TLC screening of thraustochytrid strains for squalene production

Autor: Atsushi Nakazawa, Yuuhiko Tanabe, Emi Kusuda, Aparat Mahakhant, Makoto Watanabe, Masaki Yoshida, Natsuki Yonezawa, Duong Van Thang, Daiske Honda, Mayumi Ueda, Hiroshi Matsuura, Ryoji Kose, Yume Kokubun, Kunimitsu Kaya
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Journal of Applied Phycology. 26:29-41
ISSN: 1573-5176
0921-8971
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-013-0080-x
Popis: Screenings of thraustochytrids (Labyrinthulomycetes) have been conducted for 176 strains isolated from various sites in the Asian region to investigate what type of species and strains accumulate high levels of squalene. Thin layer chromatography (TLC) screening for squalene production revealed that 38 strains were rated as “+” (high), 29 as “±” (medium), and 109 as “−” (low). Further, high performance liquid chromatography analysis strongly supported the TLC screening results. Besides the 18W-13a strain of Aurantiochytrium sp., which was previously recognized as a squalene-rich strain, several strains produced squalene at approximately 1 g L−1 of culture volume. Squalene production was strongly related to locality, colony color, and phylogenetic clade. Most strains with “+” squalene spots were isolated from Okinawa, a subtropical region of Japan, while the strains with “±” and “−” squalene spots were isolated from wide geographical regions from tropical to subarctic. Approximately half the strains with orange colonies on GTY medium plates produced a high amount of squalene, whereas the other strains with different colors showed less or no squalene spots on TLC. All the squalene-rich strains were assigned to the Aurantiochytrium clade. Overall, our results suggest that (1) the thraustochytrids show tendentious locality in terms of squalene production, (2) a relationship exists between the metabolic synthesis of carotenoid pigments and squalene production, and (3) the Aurantiochytrium clade may have evolved to accumulate squalene.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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