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KMID : 0545120110210060646
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Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
2011 Volume.21 No. 6 p.646 ~ p.651
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Effect of Pulsed Electric Fields upon Accumulation of Zinc in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Urszula Pankiewicz
Jerzy Jamroz
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Abstract
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Cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae were treated with pulsed electric fields to improve accumulation of zinc in the biomass. Under optimized conditions, that is, on 15 min exposure of the 20 h grown culture to PEFs of 1500 V and 10 μs pulse width, accumulation of zinc in the yeast biomass reached a maximum of 15.57 mg/g d.m. Under optimum zinc concentration (100 μg/ml nutrient medium), its accumulation in the cells was higher by 63% in comparison with the control (without PEFs). That accumulation significantly correlated against zinc concentration in the medium. Neither multiple exposure of the cultures to PEFs nor intermittent supplementation of the cultures with zinc increased the zinc accumulation. The intermittent supplementation of the cultures with zinc and multiple exposures on PEFs could even reduce the accumulation efficiency, respectively, by 57% and 47%.
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KEYWORD
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zinc, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, biomass, pulsed electric fields
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