Effect of Different Carbon Sources on Catabolism of Ferulic Acid by Staphylococcus aureus and Bacterial Population Analysis

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Effect of Different Carbon Sources on Catabolism of Ferulic Acid by Staphylococcus aureus and Bacterial Population Analysis

Prakash Kumar Sarangi^1,2, Hara Prasad Sahoo³ and Mahasweta Das¹

¹Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar – 751 003, India.

²Directorate of Research, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, Imphal -795004, India.

³Department of Botany, BJB College, Bhubaneswar – 751 003, India.

J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2014;8(4):3097-3100

Received: 14/04/2014 | Accepted: 28/06/2014 | Published: 31/08/2014

Abstract

A study was carried out on the population study of Staphylococcus aureus with different carbon sources during the course of ferulic acid catabolism The treatments in the study involved ferulic acid (FA), ferulic acid + glucose (FAG) and ferulic acid + biosludge (FAB) during catabolism process towards production of vanillin. Results revealed that S. aureus consumed ferulic acid rapidly with more than 4-fold increased accumulation of vanillin (45.7 mg/l) on day 2 in FAG treatment, whereas 9.8 mg/l of vanillin accumulation was found on day 7 in FA treatment. FAB treatment gave an intermediate effect on day 4 with vanillin accumulation of 22.8 mg/l. The population of bacteria in FAG medium was highest followed by FAB medium. In FA treatment, their population was lowest among all conditions. Hence, as per the production of vanillin and bacterial population, the treatments can be ranked as FAG > FAB > FA.

Keywords

Staphylococcus aureus, ferulic acid, glucose, biosludge, vanillin

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