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In vivo creation of plasmid pCRT01 and its use for the construction of carotenoid-producing Paracoccus spp. strains that grow efficiently on industrial wastes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Carotenoids are natural tetraterpene pigments widely utilized in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. Currently, chemical synthesis of these compounds outperforms their production in Escherichia coli or yeast due to the limited efficiency of the latter. The use of natural microbial carotenoid producers, such as bacteria of the genus Paracoccus (Alphaproteobacteria), may help to optimize this process. In order to couple the ability to synthesize these pigments with the metabolic versatility of this genus, we explored the possibility of introducing carotenoid synthesis genes into strains capable of efficient growth on simple low-cost media.

Results

We constructed two carotenoid-producing strains of Paracoccus carrying a new plasmid, pCRT01, which contains the carotenoid synthesis gene locus crt from Paracoccus marcusii OS22. The plasmid was created in vivo via illegitimate recombination between crt-carrying vector pABW1 and a natural "paracoccal" plasmid pAMI2. Consequently, the obtained fusion replicon is stably maintained in the bacterial population without the need for antibiotic selection. The introduction of pCRT01 into fast-growing "colorless" strains of Paracoccus aminophilus and Paracoccus kondratievae converted them into efficient producers of a range of both carotenes and xanthophylls. The exact profile of the produced pigments was dependent on the strain genetic background. To reduce the cost of carotenoid production in this system, we tested the growth and pigment synthesis efficiency of the two strains on various simple media, including raw industrial effluent (coal-fired power plant flue gas desulfurization wastewater) supplemented with molasses, an industrial by-product rich in sucrose.

Conclusions

We demonstrated a new approach for the construction of carotenoid-producing bacterial strains which relies on a single plasmid-mediated transfer of a pigment synthesis gene locus between Paracoccus strains. This strategy facilitates screening for producer strains in terms of synthesis efficiency, pigment profile and ability to grow on low-cost industrial waste-based media, which should increase the cost-effectiveness of microbial production of carotenoids.

SUBMITTER: Maj A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7359593 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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In vivo creation of plasmid pCRT01 and its use for the construction of carotenoid-producing Paracoccus spp. strains that grow efficiently on industrial wastes.

Maj Anna A Dziewit Lukasz L Drewniak Lukasz L Garstka Maciej M Krucon Tomasz T Piatkowska Katarzyna K Gieczewska Katarzyna K Czarnecki Jakub J Furmanczyk Ewa E Lasek Robert R Baj Jadwiga J Bartosik Dariusz D

Microbial cell factories 20200713 1

<h4>Background</h4>Carotenoids are natural tetraterpene pigments widely utilized in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. Currently, chemical synthesis of these compounds outperforms their production in Escherichia coli or yeast due to the limited efficiency of the latter. The use of natural microbial carotenoid producers, such as bacteria of the genus Paracoccus (Alphaproteobacteria), may help to optimize this process. In order to couple the ability to synthesize these pigments with ...[more]

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In vivo creation of plasmid pCRT01 and its use for the construction of carotenoid-producing Paracoccus spp. strains that grow efficiently on industrial wastes.

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In vivo creation of plasmid pCRT01 and its use for the construction of carotenoid-producing Paracoccus spp. strains that grow efficiently on industrial wastes.

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