期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
卷 140, 期 1, 页码 34-39出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.02.015
关键词
Lactobacillus plantarum; Carotenoid; Diaponeurosporene; Dehydrosqualene; Food fermentations
资金
- Spanish Government [AGL2007-60092, AGL2009-07861]
- Consejeria de Innovacion, Ciencia y Empresa (Junta de Andalucia) [AGR-04621, P08-AGR-03477]
Eighteen strains of Lactobacillus plantarum from different origins were screened for carotenoid production, as many of them exhibited a deep yellow pigmentation when cultured as isolated colonies on MRS-agar plates. We found that most of them produced significative amounts of the yellow C-30 carotenoid 4,4'-diaponeurosporene in the range 1.8 to 54 mg/kg of dry cell weight. Although some of the strains produced just trace amounts of this carotenoid, PCR studies showed that all of them harbored the genes crtM and crtN which, inferred from homology, had been predicted in the three L. plantarum complete genome sequences currently available. Our results suggest the full functionality of a C-30 carotenoid biosynthesis pathway in this species, driven by the operon crtNM. DNA sequencing of the entire crtNM operon in the maximum carotenoid-producing strain found in this study, i.e. L plantarum CECT7531, was accomplished. Genes crtM and crtN were annotated as dehydrosqualene synthase and dehydrosqualene desaturase, respectively, in this strain. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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