[Glycerol metabolism in surfactants producers Acinetobacter calcaaceticus IMV B-7241 and Rhodococcus erythropolis IMV Ac-5017].

Key enzymes of glycerol metabolism were detected in the cells of surfactants producers Rhodococcus erythropolis IMV Ac-5017 and Acinetobacter calcaaceticus IMV B-7241 grown on glycerol. It has been established that in the both strains glycerol catabolism to dihydroxyacetonephosphate (the intermediate of glycolysis) may be performed in two ways: through glycerol-3-phosphate (glycerol kinase activity 740-840 nmol min(-1) mg(-1) of protein) and through dihydroxyacetone. Glycerol oxidation to dihydroxyacetone in the strains IMV B-7241 and Ac-5017 is catalised by pyrrholo-quinolinquinone-dependent glycerol dehydrogenases and nitroso-N,N-dimethylaniline-dependent alcohol dehydrogenases.

[Synthesis of surfactants acinetobacter calcoaceticus IMV B-7241 and Rhodococcus erythropolis IMV Ac-5070 in the medium with glycerol].

It was established that glycerol, a byproduct of biodiesel production, may be used as substrate for synthesis of surfactants Rhodococcus erythropolis IMV Ac-5017 and Acinetobacter calcoaceticus IMV B-7241. Maximum indices of surfactants synthesis by the strain IMV B-7241 have been fixed, when the medium with glycerol included yeast autolysate and trace elements. It was shown that the surfactants synthesis could be intensified when cultivating A.

[Effect of citric acid on synthesis of surfactants in Rhodococcus erythropolis IMV Ac-5017].

Expediency of sodium citrate (regulator of lipids synthesis) substitution is shown in the medium of cultivation of Rhodococcus erythropolis IMV Ac-5017 with ethanol (or hexadecane) and fumarate (gluconeogenesis precursor) by citric acid for pH maintenance at the level optimal for synthesis of surfactants. It has been established the maximum synthesis of surfactants of R. erythropolis IMV Ac-5017 was observed at pH 8.