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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2000, p. 3427-3431, Vol. 66, No. 8
0099-2240/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Factors Affecting Exocellular Polysaccharide Production by Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus Grown in a Chemically Defined Medium†

Sandrine Petry,1,* Sylviane Furlan,1 Marie-Jeanne Crepeau,2 Jutta Cerning,1 and Michel Desmazeaud1

Unité de Recherches Laitières et Génétique Appliquée, INRA, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas Cedex,1 and Unité de Recherche sur les Polysaccharides, leur Organisation et Interaction, INRA, 44316 Nantes Cedex,2 France

Received 23 December 1999/Accepted 16 May 2000

We developed a chemically defined medium (CDM) containing lactose or glucose as the carbon source that supports growth and exopolysaccharide (EPS) production of two strains of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus. The factors found to affect EPS production in this medium were oxygen, pH, temperature, and medium constituents, such as orotic acid and the carbon source. EPS production was greatest during the stationary phase. Composition analysis of EPS isolated at different growth phases and produced under different fermentation conditions (varying carbon source or pH) revealed that the component sugars were the same. The EPS from strain L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus CNRZ 1187 contained galactose and glucose, and that of strain L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus CNRZ 416 contained galactose, glucose, and rhamnose. However, the relative proportions of the individual monosaccharides differed, suggesting that repeating unit structures can vary according to specific medium alterations. Under pH-controlled fermentation conditions, L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus strains produced as much EPS in the CDM as in milk. Furthermore, the relative proportions of individual monosaccharides of EPS produced in pH-controlled CDM or in milk were very similar. The CDM we developed may be a useful model and an alternative to milk in studies of EPS production.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Unité de Recherches Laitières et Génétique Appliquée, INRA, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas Cedex, France. Phone: 33 1 34 65 21 66. Fax: 33 1 34 65 20 65. E-mail: petry{at}jouy.inra.fr.

dagger This paper is dedicated to Jutta Cerning, who passed away on 3 October 1999.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2000, p. 3427-3431, Vol. 66, No. 8
0099-2240/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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