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In the course of screening amylase inhibitor producing, microorganisms, a strain identified as Streptomyces nigrifaciens NTU-3314 was found to have the highest inhibitor-producing ability among the other isolated strains. This strain was aerobically cultured at 30 degrees C in a 5l jar fermentor with a working volume of 2l. The optimum cultural medium consisted of defatted soybean flake 3.0%, potato starch 4.0%, casein 0.6%, sucrose 0.6%, serine 0.02% and NaCl 0.8% (pH 7.0). With an aeration rate of 1.5 vvm, an agitation speed of 300 rpm and an inoculum of 15% seed (previously grown in seed medium 3), the highest amount of inhibitor was obtained after 24 hours of cultivation. The amylase inhibitor produced had inhibitory effects on both alpha-amylase and glucoamylase, but not on beta-amylase, alpha-glucosidase, beta-glucosidase or dextranase. It was quite stable in 0.1M phosphate buffer (pH 7.0) and nearly 100% of its activity was retained even after boiling at 100 degrees C for 20 min.
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PMID:The microbial production of amylase inhibitor and its application. I. Isolation and cultivation of Streptomyces nigrifaciens NTU-3314. 608 1

The study of bacterial communities in microbially-mediated water treatment systems is becoming increasingly popular. Aquatic bacterial communities are often found in fixed-film environments, residing within a matrix of extracellular polymeric substances commonly referred to as a biofilm. A method for detaching the biofilm is required to either enumerate or characterize these bacterial communities. There are a variety of detachment methods including scraping, swabbing, shaking, sonication, blending, and digestion. The objective of this work was to develop an agitation-based protocol for detachment of culturable bacterial communities from the biofilm surrounding pea gravel from constructed wetland mesocosms. Three different protocol factors were systematically investigated using a triplicated 2(3) factorial design to determine the most effective detachment protocol. Factors studied included: the use of either tap water or phosphate buffer as the shaking/detachment solution; the use of either manual-shaking at room temperature or mechanical shaking at 30 degrees C; and the presence or absence of an enzyme cocktail consisting of lipase, beta-galactosidase and alpha-glucosidase. The resulting suspensions were evaluated for organics, inorganics, culturable bacteria, community level physiological profile (CLPP) and several BIOLOG ECO plate substrate related diversity indices. Using these metrics, the most effective shaking/detachment protocol was identified as mechanical shaking for 3h at 30 degrees C using a phosphate buffer with an enzyme cocktail.
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PMID:Method for the detachment of culturable bacteria from wetland gravel. 2007 67