Journal
FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 94, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2020.103657
Keywords
Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris; Cross-protection; Stress tolerance; Gene expression; Juice spoilage; Spore formation
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31871769]
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The study showed that acid adaptation enhances the resistance of A. acidoterrestris to heat and acid stresses by inducing expression of stress-related genes and promoting spore formation. This coordinated response of maintaining intracellular homeostasis, chaperones and proteases expression, and spore formation has implications for fruit juice processing.
Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris has unique thermo-acidophilic properties and is the main cause of fruit juice deterioration. Given the acidic environment and thermal treatment during juice processing, the effects of acid adaptation (pH 3.5, 3.2, and 3.0) on the resistance of A. acidoterrestris to heat (65 degrees C, 5 min) and acid (pH = 2.2, 1 h) stresses were investigated for the first time. The results showed that acid adaptation induced cross-protection against heat stress of A. acidoterrestris and acid tolerance response, and the extent of induced tolerance was increased with the decrease of adaptive pH values. Acid adaptation treatments did not disrupt the membrane potential stability and intracellular pH homeostasis, but reduced intracellular ATP concentration, increased cyclic fatty acids content, and changed the acquired Fourier transform infrared spectra. Transcription levels of stress-inducible (dnaK, grpE, clpP, ctsR) genes and genes related to spore formation (spo0A, ctoX) were up-regulated after acid adaptation, and spore formation was observed by scanning electron microscopy. This study revealed that the intracellular microenvironment homeostasis, expression of chaperones and proteases, and spore formation played a coordinated role in acid stress adaptive responses, with implications for applications in fruit juice processing.
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