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Simultaneous enumeration of yeast and bacterial cells in the context of industrial bioprocesses

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Martins, Carolina Teixeira ; Jacobus, Ana Paula ; Conceicao Jr, Renilson ; Barbin, Douglas Fernandes ; Bolini, Helena ; Gombert, Andreas Karoly
Número total de Autores: 6
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology; v. 51, p. 14-pg., 2024-09-11.
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In scenarios where yeast and bacterial cells coexist, it is of interest to simultaneously quantify the concentrations of both cell types, since traditional methods used to determine these concentrations individually take more time and resources. Here, we compared different methods for quantifying the fuel ethanol Saccharomyces cerevisiae PE-2 yeast strain and cells from the probiotic Lactiplantibacillus plantarum strain in microbial suspensions. Individual suspensions were prepared, mixed in 1:1 or 100:1 yeast-to-bacteria ratios, covering the range typically encountered in sugarcane biorefineries, and analyzed using bright field microscopy, manual and automatic Spread-plate and Drop-plate counting, flow cytometry (at 1:1 and 100:1 ratios), and a Coulter Counter (at 1:1 and 100:1 ratios). We observed that for yeast cell counts in the mixture (1:1 and 100:1 ratios), flow cytometry, the Coulter Counter, and both Spread-plate options (manual and automatic CFU counting) yielded statistically similar results, while the Drop-plate and microscopy-based methods gave statistically different results. For bacterial cell quantification, the microscopy-based method, Drop-plate, and both Spread-plate plating options and flow cytometry (1:1 ratio) produced no significantly different results (p > .05). In contrast, the Coulter Counter (1:1 ratio) and flow cytometry (100:1 ratio) presented results statistically different (p < .05). Additionally, quantifying bacterial cells in a mixed suspension at a 100:1 ratio wasn't possible due to an overlap between yeast cell debris and bacterial cells. We conclude that each method has limitations, advantages, and disadvantages. (AU)

Processo FAPESP: 23/10728-3 - Ecologia microbiana em fermentações alcoólicas industriais: coleta de amostras, extração de DNA, bioinformática e análises estatísticas
Beneficiário:Carolina Teixeira Martins
Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Programa Capacitação - Treinamento Técnico
Processo FAPESP: 22/15256-0 - Rumo ao entendimento da ecologia microbiana de fermentações alcoólicas em biorrefinarias de cana-de-açúcar
Beneficiário:Andreas Karoly Gombert
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOEN - Regular