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Growth of Candida utilis on a mixture of monosaccharides, acetic acid and ethanol as a model of waste sulphite liquor.

Candida utilis cultivated under batch conditions in a synthetic medium with a mixture of different carbon sources utilized first D-glucose and then D-galactose, D-mannose, D-xylose, L-arabinose, ethanol and acetic acid. The effect of acetic acid was primarily a function of pH and the physiological state of the inoculum. At pH 4.5, acetic acid at a concentration of 1 g/l increased the specific growth rate, reduced time of cultivation and increased yield of the yeast dry weight. The yield from acetic acid was 61%. In the presence of a higher content of acetic acid (3--6 g/l) the yield was only 18--26%. The yield calculated only from monosaccharides increased but the yield with respect to total carbon sources was lower. The specific growth rate decreased as well. The addition of ethanol also resulted in an increase of the production and yield of the yeast dry weight but the cultivation time was prolonged. The simultaneous utilization of carbon sources of the studied mixture modelling a sulphite fermentation medium with ethanol is advantageous. However, due to physiology of the yeast, it is most suitable to cultivate a strain adapted to utilizable carbon sources in a continuous way, in the presence of their limiting concentrations in the cultivation medium.

Acetates↗

[The nitrogen retention of early weaned lambs].

At 30-to-60-day-old lambs reared without mothers 23 different feed mixtures were tested in N-balance experiments. The following results were achieved: The concentration of digestible crude protein and energy as well as the relation between them (PEQ) have no significant influence on the lambs' nitrogen retention. The energy intake and the intake of digestible crude protein have an intensive, significant influence on nitrogen retention. Rising energy and N-intake within the limits on which the investigation is based increased nitrogen retention. Of the protein feedstuffs tested, a 6 ... 7% higher nitrogen retention was realised from soybean oil meal as the sole source of proteins with 35% retained nitrogen related to the nitrogen intake in comparison to the combinations soybean oil meal/dried skim milk resp. fish meal. Increasing dried yeast portions (greater than 5%--20%) in the feed mixture diminished nitrogen retention. On the basis of the existing results the following recommendations for the use of the tested protein feedstuffs in rearing feed for lambs can be formulated: Soybean oil meal can be used as the sole source of protein in rearing lambs. The use of up to 5% dried yeast in the rearing feed as protein source and for vitaminisation is possible; 20% however diminish nitrogen retention. Because of the positive effect on feed intake it appears suitable to use fishmeal in the rearing feed for lambs.

Animal Feed↗

Characterization of the metabolic shift of Saccharomyces bayanus var. uvarum by continuous aerobic culture.

Saccharomyces bayanus, being of interest for wine-making, is not as well known as S. cerevisiae and, due to many changes in the yeast classification, accurate data concerning its metabolic activity are difficult to find. In order to produce this yeast as an active dry yeast to be used as a starter in wine-making, its sensitivity to glucose was determined as the objective of our work. Using the pulse technique in continuous culture, it was found that growth in a synthetic medium was not limited by vitamins or mineral salts. We determined the critical dilution rate of a continuous culture and performed an aerobic continuous culture, measuring the respiratory quotient on-line in order to observe the metabolic shift from respiratory to fermentative metabolism. The S. bayanus var. uvarum strain studied was Crabtree-positive (glucose-sensitive) but had a weaker respiratory capacity than S. cerevisiae since the dilution rate of the metabolic shift was only 0.15 h(-1). These new data provide essential information for the biomass production of this yeast strain for wine-making.

Aerobiosis↗

Factors influencing ingestion of particulate materials by mosquito larvae (Diptera: Culicidae).

Relative ingestion rates of mosquito larvae, as indicated by the number of substrate-filled gut segments per unit time, were determined for Culex tarsalis Coquillett, Aedes aetypti L., and Anopheles albimanus Wiedemann. Among the three species, Ae. aegypti larvae were the most rapid feeders. F50 (median time for complete repletion of 50% of the larvae) was 61, 42, and 100 min for the three species feeding on a wheat flour suspension, respectively. Food particles with nutritive values (dried yeast, wheat flour, fishmeal, or dried blood) were ingested faster than inert particles (kaolin, talc, chalk, or charcoal). The addition of aqueous yeast extracts containing phagostimulants accelerated the ingestion of inert particles. Increasing the concentration of inert particles did not increase ingestion rates. Larval age, water temperature, and starvation, but not larval density, influenced rates of ingestion. Younger instars were more rapid feeders than older instars. First instars of the three species filled their guts with wheat flour approximately two times faster than fourth instars. Increasing water temperature from 18 to 31 degrees C accelerated wheat flour ingestion by fourth instars of Cx. tarsalis, Ae. aegypti, and An. albimanus by factors of 1.9, 1.5, and 1.7, respectively. After starvation for 12 h, fourth instars of Cx. tarsalis and Ae. aegypti increased ingestion of wheat flour about 1.6 and 1.8 times, respectively. In contrast, starvation of An. albimanus larvae for the same period resulted in decreased wheat flour ingestion by 2.2 times when compared with unstarved larvae. These results indicare that, in addition to the chemical factors associated with the food substances, the physiological and environmatal conditions of the larvae play an important role in regulating the ingestion rate of suspended particles by mosquito larvae.

Aedes↗

Properties and repeated use of a reversibly soluble-insoluble yeast lytic enzyme.

A yeast lytic enzyme was covalently immobilized on an enteric coating polymer, Eudragit S, that is reversibly soluble and insoluble (S-IS) depending on the pH of the reaction medium. The yeast lytic enzyme immobilized on Eudragit S (Y-E) showed a sharp response of solubility to slight changes in pH without decrease in enzymatic activity. The specific activity per amount of enzyme protein of Y-E for dry yeast cells was about two-thirds that of the native enzyme. In both lysis reactions of dry and pressed baker's yeast cells, changing the pH of the reaction medium from 7.0 to 4.8 at an appropriate interval allows the insoluble Y-E and the reaction products (soluble protein for dry yeast cells and invertase and soluble protein for pressed baker's yeast cells) to be repeatedly separated. The reaction method using a reversible S-IS enzyme is a promising procedure for repeated use of the enzyme in a heterogeneous reaction system containing yeast cells as a substrate.

Acrylic Resins↗

A successful method for mass culture of the house dust mite, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Troussart, 1897).

Comparative studies have been carried out to find out an optimum condition for efficient mass culture of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Troussart, 1897), the most dominant species of the house dust mites. Among various food materials tested for culture media, the mixture composed of 2 parts of powdered laboratory animal food, 2 parts of dried yeast and 1 part of dried fish powder was found to be most fitted. The humidity content of the medium was best when adjusted to 16% beforehand and thin layer of the food medium was prepared in Roux's-bottle with a paper plug. The plug of the bottle was opened once a week and the medium was mixed thoroughly by shaking to prevent clotting. When about 15,000 mites were inoculated into 100 g of culture media, the highest yield was obtained with relative humidity regulated at 75% and the temperature at 25 degrees C after 12 weeks of incubation. Purified mites were separated from culture media by floatation with saturated NaCl solution and the average yield of the mice was 2 to 3 g in wet weight per 100 g of the food mixture.

Animals↗

Effects of extracts of high- and low-chromium brewer's yeast on metabolism of glucose by hepatocytes from rats fed on high- or low-Cr diets.

Brewer's yeast was grown on a defined medium containing glucose, ammonia, salts and vitamins plus tracer 51Cr without (low-Cr) or with (high-Cr) carrier Cr. The two batches of yeast differed by more than 100-fold in Cr content, containing 80 ng and 10 micrograms Cr/g dry yeast respectively. Extraction and fractionation procedures were designed to isolate Cr complexes with properties similar to those reported for glucose tolerance factor. After weaning, rats were reared on rat cubes (normal diet) or on a diet containing less than 0.1 microgram Cr/kg (low-Cr diet), or on the low-Cr diet supplemented with Cr (1 mg Cr/kg). Hepatocytes from these rats were incubated with [U-14C]glucose and incorporation of 14C into glycogen was measured. Incorporation of glucose-C into glycogen was enhanced by some yeast fractions in the presence of insulin, but had less effect in the absence of insulin. No difference could be detected between the responses to fractions from high- or low-Cr yeast extracts, or between responses by hepatocytes from animals fed on normal or low-Cr diets with or without Cr supplementation. Glycogen synthetase (EC 2.4.1.11) activity (total and percentage in the a form) was similar in hepatocytes isolated from animals on the normal and low-Cr diets. Those yeast fractions which enhanced the response to insulin in the 14C-incorporation experiments also enhanced the percentage of the enzyme in the a form in the presence of insulin, but not in the absence of insulin. The presence in yeast extracts of material which enhances the response to insulin by hepatocytes may help to explain the reported beneficial effects of dietary yeast supplements on glucose tolerance.

Animals↗

[Determination of the relative volume of the incorporations of a lipid nature by Candida guilleirmondii yeast cultured on hydrocarbons].

The paper describes a method for measuring a relative volume of lipid incorporations into yeast Candida guilliermondii cultivated on hydrocarbons. A relative volume of the incorporations (mean ratio of the volume of lipid incorporations to the cell volume expressed as percentage) as compared with the hydrocarbon content in the cells expressed as percentage of the yeast dry weight is given for each yeast sample. A direct correlation between the hydrocarbon content and relative volume of lipid incorporations has been demonstrated. The distribution of lipid incorporations in yeast populations with a different content of hydrocarbons has been studied statistically.

Aerobiosis↗

Rate of ingestion of Culex pipiens (L.) larvae (Diptera: Culicidae) stimulated by nutritive substances.

Relative rates of ingestion of fourth instar larvae of Culex pipiens as indicated by the number of substrate filled gut segments per unit time were determined and compared after exposure to nutritive and inert particles. Food particles with nutritive values (yeast; dried green algae, Chlamydomonas reinhordtii; wheat flour; fishmeal and corn flour) were ingested approximately 3-4 times faster than inert particles (koalin, talk, charcoal and chalk). Aqueous extracts of yeast or dried algae accelerated ingestion of inert particles (in laboratory and in larval natural habitat) to the level of ingestion of nutritive particles, demonstrating gustatory stimulation of larvae. In the subsequent time span, ingestion rates of food particles decreased continuously with satiation of larvae.

Animals↗

Analysis of the genomic response of a wine yeast to rehydration and inoculation.

We used DNA microarrays to study the transcriptome of a wine yeast before and after rehydration and during the first hours following inoculation of a synthetic must. There was a substantial transcriptional remodeling during this period, including 1,874 genes regulated more than threefold. Dried yeasts displayed an expression profile typical of respiratory-grown cells starved for nitrogen and carbon and which had been highly stressed. During rehydration, many genes involved in biosynthetic pathways, in transcription or in protein synthesis were coordinately induced while genes subject to glucose repression were down-regulated. The transcriptional response was very rapid indicating that yeast quickly recovered the capacity to sense environmental signals and to respond appropriately. Our data show that genes involved in the general stress response were repressed during rehydration while acid stress specific genes were induced probably in response to organic acid accumulation. The glycolytic genes and acid stress-responsive genes were simultaneously and transiently repressed after inoculation into the fermentation medium suggesting that regulation of glycolytic genes may correspond to an adjustment to the energetic needs of the cells. Surprisingly, inoculation into the must did not trigger a stress response despite the high concentrations of sugars.

Culture Media↗

Superior molasses assimilation, stress tolerance, and trehalose accumulation of baker's yeast isolated from dried sweet potatoes (hoshi-imo).

Yeast strains were isolated from dried sweet potatoes (hoshi-imo), a traditional preserved food in Japan. Dough fermentation ability, freeze tolerance, and growth rates in molasses, which are important characteristics of commercial baker's yeast, were compared between these yeast strains and a commercial yeast derivative that had typical characteristics of commercial strains. Classification tests including pulse-field gel electrophoresis and fermentation/assimilation ability of sugars showed that almost the stains isolated belonged to Saccharomyces cerevisiae. One strain, ONY1, accumulated intracellular trehalose at a higher level than commercial strain T128. Correlated with intracellular trehalose contents, the fermentation ability of high-sugar dough containing ONY1 was higher. ONY1 also showed higher freeze tolerance in both low-sugar and high-sugar doughs. The growth rate of ONY1 was significantly higher under batch and fed-batch cultivation conditions using either molasses or synthetic medium than that of strain T128. These results suggest that ONY1 has potential commercial use as baker's yeast for frozen dough and high-sugar dough.

DNA, Bacterial↗