The role of extracellular polysaccharides produced by the terrestrial cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. strain HK-01 in NaCl tolerance
The role of extracellular polysaccharides produced by the terrestrial cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. strain HK-01 in NaCl tolerance
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DOI:
10.1007/s10811-011-9672-5
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发表时间:
2011-04
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3.3
通讯作者:
Hidehisa Yoshimura;Toshihisa Kotake;Tsutomu Aohara;Y. Tsumuraya;M. Ikeuchi;M. Ohmori
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Hidehisa Yoshimura;Toshihisa Kotake;Tsutomu Aohara;Y. Tsumuraya;M. Ikeuchi;M. Ohmori
The terrestrial cyanobacteriumNostocsp. HK-01 was more tolerant to NaCl stress than the aquatic cyanobacteriumAnabaenasp. PCC 7120 (also calledNostocsp. PCC 7120) which is similar toNostocsp. HK-01 in phylogeny. We determined the amount of extracellular polysaccharides (capsular and released polysaccharides) from the cells of both strains cultured with or without 200 mM NaCl. The amount of capsular polysaccharides fromNostocHK-01 reached approximately 65% of the dry weight whereas that fromAnabaenaPCC 7120 only occupied approximately 18% of the dry weight under NaCl stress.AnabaenaPCC 7120 grew well under NaCl stress when both polysaccharides fromNostocHK-01 were added to the culture. However,AnabaenaPCC 7120 barely grew under NaCl stress when both of its polysaccharides were added. Extracellular polysaccharides fromNostocHK-01 contained abundant fucose and glucuronic acid in comparison with those fromAnabaenaPCC 7120. Under NaCl stress, the composition ratios of sugars in the extracellular polysaccharides fromAnabaenaPCC 7120 hardly changed in comparison with those in ordinary culture conditions. By contrast, the composition ratios of sugars in the extracellular polysaccharides fromNostocHK-01 changed under NaCl stress. These results suggest that the effect of extracellular polysaccharides fromNostocHK-01 on NaCl tolerance comes from the increased amount of capsular polysaccharides, the sugar composition, and the change of the sugar composition ratio under NaCl stress.