Vater, Joachim and Kablitz, Bärbel and Wilde, Christopher and Franke, Peter and Mehta, Neena and Cameotra, Swaranjit Singh (2002) Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization--time of flight mass spectrometry of lipopeptide biosurfactants in whole cells and culture filtrates of Bacillus subtilis C-1 isolated from petroleum sludge. Applied and environmental microbiology, 68 (12). pp. 6210-9. ISSN 0099-2240
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Abstract
An innovative method was developed for rapid sensitive detection and efficient structural characterization of lipopeptide biosurfactants by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry by using whole microbial cells and crude culture filtrates as targets in combination with surface tension measurements. This was done for a bacterial strain that was isolated from petroleum sludge and efficiently produces biosurfactants. This organism was identified by using biochemical, physiological, and genetic parameters as a Bacillus subtilis strain, designated B. subtilis C-1. This assignment was supported by a mass spectrometric investigation of the secondary metabolite spectrum determined by whole-cell MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, which revealed three lipopeptide complexes, the surfactins, the iturins, and the fengycins, which are well-known biosurfactants produced by B. subtilis strains. These compounds were structurally characterized by in situ structure analysis by using postsource decay MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. The isoforms were separated by miniaturized high-resolution reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography for mass spectrometric characterization. Iturin compounds which contain unusual fatty acid components were detected.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to ASM. |
Subjects: | Q Science > QR Microbiology |
Depositing User: | Dr. K.P.S.Sengar |
Date Deposited: | 06 Feb 2012 18:18 |
Last Modified: | 06 Feb 2012 18:18 |
URI: | http://crdd.osdd.net/open/id/eprint/894 |
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