Publication: Application of a simple yeast extract from spent brewer’s yeast for growth and sporulation of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki: A physiological study
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2001-01-01
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09593993
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Mahidol University
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World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. Vol.17, No.3 (2001), 307-316
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S. Saksinchai, M. Suphantharika, C. Verduyn Application of a simple yeast extract from spent brewer’s yeast for growth and sporulation of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki: A physiological study. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. Vol.17, No.3 (2001), 307-316. doi:10.1023/A:1016717428583 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/26479
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Application of a simple yeast extract from spent brewer’s yeast for growth and sporulation of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki: A physiological study
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The suitability of using a simple brewer's yeast extract (BYE), prepared by autolysis of complete beer slurry, for growth and sporulation of Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki was studied in baffled shake flasks. In a standard buffered medium with 2.5% (w/v) glucose and 1% (w/v) brewer's yeast extract, growth of B. t. kurstaki resulted in a low biomass production with considerable byproduct formation, including organic acids and a concomitant low medium pH, incomplete glucose utilization and marginal sporulation, whereas growth in the same medium with a commercial laboratory-grade yeast extract (Difco) resulted in a high biomass concentration, complete glucose utilization, relatively low levels of byproducts and complete sporulation (2.6 × 109spores/ml). When glucose was left out of the medium, however, growth parameters and sporulation were comparable for BYE and commercial yeast extract, but absolute biomass levels and spore counts were low. Iron was subsequently identified as a limiting factor in BYE. After addition of 3 mg iron sulphate/l, biomass formation in BYE-medium more than doubled, low byproduct formation was observed, and complete sporulation occurred (2.8 × 109spores/ml). These data were slightly lower than those obtained in media with commercial yeast extract (3.6 × 109spores/ml), which also benefited, but to a smaller extent, from addition of iron.