Degradation of phytate by Pichia kudriavzevii TY13 and Hanseniaspora guilliermondii TY14 in Tanzanian togwa
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2012

The fermented cereal-based gruel togwa is used as weaning food for children in Tanzania. Togwa is rich in minerals but these are often not available for uptake in the human intestine due to natural inhibitors, such as phytate (IP 6). The yeasts Pichia kudriavzevii TY13, Hanseniaspora guilliermondii TY14 and TY20, isolated from Tanzanian togwa, and selected for high phytase activity in complex yeast medium YPD, were now studied regarding their ability to degrade IP 6 in maize-based model togwa. A modified constitutively high-phytase producing Saccharomyces cerevisiae BY80 and commercial Aspergillus ficuum phytase were included for comparison. In addition, a strain of Lactobacillus plantarum was included in the model-togwa set-up.All yeasts in the study grew and reached final cell density 1.5-2 log units higher than the start value. S. cerevisiae BY80 degraded 85% of the IP 6 in 48h; the same degradation level as with A. ficuum phytase (89%). Of the togwa-isolated yeasts, P. kudriavzevii TY13 and H. guilliermondii TY14 showed strong phytate degradation in the model-togwa; 95% or more of the initial IP 6 was degraded after 48h. This corresponds to a remaining level of 0.4 and 0.3μmol IP 6/g dw. Co-inoculation with L. plantarum did not increase IP 6 degradation. Moreover, fermentation with P. kudriavzevii TY13 yielded a successive increase in inorganic phosphate (P i), from 0.7 to 5.4mM, suggesting a phytase production in TY13 which is fairly insensitive to P i repression. The study shows that phytate in a model togwa is available for yeast phytase enzymes, and addresses the importance of strain selection for effectively degrading the phytate. Certain yeasts originating from togwa seem to have developed a natural high phytase production, and P. kudriavzevii TY13 and H. guilliermondii TY14 seem particularly well adapted to phytate degradation in togwa, and is our choice for further studies and strain improvement.

Phytase

Fermented food

Secretion

Yeast

Pichia kudriavzevii

Phosphate

Författare

Andreas Hellström

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Livsvetenskaper

Annette Almgren

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Livsvetenskaper

Nils-Gunnar Carlsson

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Livsvetenskaper

Ulf Svanberg

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Livsvetenskaper

Thomas Andlid

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Livsvetenskaper

International Journal of Food Microbiology

0168-1605 (ISSN) 18793460 (eISSN)

Vol. 153 1-2 73-77

Ämneskategorier

Biokemi och molekylärbiologi

Styrkeområden

Livsvetenskaper och teknik (2010-2018)

DOI

10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.10.018

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2017-10-08