Paper
Chemically Defined Medium for Optimization of Proteolytic Activity of Lactobacillus bulgaricus 761N
- Authors:
- Islam Nour; Faiza Fattouh; Hala El-Adawi
- Abstract
- Subcellular fractions of Lactobacillus bulgaricus 761N were investigated for their proteolytic activity that results in production of bioactive peptides in the cell-free supernatant. It was observed that the extracellular extract of L. bulgaricus 761N possessed the highest proteolytic activity of about 63.1 U/ml/min. Consequently, the extracellular fraction was chosen for assessing the proteolytic activity after each step of the optimization process was carried out. The factors of the optimization process involve the incubation period, temperature, pH, salinity (expressed by NaCl concentration), casein content, trace element concentration. The trace elements include cobalt chloride, copper sulphate, calcium chloride and ferrous sulphate. The basal medium used was skim milk agar. The other constituents of the chemically synthesized medium, that would optimize the proteolytic activity that in turn elevate the bioactive peptides production, are determined upon the results of the optimization process. The preferred conditions for maximal activity occurrence was after 48h incubation period, at pH 7, 37 oC, brackish environment at 5gl-1 NaCl content and 5gl-1 casein content. CaCl2 and CoCl2 were found to enhance the proteolytic activity at 1mM, while CuSO4 and FeSO4 were found to be needed in fewer amounts at 0.5mM and 0.1mM, respectively. The antibacterial activity of these bioactive peptides produced in the cell free supernatant was investigated against some human pathogenic bacteria. It was found that it impose a high antibacterial capacity on tested pathogens reaching 89% inhibition.
- Keywords
- Lactobacillus Bulgaricus 761N; Proteolytic Activity; Chemically Synthesized Medium; Optimization Process; Antibacterial Activity
- StartPage
- 46
- EndPage
- 56
- Doi
- 10.5963/LSMR0404002