Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2013, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (1): 186-190.

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Screening of the Oxalate-degrading Lactobacillus Strains Using Protolast Fusion Technology

Zhang Yu1, Mao Shuhong1, Lu Fupin1, Nie Shijian2   

  1. "1. Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology,Ministry of Education,National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Enzymes,Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology,College of Biotechnology,Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457;
    2. Brins-LivePro Biotechnology Corporation,Beijing 00069"
  • Received:2012-07-27 Revised:2013-01-31 Online:2013-01-30 Published:2013-01-30

Abstract: Bifidobacterium lactis with oxalate-degrading capacity can efficiently reduce the oxalate in vivo, and can be used to prevent and treat kidney stone diseases. While Bifidobacterium lactis is poorly oxygen-tolerant, that can not be employed as microbial ecological agents. In this study, protoplast fusion was studied between Bifidobacterium lactis with oxalate-degrading capacity and oxygen-tolerant lactobacillus acidophilus. Under the optimum conditions of protoplast fusion with PEG 6000 concentration 50%, fusion time 7 min, fusion temperature 30℃ , concentration of CaCl2 0.02 mol/ L and the concentration of MgCl2 0.5 mol/ L, the fusion rate reached 7.6%, and a oxygen-tolerant fusant showing the level of oxalate degradation at 13.4% was obtained.

Key words: Oxalate , Lactobacillus , Protoplast fusion , Selected , Fusion frequency