Ampicillin used in aseptic processing influences the production of pigments and fatty acids in Chlorella sorokiniana
- 4 January 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Vol. 37 (1), 1-15
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-020-02985-1
Abstract
Ampicillin sodium salt (AMP) is commonly and effectively used to prevent bacterial infection in algal culture, but the response of algal strains to AMP has not been investigated. In this study, Chlorella sorokiniana was selected to evaluate the influence of AMP on algae. AMP enhanced the contents of chlorophyll and two fatty acids, myristic acid (C22:1N9) and tetracosanoic acid (C6:0), but inhibited the growth, carotenoid production, and contents of 16 fatty acids in C. sorokiniana. A global transcriptome analysis from experimental data identified 3 825 upregulated and 1 432 downregulated differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in C. sorokiniana. The upregulated DEGs, such as hemB/alaD, mmaB/pduO, cox15/ctaA, fxN, cpoX/hemF, and earS/gltX, were enriched in the porphyrin and chlorophyll metabolism pathways, whereas the downregulated DEGs, including lcyB (crtL1), crtY (lcyE, crtL2), lut1 (CYP97C1), z-isO, crtZ and crtisO (crtH), were enriched in the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway, and the downregulated DEGs, abH, fadD, fabF, acsL, fabG, and accD were enriched in the fatty acid biosynthesis pathway. Thus, the use of AMP to obtain an axenic strain revealed that AMP might affect the regulatory dynamics and the results of the metabolic process in C. sorokiniana. The data obtained in the study provide foundational information for algal purification and aseptic processing. Graphic abstractKeywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (31600370)
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