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Changes in polyhydroxyalkanoate granule accumulation make optical density measurement an unreliable method for estimating bacterial growth in Burkholderia thailandensis

Martinez, Sarah et Déziel, Éric ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4609-0115 (2020). Changes in polyhydroxyalkanoate granule accumulation make optical density measurement an unreliable method for estimating bacterial growth in Burkholderia thailandensis Canadian Journal of Microbiology , vol. 66 , nº 3. pp. 256-262. DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2019-0342.

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Optical density (OD) measurement is the standard method used in microbiology for estimating bacterial concentrations in cultures. However, most studies do not compare these measurements with viable cell counts and assume that they reflect the real cell concentration. Burkholderia thailandensis was recently identified as a polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) producer. PHA biosynthesis seems to be coded by an orthologue of the Cupriavidus necator phaC gene. When growing cultures of wild-type strain E264 and an isogenic phaC mutant, we noted a difference in their OD600 values, although viable cell counts indicated similar growth. Investigating the cellular morphologies of both strains, we found that under our conditions the wild-type strain was full of PHA granules, deforming the cells, while the mutant contained no granules. These factors apparently affected the light scattering, making the OD600 values no longer representative of cell density. We show a direct correlation between OD600 values and the accumulation of PHA. We conclude that OD measurement is unreliable for growth evaluation of B. thailandensis because of PHA production. This study also suggests that B. thailandensis could represent an excellent candidate for PHA bioproduction. Correlation between OD measurements and viable cell counts should be verified in any study performed with B. thailandensis.

Type de document: Article
Mots-clés libres: PHA granules; PHA synthase; granules de PHA; spectrophotometry; spectrophotométrie
Centre: Centre INRS-Institut Armand Frappier
Date de dépôt: 20 juill. 2021 04:07
Dernière modification: 07 févr. 2022 16:04
URI: https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/11637

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