Background Stress-tolerant yeasts are highly desirable for cost-efective bioprocessing. Several strategies have been documented to develop robust yeasts, such as genetic and metabolic engineering, artifcial selection, and natural selection strategies, among others. However, the signifcant drawbacks of such techniques have motivated the explo‑ ration of naturally occurring stress-tolerant yeasts. We previously explored the biodiversity of non-conventional dung beetle-associated yeasts from extremophilic and pristine environments in Botswana (Nwaefuna AE et.al., Yeast, 2023). Here, we assessed their tolerance to industrially relevant stressors individually, such as elevated concentrations of osmolytes, organic acids, ethanol, and oxidizing agents, as well as elevated temperatures. Results Our fndings suggest that these dung beetle-associated yeasts tolerate various stresses comparable to those of the robust bioethanol yeast strain, Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Ethanol Red™). Fifty-six percent of the yeast isolates were tolerant of temperatures up to 42 °C, 12.4% of them could tolerate ethanol concentrations up to 9% (v/v), 43.2% of them were tolerant to formic acid concentrations up to 20 mM, 22.7% were tolerant to acetic acid concentrations up to 45 mM, 34.0% of them could tolerate hydrogen peroxide up to 7 mM, and 44.3% of the yeasts could tolerate osmotic stress up to 1.5 M. Conclusion The ability to tolerate multiple stresses is a desirable trait in the selection of novel production strains for diverse biotechnological applications, such as bioethanol production. Our study shows that the exploration of nat‑ ural diversity in the search for stress-tolerant yeasts is an appealing approach for the development of robust yeasts

Nwaefuna, A.E.; Garcia-Aloy, M.; Loeto, D.; Ncube, T.; Gombert, A.K.; Boekhout, T.; Alwasel, S.; Zhou, N. (2023). Dung beetle-associated yeasts display multiple stress tolerance: a desirable trait of potential industrial strains. BMC MICROBIOLOGY, 23 (1): 309. doi: 10.1186/s12866-023-03044-z handle: https://hdl.handle.net/10449/82775

Dung beetle-associated yeasts display multiple stress tolerance: a desirable trait of potential industrial strains

Garcia-Aloy, Mar;
2023-01-01

Abstract

Background Stress-tolerant yeasts are highly desirable for cost-efective bioprocessing. Several strategies have been documented to develop robust yeasts, such as genetic and metabolic engineering, artifcial selection, and natural selection strategies, among others. However, the signifcant drawbacks of such techniques have motivated the explo‑ ration of naturally occurring stress-tolerant yeasts. We previously explored the biodiversity of non-conventional dung beetle-associated yeasts from extremophilic and pristine environments in Botswana (Nwaefuna AE et.al., Yeast, 2023). Here, we assessed their tolerance to industrially relevant stressors individually, such as elevated concentrations of osmolytes, organic acids, ethanol, and oxidizing agents, as well as elevated temperatures. Results Our fndings suggest that these dung beetle-associated yeasts tolerate various stresses comparable to those of the robust bioethanol yeast strain, Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Ethanol Red™). Fifty-six percent of the yeast isolates were tolerant of temperatures up to 42 °C, 12.4% of them could tolerate ethanol concentrations up to 9% (v/v), 43.2% of them were tolerant to formic acid concentrations up to 20 mM, 22.7% were tolerant to acetic acid concentrations up to 45 mM, 34.0% of them could tolerate hydrogen peroxide up to 7 mM, and 44.3% of the yeasts could tolerate osmotic stress up to 1.5 M. Conclusion The ability to tolerate multiple stresses is a desirable trait in the selection of novel production strains for diverse biotechnological applications, such as bioethanol production. Our study shows that the exploration of nat‑ ural diversity in the search for stress-tolerant yeasts is an appealing approach for the development of robust yeasts
Stress-tolerant yeasts
Dung beetle-associated yeasts
Extremophiles
Non-conventional yeasts
Industry-associated stresses
Settore CHIM/10 - CHIMICA DEGLI ALIMENTI
2023
Nwaefuna, A.E.; Garcia-Aloy, M.; Loeto, D.; Ncube, T.; Gombert, A.K.; Boekhout, T.; Alwasel, S.; Zhou, N. (2023). Dung beetle-associated yeasts display multiple stress tolerance: a desirable trait of potential industrial strains. BMC MICROBIOLOGY, 23 (1): 309. doi: 10.1186/s12866-023-03044-z handle: https://hdl.handle.net/10449/82775
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