3. Naely Revisi.cdr Exploration, Isolation and Quantification of -carotene from Bacterial Symbion of sp. β Acropora NAELY KURNIA WUSQY , LEENAWATY LIMANTARA , FERRY FREDY KARWUR 1* 2 1 AND Key words: 16S RDNA B . 1 2 Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga, 50711, Central Java, Indonesia; Ma Chung Research Center for Photosynthetic Pigments, Universitas Ma Chung, Malang 65151, East Java, Indonesia Acropora Acropora Acropora Erythrobacter flavus Erythrobacter flavus Acropora nasuta Erythrobacter flavus Acropora Erythrobacter flavus In the microbial world, pigments are one of the most conspicuous traits. Marine bacteria associated with sp. collected from Taka Cemara, Karimunjawa Islands were screened for the production of a yellow pigment. The isolation of bacterial symbionts from sp. on Zobell 2216E medium resulted in one bacterium, KJ5, positively synthesized carotenoids. By reverse phase HPLC analysis, one peak of the pigment types was identified as a peak which appeared at 60.24 min. Then, sample of the was collected and identified according to their spectral characteristics and compared with the published data in different types of solvent. Based on the HPLC analysis, the total carotene contents were calculated by converting the broad absorption of carotene. Molecular identification of the bacterium KJ5 using 16S rDNA showed that bacterium KJ5 was closely related to with 96% homology value. , sp., , , HPLC akteri laut berwarna kuning telah berhasil diisolasi dari karang lunak yang berasal dari Taka Cemara, Karimunjawa, Jawa Tengah. Dari hasil skrining pada media ZoBell 2216E ditemukan satu isolat KJ5 yang diduga mengandung karotenoid. Identifikasi karoten dengan fase terbalik kromatografi cair kinerja tinggi (KCKT) berhasil mengidentifikasi -karoten yang muncul pada menit ke 60,24. -karoten murni diperoleh dengan menampung hasil KCKT yang selanjutnya dianalisa dengan UV-Tampak. Spektra diidentifikasi sesuai dengan karakteristiknya dan dibandingkan dengan referensi lain dalam berbagai jenis pelarut. Identifikasi spesies bakteri yang dilakukan menggunakan reaksi berantai polimerase, menunjukkan bahwa isolat bakteri KJ5 memiliki homologi sebesar 96% dengan Kata kunci : sp., , HPLC, 16S RDNA β-carotene β-carotene β- β- β-carotene keberadaan β β β-karoten, Vol.8, No.2, June 2014, p 58-64 DOI: 10.5454/mi.8.2.3 *Corresponding author; Phone: +62-85842278789, Email: naely_wusqy@yahoo.com Natural pigments with an annual growth rate of 5- 10%, have now comprised 31% of the worldwide colorant market compared to 40% for synthetic colorants (Downham and Collins 2000; Mapari . 2010). nd pro-vitamin activities which provide additional value to the products (Paz . 2012). Recently, the price of extracted and purified natural carotene is much higher than that of synthetic carotene ($1000 to $2000 kilogram-1 for natural versus $400 to $800 kilogram-1 for synthetic). The price difference reflects that the consumers prefer the natural products to the synthetic carotene (Caswell and Zilberman 2000). et al et al Natural -carotene is an orange-yellow pigment of carotenoid family that is widely used as a food colorant. -carotene is very attractive as natural food colorant due to its antioxidant a - - - β β β β β Many of the heterotrophic bacteria that synthesize carotenoids have been isolated from coastal and oceanic waters (Du 2006). The widespread occurrence of carotenoids in non-phototrophic bacteria suggests that theirpresence is crucial for the viability of these organisms in their natural environment. Due to the absence of photosynthetic apparatus, the importance of the carotenoids in these microorganisms lies mainly in protecting the microbes from photo- oxidative damage and in absorption of visible light (Britton 1995). In this work, we reported the identification of a marine bacterium associated with soft coral and its potential for the productionof carotene. . Colonies of soft coral were collected et al. et al. Acropora nasuta Acropora nasuta β- MATERIALS AND METHODS Collection of Samples and Bacterial Isolation from Taka Cemara Karimunjawa waters manually. Upon collection colonies were put into sterile plastic bags (Whirl-Pak, Nasco, USA) and put into a cool-box. The tissues were then rinsed with sterile seawater and cut with a sterile knife. The resultant tissues were serially diluted, spread on ½ strength ZoBell 2216E marine agar medium and incubated at room temperature for 48 h. On the basis of morphological features, 9 colonies were randomly picked and purified by making streak plates (Madigan . 2000). . The universal primers 27F (5'-AGAGTTTGATCMTGGC TCAG-3') and primer 1492R (5'-TACGGYTACCTT GTTACGACTT-3') were used to amplify 16S-rDNA gene (Long and Azam 2001). The temperature cycle of amplification was as follows: initial denaturation at a temperature of 94 °C for 2min, and then successive denaturation (94 °C for 1 min), annealing (55 °C for 1 min), andextension (72 °C for 2 min). Series of denaturation, annealing and extension wererepeated until 45 cycles. Electrophoresis was done on 2% agarose. Sequencing was done according to Radjasa (2007). Homology search and DNA data bank by BLAST (Atschul 1997). . Ten plates of bacterial symbiontswhichwere cultured on Zobell agar medium were collected and their pellets moisture was measuredby balancing moisturizer. Then, 10 mL of et al et al. et al. 16S rDNA Polymerase Chain Reaction Extraction of Pigments 100% acetone were added into pellets for extraction (Khalil and Varananis 1996), with the aid of a sonicator (Britton . 1995). . was identified and analyzed by using High Performance Liquid Chromatography in reverse phase column AB with ODS, C18, diameter of 4 mm x 25 mm. The method used consists of an elution gradient of methanol, acetone and ammonium acetate solution (1 M), similar to the method used by Hegazi . (1998). The flow-rate was 1mL min , and the gradient protocol lasted approximately 80 min. All these steps were carried out at room temperature. Peak of which appeared at 60.24 min was collected a n d i d e n t i f i e d a c c o r d i n g t o t h e i r s p e c t r a l characteristics and compared with the published data in different types of solvent. samples used in this study were taken from Taka Cemara, Karimunjawa Islands (Fig 1A). One isolate, namely KJ5 (Fig 1B) which was found to produce yellow pigment was expected as source of carotenoids. A total of 200 g wet weight of KJ5 isolate were extracted, resulted in 0.42 g of yellow pigments with 47.10% moisture. et al et al . Acropora nasuta Identification and Analysis of β-carotene β- carotene β- carotene -1 RESULTS Sampling and Isolation of Bacterial Symbionts A B Fig 1 Sample of from Taka Cemara, Karimunjawa, Jepara (A) ; Sample of KJ5 isolate (B).Acropora nasuta Volume 8, 2014 Microbiol Indones 59 M (+) (KJ5) 2.000 1.000 500 Fig 2 PCR Amplification of 16s rDNA fragment. M: Marker ; (+): positive control; KJ5: sample. strain SW-46 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequenceErythrobacter flavus B36 gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequenceAlpha proteobacterium strain FA2 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequenceSphingomonas phyllosphaerae sp. MBIC4118 gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequenceErythrobacter strain 2PR56-3 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequenceErythrobacter flavus strain RKHC-1 16S ribosomal RNA gene, complete sequenceErythrobacter citreus partial 16S rRNA gene, isolate AMV17Erythrobacter gaetbuli 0.002 KJ5 Fig 3 Phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences of strain KJ5 and representative members of related species of the genus .Erythrobacter Table 1 Molecular Identification of KJ5 isolate Code Length Closest Relative Homology KJ5 1440 bp Erythrobacter flavus 96 % DNA amplification of isolate KJ5 using 16S rDNA PCR showed positive results with the presence of bacterial DNA isolate KJ5 with the appropriate base length of approximately 1500 bp (Fig 2). Phylogenetic tree shown in Fig. 3 shows the phylogenetic affiliation of bacterial isolate with other microorganisms. Molecular identification, by two directions sequencing of the PCR product, showed that isolate KJ5 has the highest percentage of similarity with strain with a 96% level value (Table 1). From the results of HPLC analysis during 80 -carotene absorption wavelength of 427, 449 and 477 nm at 60.24 min (Fig 8) (Hegazi . 1998). The spectra of HPLC pigment pattern of KJ5 Erythrobacter flavus et al min, we found the β 60 WUSQY ET AL. Microbiol Indones Fig. 4 High-performance liquid chromatogram of acetone extract from at 450 nm wavelength (A); 2 dimension of extract pigment of (B); at 60,24 min by UV-Vis (C). Erb. Flavus Erb. flavus spectroscopyAbsorption maxima of β-carotene extract Fig. 5 The spectra of HPLC pigment pattern of KJ5 isolate at three different solvents; acetone (..); ethanol (--) and hexane (-) at 300-500 nm wavelengths. Volume 8, 2014 Microbiol Indones 61 isolate at three different solvents (Fig 5), and table 2 gives the absorption maximum of the pigments in various solvents. Based on the HPLC analysis results -carotene for this sample was in at a t 59.73 - 60.65 (Fig 4) carotene extracted from the sample was 0,421 gr. The carotene per gram of can be calculated according to the following formula: (Limantara . 2013) The concentration of total -carotene per gram of wet weight of is 30.01 g/g or 56.74 μg/ g of dry weight. was proposed by Yoon ., (2003). The characteristics of these bacteria are non- spore-forming rods, gram-staining reaction is negative, and motile by means of a single polar flagellum. Colonies are yellow, smooth, glistening, circular, convex with entire margins and 10-15 mm in diameter after 3 d cultivation at 30 °C on MA. Optimal temperature for that the maximum absorbance of , the total -carotene contents were calculated. The total - concentration of total - β β β β β R Erb. flavus Erb. flavus et al Erb.flavus Erythrobacter flavus et al Yield (μg/mL) = 0.0108x + 12.677 DISCUSSION growth is 30-37 °C. Growth occurs at 10 and 42 °C, but not at 4 °C or above 43 °C. Optimal pH for growth is 6.5-7.5 (Yoon . 2003). Most species of this genus contain bacteriochloro Simidu 1982; Yurkov . 1994). The HPLC absorbant chromatogram is shown highlighting the separation of the pigment from . UV-visible absorption spectra of carotenoid pigments are of immense importance, since they aid a great deal in determining the structure of carotenoids (Medicharla . 1991). From the HPLC profile and UV-visible absorption spectra, we can conclude that produces a carotene type of carotenoid pigment that has many potential benefits. From the data it was evident that . produced less than carotene as compared to other microorganisms e.g. (Prieto . 2011), fungi (Murillo . 1978), and ( 1997). However, the carotene content reported in this study was higher than sp. which produced 4.88 μg per 100 gram (Baskar . 2010), has been shown to have a potential 56. 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