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Response of Streptococcus zooepidemicus to Oxidative Stress in Hyaluronic Acid Fermentation

Mashitah, M.D., Masitah, H. and Ramachandran, K.B.

Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities, Volume 17, Issue 1, January 2009

Keywords: Hyaluronic acid, hydrogen peroxide, oxidative stress, protective response, Streptococcus zooepidemicus

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Streptococcus zooepidemicus (SZ) is an aerotolerant bacteria and its ability to survive under reactive oxidant raises the question of the existence of a defense system against oxidative stress. As a characteristic of lactic acid bacteria, Streptococcus lacks an ordinary anti-oxidative stress enzyme, catalases and an electron transport chain. Whether this bacterium resists oxidative stress prior to an exposure to a higher level of an oxidizing agent H2O2 in hyaluronic acid fermentation is not known. This paper describes that Streptococcus cells, once treated with lower concentrations of H2O2 (i.e. 0.25, 0.50 and 1.0 mM) at least, were prepared for a subsequent higher concentrations of H2O2 such as 20.5 and 100 mM. At low concentrations (i.e. 0.25, 0.50 and 1.0 mM), H2O2 was found to act as a stimulant for HA synthesis, but it became toxic if presented at a very high level (100 mM H2O2). The highest HA yield to glucose consumed (YHAtotal/glu) was 0.017 gg-1 for the cells pre-treated with 0 mM of H2O2, and then exposed to 20.5 mM H2O2. Thus, this implied that this bacteria might possess a defense mechanism against oxidative stress and that this system was inducible.

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