Zymomonas mobilis 균체의 지방산 분포와 균의 생존성에 미치는 ethanol 농도의 영향

Cell Viability and Fatty Acids Composition of Zymomonas mobilis grown at different Concentrations of Ethanol

Zymomonas mobilis에 관찰된 ethanol 저해작용의 원인을 규명하고자 회분 및 연속배양에서 얻은 균의 생존성고 균체내의 지방산 분포를 조사하였다. 그 결고 ethanol 농도의 변화는 균체의 지방산 분포에 직접적인 영향을 주었고, 또한 균의 생존성과도 밀접한 연관이 있음을 알았다.

The aim of the present studies was to analyze the physiological background of ethanol inhibition in Zumomonas mobilis. The experiments were carried out with a number of continuous culture to give steady state concentration of ethanol. The domposition of fatty acids in the cells obtained from various conditions was analyzed and cell viability was also estimated. As results, it was found that vaccenic acid was the mafor fatty acid in the cell of Z. mobilis and the concentration was changed apparently to increase as increasing the concentration of ethanol produced from substrate utilization. Finally it was observed also that cell viability was decreased remarkably at the elevated ethanol concentration. Those changes might play important roles in the ethanol fermentation to give more complex phenomena observed at high concentration of ethanol.