Nitrogen nutrition and regulation of cephalosporin production inStreptomyces clavuligerus
作者:
Yair Aharonowitz,
Arnold L. Demain,
期刊:
Canadian Journal of Microbiology
(NRC Available online 1979)
卷期:
Volume 25,
issue 1
页码: 61-67
ISSN:0008-4166
年代: 1979
DOI:10.1139/m79-010
出版商: NRC Research Press
数据来源: NRC
摘要:
When used as sole nitrogen source, certain amino acids (e.g., proline, asparagine) supported both growth and sporulation byStreptomyces clavuligerusstreaked onto solid defined medium. Ammonium supported growth but suppressed sporulation. Amino nitrogen was best for cephalosporin production in liquid defined medium, although urea was almost as useful. A comparison of amino acids showed asparagine and glutamine to be the best nitrogen sources and arginine to be almost as good. Ammonium salts supported a somewhat lower growth rate than asparagine, but antibiotic production was very poor on these inorganic nitrogen sources. Addition of ammonium to asparagine did not affect growth rate but increased mycelial mass; cephalosporin production was reduced by about 75%. Antibiotic production was more closely associated with growth in the absence of ammonium than in its presence, indicating a strong inhibitory and (or) repressive effect of NH4+on antibiotic production. Ammonium exerted its negative effect when added at 24 h or earlier, i.e. before antibiotic formation began.
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