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2/2021
vol. 102
 
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Enhancement of biomass and total carotenoid content of a UV-resistant strain of Dietzia maris in response to different carbon and nitrogen sources

Atefeh Salehi Bakhtiyari
1
,
Zahra Etemadifar
1
,
Matia Sadat Borhani
2
,
Narges Zamanian
1

1.
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology & Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Science and Technology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
2.
Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, Gonbad Kavous University, Golestan, Iran
BioTechnologia vol. 102(2) ∙ pp. 197–207 ∙ 2021
Online publish date: 2021/07/05
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In the present study, the effect of various fermentation media on the production of carotenoid pigment in a radiation-resistant strain of Dietzia maris was reported. The biomass and pigment production of this strain was evaluated using various sources of carbon and nitrogen as well as different concentrations of whey medium. The antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of the extracted pigment were also determined using ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radicals (DPPH), and MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide) assays. The antibacterial activity of the carotenoid pigment was also evaluated. All carbon sources increased the pigment production of D. maris in the following order: glucose > raffinose = starch = xylose > sorbitol > sucrose. However, only glucose, xylose, and sorbitol significantly increased the microbial biomass as compared to the control. Moreover, all organic nitrogen sources and ammonium sulfate enhanced the pigment production of the studied strain by approximately 6–9 folds. The free radical scavenging capacity and FRAP of the D. maris carotenoid extract were reported as half-maximal effective concentration or EC50= 3.30 mg/ml and EC50 = 28.46 μg/ml, respectively. The maximum amount of biomass and carotenoid pigment produced by D. maris was obtained in the fermentation medium containing 1 g/l glucose and 1 g/l yeast extract (18 mg/l). This strain can be considered as a promising biocatalyst for the commercial production of natural carotenoids due to its antioxidant capacity and noncytotoxic activity.
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antioxidant, carotenoid, Dietzia maris, optimization

 
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