TY - JOUR
T1 - L-Arabinose metabolism in Candida arabinofermentans PYCC 5603T and Pichia guilliermondii PYCC 3012: Influence of sugar and oxygen on product formation
AU - Fonseca, César
AU - Spencer-Martins, Isabel
AU - Hahn-Hägerdal, Bärbel
PY - 2007/5
Y1 - 2007/5
N2 - L-Arabinose utilization by the yeasts Candida arabinofermentans PYCC 5603T and Pichia guilliermondii PYCC 3012 was investigated in aerobic batch cultures and compared, under similar conditions, to D-glucose and d-xylose metabolism. At high aeration levels, only biomass was formed from all the three sugars. When oxygen became limited, ethanol was produced from d-glucose, demonstrating a fermentative pathway in these yeasts. However, pentoses were essentially respired and, under oxygen limitation, the respective polyols accumulated-arabitol from L-arabinose and xylitol from d-xylose. Different l-arabinose concentrations and oxygen conditions were tested to better understand L-arabinose metabolism. P. guilliermondii PYCC 3012 excreted considerably more arabitol from L-arabinose (and also xylitol from D-xylose) than C. arabinofermentans PYCC 5603T. In contrast to the latter, P. guilliermondii PYCC 3012 did not produce any traces of ethanol in complex L-arabinose (80 g/l) medium under oxygen-limited conditions. Neither sustained growth nor active metabolism was observed under anaerobiosis. This study demonstrates, for the first time, the oxygen dependence of metabolite and product formation in L-arabinose-assimilating yeasts.
AB - L-Arabinose utilization by the yeasts Candida arabinofermentans PYCC 5603T and Pichia guilliermondii PYCC 3012 was investigated in aerobic batch cultures and compared, under similar conditions, to D-glucose and d-xylose metabolism. At high aeration levels, only biomass was formed from all the three sugars. When oxygen became limited, ethanol was produced from d-glucose, demonstrating a fermentative pathway in these yeasts. However, pentoses were essentially respired and, under oxygen limitation, the respective polyols accumulated-arabitol from L-arabinose and xylitol from d-xylose. Different l-arabinose concentrations and oxygen conditions were tested to better understand L-arabinose metabolism. P. guilliermondii PYCC 3012 excreted considerably more arabitol from L-arabinose (and also xylitol from D-xylose) than C. arabinofermentans PYCC 5603T. In contrast to the latter, P. guilliermondii PYCC 3012 did not produce any traces of ethanol in complex L-arabinose (80 g/l) medium under oxygen-limited conditions. Neither sustained growth nor active metabolism was observed under anaerobiosis. This study demonstrates, for the first time, the oxygen dependence of metabolite and product formation in L-arabinose-assimilating yeasts.
KW - Candida arabinofermentans
KW - Fermentation conditions
KW - Hemicellulose
KW - L-Arabinose
KW - Pentose
KW - Pichia guilliermondii
KW - Yeast
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U2 - 10.1007/s00253-006-0830-7
DO - 10.1007/s00253-006-0830-7
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 17262211
AN - SCOPUS:33947254105
SN - 0175-7598
VL - 75
SP - 303
EP - 310
JO - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
JF - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
IS - 2
ER -