the heavy metals are all leached out from the experiment soil,heavy metals are added into the agar medium by simulating the heavy metal content in the soil.It is concluded that the survivable heavy metal contaminated soil mass range for P.chrysogenum is 2.5-5.0 g.As for biomass determination,the contaminated soil is added into the liquid medium directly.The soil mass that P.chrysogenum can be survivable is in the range of 2.5-8.75 g.In this mass range,the biomass of P.chrysogenum is bigger than that of the control sample.10 g soil mass is the threshold of the growth of P.chrysogenum.102.2 mg/L gluconic acid,156.4 mg/L oxalic acid,191.6 mg/L pyruvic acid,0.02 mg/L citric acid,0.03 mg/L malic acid and 70.6 mg/L succinic acid are determined after 15 d bioleaching.The mycelium is broken into fragments,and heavy metals are adsorbed on the cell wall or transported into the cytoplasm during bioleaching.The GOD activity declines from 1.08 U/mL to 0.2 U/mL under 400 mg/L of multi-metal stress.The influence of Pb on GOD activity is bigger than that of Cr and Cd,and the GOD activity is not influenced apparently by Mn,Zn and Cu.展开更多
Objective:To clone feruloyl esterase gene C from Penicillium chrysogenum and characterize the general properties of the enzyme.Methods:The feruloyl esterase C gene was amplified by PCR based on the Penicillium chrysog...Objective:To clone feruloyl esterase gene C from Penicillium chrysogenum and characterize the general properties of the enzyme.Methods:The feruloyl esterase C gene was amplified by PCR based on the Penicillium chrysogenum feruloyl esterase C gene sequence and cloned into the expression vector p PIC9K,resulting the recombinant plasmid p PIC9K-Pcfae C.The recombiant plasmid was linerized and transformed into P.pastoris by electroporation.The transformants was screened based on the transparent zone technology.The screened transformants was then induced by methanol.the enzymatic properties of the protein were then measured.Results:SDS-PAGE analysis showed that the molecular mass of the enzyme was about 30 k D.The length of the gene was 762 bp.It comprised one open reading framwork(ORF)and annotated to encode 249 amino acid.The optimal temperature and p H was found to be 40℃and 6,respectively.Moreover,the recombinant enzyme was stable at 40-50℃and p H 5-7.Conclusion:The enzyme successfully expressed in P.pastoris could laid theoretical foundation in food,fodder and paper making industry.展开更多
Penicillin is historically important as the first discovered drug against bacterial infections in human. Although the penicillin biosyn- thetic pathway and regulatory mechanism have been well studied in Penicillium ch...Penicillin is historically important as the first discovered drug against bacterial infections in human. Although the penicillin biosyn- thetic pathway and regulatory mechanism have been well studied in Penicillium chrysogenum, the compartmentation and molecular transport of penicillin or its precursors are still poorly understood. In search of the genomic database, more than 830 open reading frames (ORFs) were found to encode transmembrane proteins of P. chrysogenum. In order to investigate their roles on penicillin production, one of them (penT) was selected and cloned. The deduced protein ofpenTbelongs to the major facilitator superfamily (MFS) and contains 12 transmembrane spanning domains (TMS). During fermentation, the transcription of penT was greatly induced by penicillin precursors phenylacetic acid (PAA) and phenoxyacetic acid (POA). Knock-down of penT resulted in significant decrease of penicillin production, while over-expression of penT under the promoter of trpC enhanced the penicillin production. Introduction of an additional penT in the wild-type strain of P. chrysogenurn doubled the penicillin production and enhanced the sensitivity of P. chrysogenum to the penicillin precursors PAA or POA. These results indicate that penT stimulates penicillin production probably through enhancing the translocation of penicillin precursors across fungal cellular membrane. Penicillin is historically important as the first discovered drug against bacterial infections in human. Although the penicillin biosyn- thetic pathway and regulatory mechanism have been well studied in Penicillium chrysogenum, the compartmentation and molecular transport of penicillin or its precursors are still poorly understood. In search of the genomic database, more than 830 open reading frames (ORFs) were found to encode transmembrane proteins of P. chrysogenum. In order to investigate their roles on penicillin production, one of them (penT) was selected and cloned. The deduced protein ofpenTbelongs to the major facilitator superfamily (MFS) and contains 12 transmembrane spanning domains (TMS). During fermentation, the transcription of penT was greatly induced by penicillin precursors phenylacetic acid (PAA) and phenoxyacetic acid (POA). Knock-down of penT resulted in significant decrease of penicillin production, while over-expression of penT under the promoter of trpC enhanced the penicillin production. Introduction of an additional penT in the wild-type strain of P. chrysogenurn doubled the penicillin production and enhanced the sensitivity of P. chrysogenum to the penicillin precursors PAA or POA. These results indicate that penT stimulates penicillin production probably through enhancing the translocation of penicillin precursors across fungal cellular membrane.展开更多
基金supported by the National Hi’Tech (863) Project of China (No. 2009AA02Z305)
文摘Low temperature air plasma was used as the mutation tool for penicillin-producing strain Penicillium chrysogenum. The discharge conditions were RF power of 360 W, temperature of 40℃ in a sealed chamber, and pressure of 10 Pa to 30 Pa. The result showed that the kinetics of the survival rate followed a typical saddle-shaped curve. Based on a statistic analysis, at the treating duration of 10 min, the positive mutation rate was as high as 37.5% while the negative mutation rate was low. The colonial morphology changed obviously when the plasma treating duration reached or exceeded 45 min. After both primary and secondary screening, a mutant designated as aPc051310 with high productivity of penicillin was obtained, and a strong mutagenic effect on P. chrysogenurn was observed in the process. It was proved that after five generations, the mutant aPc051310 still exhibits a high productivity. All the results prove that the plasma mutation method could be developed as a convenient and effective tool to breed high-yield strains in the fermentation industry, while expanding the plasm application at the same time.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.20636010, No.50373003, No.20406002), Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No.2071002), and the Special Funds for Major State Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, No.2007CB714305).
文摘Ergosterol,(1→3)-α-D-glucan and chitosan are important biomaterials.In this research,a process has been developed to integratively extract ergosterol,(1→3)-α-D-glucan,and chitosan from Penicillium chrysongenum mycelium.First,the mycelia are pretreated with 0.1mol·L-1 of NaOH.After recovery by centrifugation,the solid portion is made to undergo saponification and deacetylation reactions by addition of 2mol·L-1 NaOH and ethanol. After reaction,extraction is carried out by addition of petroleum ether,which separates the reaction mixture into two phases.The upper layer of petroleum ether contains extracted ergosterol,and the bottom layer of NaOH solu-tion contains(1→3)-α-D-glucan;the chitosan is on the mycelia residuum.After isolation,the recovery yield of er-gosterol is 0.52%of dry mycelium.That of(1→3)-α-D-glucan is about 8.2%;and chitosan is 5.7%with 86% deacetylation.The compositions have been characterized by IR,HPLC analyses.
基金Project(2009ZX07212-001-01) supported by Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment of ChinaProject(50925417) supported by the National Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholar in ChinaProjects(50830301,51074191) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘Bioleaching is an environment-friendly and economical technique to remove heavy metals from contaminated soil.The objective of this work is to find out an indigenous strain to remedy soil contaminated by Zn,Pb,Cu and Cd.A strain which was selected from the soil of a local smelting industry was found to be able to produce many organic acids and degrade pH value of the liquid medium.The fungus strain is identified as Penicillium Chrysogenum (P.Chrysogenum) by sequencing 18srDNA and ITS.Bioleaching condition using P.Chrysogenum is optimized.Glucose is the best carbon source for P.Chrysogenum and inorganic nitrogen is better than organic nitrogen.In addition,neutral solution and room temperature are fit for P.Chrysogenum to bioleach.In the one-step bioleaching,the bioleaching ratios are 39.95% for Zn,9.4% for Pb,34.89% for Cu and 49.59% for Cd,which are 53.89% for Zn,14.44% for Pb,55.53% for Cu and 62.81% for Cd in the two-step bioleaching.The efficiency of two-step bioleaching is better than the one-step bioleaching.P.Chrysogenum is effective in removing heavy metals from the contaminated soil.
文摘Objective:To explore various unexplored locations where Penicillium spp.would be available and study the production of penicillin from the isolated Penicillium spp.in different media with altered carbohydrate source.Methods:The collected soil samples were screened for the isolation of Penicillium chrysogenum(P.chrysogenum) by soil dilution plate.The isolated Penicillium species were further grown in different production media with changes in the carbohydrate source.The extracted penicillin from various isolates was analyzed by HPLC for the efficacy of the product.Further the products were screened with various bacterial species including methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA).And the work was extended to find the possible action on MRSA,along with characterization using other pathogens.Results:From the various soil and citrus samples used for analysis,only the soil sample from Government General Hospital of Bangalore,India,and Sanjay Gandhi Hospital,Bangalore,India,showed some potential growth of the desired fungi P.chrysogenum.Different production media showed varied range of growth of PenicilUum.Optimum production of penicillin was obtained in maltose which proved maximum zone of inhibition during assay.Characterization of penicillin on pathogens,like wild Escherichia coli strain,Klebsiella spp.,and MRSA,gave quite interesting results such as no activity on the later strain as it is resistant.HPLC data provided the analytical and confirmation details of the penicillin produced.Accordingly,the penicillin produced from the soil sample of Government General Hospital had the high milli absorbance unit of 441.5 mAu compared with that of the penicillin produced from Sanjay Gandhi Hospital sample,8S.S2 mAu.Therefore,there was a considerable change in quantity of the penicillin produced from both the samples.Conclusions: The Penicillium spp.could be possibly rich in hospital contaminants and its environments.This research focuses on various unexplored sources of medical ailments,and also shows that the growth of penicillin is high in maltose rich media that could possibly enhance the growth.
基金Project(50925417)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Distinguished Young ScholarsProject(51074191)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2012BAC09B04)supported by the National Key Technology Research and Development Program of China
文摘In order to improve the efficiency of bioleaching heavy metal from the contaminated soil using Penicillium chrysogenum(P.chrysogenum),experiment was conducted to evaluate the influence of heavy metal stress on P.chrysogenum during bioleaching.The morphology and physiology of P.chrysogenum were observed.Assuming that the heavy metals are all leached out from the experiment soil,heavy metals are added into the agar medium by simulating the heavy metal content in the soil.It is concluded that the survivable heavy metal contaminated soil mass range for P.chrysogenum is 2.5-5.0 g.As for biomass determination,the contaminated soil is added into the liquid medium directly.The soil mass that P.chrysogenum can be survivable is in the range of 2.5-8.75 g.In this mass range,the biomass of P.chrysogenum is bigger than that of the control sample.10 g soil mass is the threshold of the growth of P.chrysogenum.102.2 mg/L gluconic acid,156.4 mg/L oxalic acid,191.6 mg/L pyruvic acid,0.02 mg/L citric acid,0.03 mg/L malic acid and 70.6 mg/L succinic acid are determined after 15 d bioleaching.The mycelium is broken into fragments,and heavy metals are adsorbed on the cell wall or transported into the cytoplasm during bioleaching.The GOD activity declines from 1.08 U/mL to 0.2 U/mL under 400 mg/L of multi-metal stress.The influence of Pb on GOD activity is bigger than that of Cr and Cd,and the GOD activity is not influenced apparently by Mn,Zn and Cu.
文摘Objective:To clone feruloyl esterase gene C from Penicillium chrysogenum and characterize the general properties of the enzyme.Methods:The feruloyl esterase C gene was amplified by PCR based on the Penicillium chrysogenum feruloyl esterase C gene sequence and cloned into the expression vector p PIC9K,resulting the recombinant plasmid p PIC9K-Pcfae C.The recombiant plasmid was linerized and transformed into P.pastoris by electroporation.The transformants was screened based on the transparent zone technology.The screened transformants was then induced by methanol.the enzymatic properties of the protein were then measured.Results:SDS-PAGE analysis showed that the molecular mass of the enzyme was about 30 k D.The length of the gene was 762 bp.It comprised one open reading framwork(ORF)and annotated to encode 249 amino acid.The optimal temperature and p H was found to be 40℃and 6,respectively.Moreover,the recombinant enzyme was stable at 40-50℃and p H 5-7.Conclusion:The enzyme successfully expressed in P.pastoris could laid theoretical foundation in food,fodder and paper making industry.
基金supported by the grants from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(Nos.2009CB118905 and 2010ZX09401-403)the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Nos.KSCX2-EW-G-6 and KSCX2-EW-J-6)
文摘Penicillin is historically important as the first discovered drug against bacterial infections in human. Although the penicillin biosyn- thetic pathway and regulatory mechanism have been well studied in Penicillium chrysogenum, the compartmentation and molecular transport of penicillin or its precursors are still poorly understood. In search of the genomic database, more than 830 open reading frames (ORFs) were found to encode transmembrane proteins of P. chrysogenum. In order to investigate their roles on penicillin production, one of them (penT) was selected and cloned. The deduced protein ofpenTbelongs to the major facilitator superfamily (MFS) and contains 12 transmembrane spanning domains (TMS). During fermentation, the transcription of penT was greatly induced by penicillin precursors phenylacetic acid (PAA) and phenoxyacetic acid (POA). Knock-down of penT resulted in significant decrease of penicillin production, while over-expression of penT under the promoter of trpC enhanced the penicillin production. Introduction of an additional penT in the wild-type strain of P. chrysogenurn doubled the penicillin production and enhanced the sensitivity of P. chrysogenum to the penicillin precursors PAA or POA. These results indicate that penT stimulates penicillin production probably through enhancing the translocation of penicillin precursors across fungal cellular membrane. Penicillin is historically important as the first discovered drug against bacterial infections in human. Although the penicillin biosyn- thetic pathway and regulatory mechanism have been well studied in Penicillium chrysogenum, the compartmentation and molecular transport of penicillin or its precursors are still poorly understood. In search of the genomic database, more than 830 open reading frames (ORFs) were found to encode transmembrane proteins of P. chrysogenum. In order to investigate their roles on penicillin production, one of them (penT) was selected and cloned. The deduced protein ofpenTbelongs to the major facilitator superfamily (MFS) and contains 12 transmembrane spanning domains (TMS). During fermentation, the transcription of penT was greatly induced by penicillin precursors phenylacetic acid (PAA) and phenoxyacetic acid (POA). Knock-down of penT resulted in significant decrease of penicillin production, while over-expression of penT under the promoter of trpC enhanced the penicillin production. Introduction of an additional penT in the wild-type strain of P. chrysogenurn doubled the penicillin production and enhanced the sensitivity of P. chrysogenum to the penicillin precursors PAA or POA. These results indicate that penT stimulates penicillin production probably through enhancing the translocation of penicillin precursors across fungal cellular membrane.