LEVAN PRODUCTION POTENTIALS FROM DIFFERENT HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENTS IN TURKEY


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Cakmak H., Aytar Çelik P., Cinar S., Hosgun E. Z., Mutlu M. B., Çabuk A.

JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY BIOTECHNOLOGY AND FOOD SCIENCES, vol.10, pp.61-64, 2020 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 10
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.15414/jmbfs.2020.10.1.61-64
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY BIOTECHNOLOGY AND FOOD SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.61-64
  • Keywords: halophilic, levan, screening, HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM, PROKARYOTIC DIVERSITY, MICROBIAL LEVAN, HALOMONAS, EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES, BIOSYNTHESIS
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

12 halophilic strains from different hypersaline environments such as solar salterns in Tuzlagozu (Sivas), Fadlum (Sivas), Kemah (Erzincan), a hypersaline spring water in Pulumur (Tunceli) and a saline lake in Delice (Kirikkale) belonging to Turkey, were investigated in terms of levan production. After incubation and ethyl alcohol treatment, dialysis process was operated for partial purification. Levan amounts in our samples after hydrolysis were calculated based on the amount of sugar obtained by acid hydrolysis of standard levan. Sugar amount of samples were determined using by high performance liquid chromatography system (HPLC). H-1-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (H-1-NMR) spectra of the levan sample and standard were recorded. The results obtained by HPLC analysis showed that Chromohalobacter canadensis strain 85B had highest production potential as 234.67 mg levan/g biomass. The chemical shifts of H-1-NMR spectrum of the extracted levan also showed high similarity to those of pure levan isolated from Erwinia herbicola. Furthermore, Marinobacter sp. 163Y strain also is also capable with regard to levan production. In this study, this strain could yield 230.80 mg/g levan and this potential was first reported in the literature.