Enzymatic degradation of granular potato starch by Microbacterium aurum strain B8.A

Fean D Sarian, Rachel M van der Kaaij, Slavko Kralj, Dirk-Jan Wijbenga, Doede J. Binnema, Marc J E C van der Maarel, Lubbert Dijkhuizen

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    Abstract

    Microbacterium aurum strain B8.A was isolated from the sludge of a potato starch-processing factory on the basis of its ability to use granular starch as carbon- and energy source. Extracellular enzymes hydrolyzing granular starch were detected in the growth medium of M. aurum B8.A, while the type strain M. aurum DSMZ 8600 produced very little amylase activity, and hence was unable to degrade granular starch. The strain B8.A extracellular enzyme fraction degraded wheat, tapioca and potato starch at 37 °C, well below the gelatinization temperature of these starches. Starch granules of potato were hydrolyzed more slowly than of wheat and tapioca, probably due to structural differences and/or surface area effects. Partial hydrolysis of starch granules by extracellular enzymes of strain B8.A resulted in large holes of irregular sizes in case of wheat and tapioca and many smaller pores of relatively homogeneous size in case of potato. The strain B8.A extracellular amylolytic system produced mainly maltotriose and maltose from both granular and soluble starch substrates; also, larger maltooligosaccharides were formed after growth of strain B8.A in rich medium. Zymogram analysis confirmed that a different set of amylolytic enzymes was present depending on the growth conditions of M. aurum B8.A. Some of these enzymes could be partly purified by binding to starch granules.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)645-654
    JournalApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology
    Volume93
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jan 2012

    Keywords

    • Actinomycetales
    • Cluster Analysis
    • DNA, Bacterial
    • DNA, Ribosomal
    • Maltose
    • Manihot
    • Molecular Sequence Data
    • Oligosaccharides
    • Phylogeny
    • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
    • Sequence Analysis, DNA
    • Solanum tuberosum
    • Starch
    • Temperature
    • Trisaccharides
    • Triticum
    • Journal Article
    • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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