Characterization of two Pantoea strains isolated from extra-virgin olive oil
2018
The olive oil is an unfavorable substrate for microbial survival and growth. Only few microorganisms use olive oil fatty acids as carbon and energy sources, and survive in the presence of olive oil anti-microbial components. In this study, we have evaluated the occurrence of microorganisms in 1-year-stored extra-virgin olive oil samples. We detected the presence of bacterial and yeast species with a recurrence of the bacterium
Stenotrophomonas
rhizophilaand yeast
Sporobolomycesroseus. We then assayed the ability of all isolates to grow in a mineral medium supplemented with a commercial extra-virgin olive oil as a sole carbon and energy source, and analyzed the utilization of olive oil fatty acids during their growth. We finally focused on two bacterial isolates belonging to the species
Pantoeaseptica. Both these isolates produce carotenoids, and one of them synthesizes bioemulsifiers enabling the bacteria to better survive/growth in this unfavorable substrate. Analyses point to a mixture of
glycolipidswith glucose, galactose and xylose as carbohydrate moieties whereas the lipid domain was constituted by C6–C10 β-hydroxy carboxylic acids.
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