Volume 8
Issue 3
Biotechnology
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume8/issue3/abs-16.html
INTRASPECIES DIFFERENTATION OF SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE STRAINS ISOLATED FROM FISH AND THE ODRA ESTUARY
Elżbieta Bogusławska-W±s, Katarzyna Czeszejko, Urszula Czekajło-Kołodziej, Dagmara Mędrala
Department of Food Microbiology,
Agricultural University of Szczecin, Poland
ABSTRACT
Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains isolated from fish and subsurface layers of the Odra Estuary waters were examined. It was evaluated that the increase in faecal contamination of water samples is related to the increase in the total number of yeasts and yeast-like organisms, including S. cerevisiae. RAPD-PCR analysis enabled to distinguish 5 groups of isolates presenting a high level of similarity of their genetic fingerprints. Evaluation of S. cerevisiae cell wall hydrophobic properties, conducted with the MATH method, revealed occurrence of three separate phenotypic groups which expressed the tested property at different level. 87.5% of hydrophobic strains originated from the most polluted area. No correlation between genotypes and hydrophobicity of strains was observed.
Key words: S. cerevisiae, hydrophobicity, randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD-PCR) technique, water.
Elżbieta Bogusławska-W±s
Department of Food Microbiology,
Agricultural University of Szczecin, Poland
Papieża Pawa VI 3, Szczecin, Poland
email: ewas@tz.ar.szcecin.pl
Katarzyna Czeszejko
Department of Food Microbiology,
Agricultural University of Szczecin, Poland
Papieża Pawa VI 3, Szczecin, Poland
Urszula Czekajło-Kołodziej
Department of Food Microbiology,
Agricultural University of Szczecin, Poland
Papieża Pawa VI 3, Szczecin, Poland
Dagmara Mędrala
Department of Food Microbiology,
Agricultural University of Szczecin, Poland
Papieża Pawa VI 3, Szczecin, Poland
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