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Lookup NU author(s): Seniyat Afegbua, Professor Jarka Glassey, Emeritus Professor Alan Ward, Nithyalakshmy Rajarajan
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Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are chemically present as esters, ethers, glycerides glycolipids, phospholipids, phosphonolipids, glycosphingolipids, sulpholipids and lipoproteins in storage oils and membranes lipids. Marine microorganisms such as Shewanella frigidimarina are important sources of polyunsaturated fatty acids with promising biomedical applications, commercial value and the potential ability to be used in the bioremediation of environments contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons. The growth media dependency of S. frigidimarina in terms of its growth behavior in response to modifications made to the media as well as its potential to produce PUFAs was evaluated. S. frigidimarina was cultured in conventional shake-flasks and controlled bioreactors with a batch-type procedure using different media compositions. The media used included artificial sea water, modified artificial sea water 1, modified artificial sea water 2, Luria Bertani, modified Luria Bertani, sodium pyruvate-yeast (PYS) and marine broth. The highest cell biomass was obtained from artificial sea water media with an optical density (OD600) value of 0.15 and subsequent studies were carried out using this medium. To evaluate the potential for PUFA production, RNA transcripts of polyketide synthases (PKS) genes were isolated and reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) with S. frigidimarina specific primers carried out. The results of the successful RNA extraction and subsequent RT-PCR revealed that modifications made to growth media compositions can affect the potential for PUFA production.
Author(s): Sani YM, Afegbua SL, Glassey J, Ward AC, Rajarajan N
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: African Journal of Biotechnology: 22nd Annual Conference of the Biotechnology Society of Nigeria (BSN)
Year of Conference: 2010
Pages: 8928-8933
Publisher: Academic Journals
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ISBN: 16845315
