Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (7): 90-96.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2020-0080

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High-throughput Screening High-yield Bacitracin Strain from Bacillus licheniformis DW2

MI Liang-bo1, ZENG Wei-zhu1, HUANG Ke-xue2, WANG De-ming2, DU Guo-cheng1, ZHOU Jing-wen1, CHEN Jian1   

  1. 1. School of Biotechnology,Jiangnan University,Wuxi 214122;
    2. Qilu Pharmaceutical(Inner Mongolia)Co. ,Ltd. ,Huhhot 010080
  • Received:2020-01-21 Online:2020-07-26 Published:2020-07-28

Abstract: Bacitracin,as secondary metabolite with complex biotransformation pathway,is a widely used broad-spectrum peptide antibiotic. An industrial strain Bacillus licheniformis DW2 was used for this study,and strains of high-yield bacitracin were obtained using the Atmospheric and Room Temperature Plasma(ARTP)mutagenesis and an established high-throughput screening strategy based on flow cytometry(FCM). Finally,the 5 best performing strains with regard to bacitracin yield were determined by screening,and they were 8#6D,7#5E,6#7E,5#8D,and 2#5F. The yield increased by 20.9%,20.9%,20.8%,19.7%,and 22.2%,respectively,compared with that of starting DW2 strain. The highest titer of the bacitracin reached 912 U/mL. With the help of high-flow sorting by flow cytometry,high-throughput screening characterized of simple and safe can quickly increase bacitracin production.

Key words: bacitracin, ARTP, biuret coloration, flow cytometry, multi-well microtiter plates.