-The kinetics of linoleic acid isomerization to conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) by Propionibacterium freudenreichii ssp. shermanii JS was studied in pH-controlled batch and fedbatch fermentations. In batch fermentations supplemented with 600-2 000 µg . mL -1 linoleic acid, the rate of CLA formation was highest during the exponential phase of growth. By the end of the batch fermentations, high amounts of CLA corresponding to 80-87% conversion were accumulated with initial linoleic acid concentrations up to 2 000 µg . mL -1 . In fed-batch fermentations, where 600 µg . mL -1 linoleic acid was added into the culture after exponential growth, a rapid but short conversion period occurred. Thus, both actively growing and non-growing cultures were able to effectively form CLA. However, the production rates per cell were significantly higher in growing cultures. This isomerization reaction could be a detoxification system for linoleic acid in the propionibacterium strain studied.
A method to obtain cis-9,trans-11-conjugated linoleic acid (c9,t11-CLA) into camelina meal and okara, the byproducts of plant oil processing, is described. The triacylglycerols in these materials were hydrolyzed with the aid of lipolytically active oat flour for 3 weeks at a water activity of 0.70. The resulting free linoleic acid was then isomerized predominantly to c9,t11-CLA by resting cells of Propionibacterium freudenreichii ssp. shermanii in 5% aqueous camelina meal and okara slurries. In camelina meal slurries, c9,t11-CLA content after 21 h of fermentation was 0.83 mg/mL and 96 mg/g of total lipids. In okara slurries, the content of c9,t11-CLA was 1.1 mg/mL and 78 mg/g of total lipids. Doubling the hydrolysis time in okara increased the subsequent content of c9,t11-CLA to 1.4 mg/mL, corresponding to 110 mg/g of total lipids. After isomerization, CLA was concentrated into a particulate material of the slurries by acidification. The results suggest that the method is applicable to a wide spectrum of lipid-containing plant materials to further increase their nutritional value.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae was cultivated in the presence of cis-9,trans-11 or trans-10,cis-12 isomers of free conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), and the effects of the isomers on the regioisomerisms of triacylglycerol (TAG) of the yeast were elucidated. Both isomers constituted about 34% of all fatty acids and increased drastically the number of different TAG species. Nearly all of the species contained CLA in at least one sn-position. In the most abundant species analyzed (20% of total species), the cis-9,trans-11 isomer appeared in combination with monounsaturated fatty acids (C16:1, C:18:1) whereas trans-10,cis-12 isomer was most frequently present with a medium chain fatty acid (C10:0 or C12:0) in the sn-2 position and C16:0 in one of the end positions (14% of total species). With either isomer, the amount of TAG species in which CLA encompassed all sn-positions was ca. 4%. Thus, S. cerevisiae can be used to produce edible single cell oil characterized by very heterogeneous distribution of CLA among the different TAG species.
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