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Lecture 17 Flashcards

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Industrial Microbiology

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Commerical Products Produced By “Natural”
Microorganisms

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Biotechnology Commercial Products are from

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Genetically Engineered
Microorganisms

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Industrial Microbiology

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Select For Mutant Strains
- Example: High-Yield of Desired Compound (Penicillin)
Looking for it not selectively modifying a gene, others can change it too

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Biotechnology is targeting

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· Targeted Genetic Engineering
- Example: Insert Gene Into Host Cells (Insulin)
Transfers a gene from one organism to another

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Industrial Microbiology is _____production and ____ value

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· Large Scale Production
· Low Price (Value)

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Biotechnology is ____ scale and ___ value

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· Small Scale Production
· High Price (Value)

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Genetic Engineering

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· In Vitro Isolation, Alteration + Expression of DNA/RNA

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Recombinant DNA Technology

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  • Combine DNA From Multiple Organisms into One Molecule
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What is the relationship between GMO and Transgenic?

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All Transgenic organisms are GMO, but not all GMO are transgenic

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Define transgenic

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Taking a gene from one species and putting it into another

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Asilomar Conference: Meeting of Recombinant DNA Scientists was a

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Voluntary Conference
- Organized By Scientists
- Self-Regulation
- Invited Press/Reporters
- Informed the Public

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Asilomar Conference: Meeting of Recombinant DNA Scientists decided on

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Biohazards & Safety
- Containment

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Industrial Microbiology:Characteristics of Industrial Microbes

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· Produce The Substance of Interest
· Rapid Growth and Production
· Scalable Growth and Production
· Non-Pathogenic
· Amenable To Genetic Analyses
Is profitable

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Production and scale: Microbial Growth Cycle

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Lag > Exponential > Stationary

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Production and Scale: Microbial Metabolism:

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Primary Metabolites and Secondary Metabolites

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Production and Scale: Microbial Metabolism: Primary Metabolites

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  • Products of Essential Pathways
  • Occurs During Exponential Phase
    Example: Alcohol
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Production and Scale: Microbial Metabolism: Secondary Metabolites

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  • Products of Non-Essential Pathways
  • Occurs During Stationary Phase
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Fermentation is

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Any Large-Scale Microbial Process
- Conducted in Large Vessels Called Fermentors
Must be scalable
Small-Scale Lab Trials > Large-Scale Production

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Examples of Industrial Microbe products include

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· Antibiotics
· Enzymes
· Vitamins
· Biofuels
· Alcoholic Beverages

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Antibiotics: Penicillin ________ is a

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· Penicillium chrysogenum
· High-Yielding Fungus
Beta-lactam

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Antibiotics: Penicillin types

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Natural
· Biosynthetic
· Semisynthetic
- Most Commonly Prescribed

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Enzymes:Exoenzymes examples

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Proteases, Amyleases

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Enzymes:Exoenzymes

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Microbial Enzymes Produced in Large Amounts and Excreted From The Cell

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Enzymes:Exoenzymes example: Proteases

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  • Degrade Proteins
  • Used In Laundry Detergents
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Enzymes:Exoenzymes example:Amylases
- Convert Starch to Glucose - Used As Animal Feed Supplements
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Vitamin
Vital Amine
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Vitamins are
· Essential Organic Compounds · Received From Diet
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Vitamin B12 is
Produced Only By Microorganisms - Required By All Animals For Growth
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Amino Acid: Glutamic Acid
· Flavor Enhancer in Food Products · Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) · Produced By Corynebacterium glutamicum
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Amino Acid: Lysine
· Essential Amino Acid for Animals - Added to Bread and Cereal (Humans) and Feed (Animals) Produced By Corynebacterium glutamicum - Wild Type Cells · Feedback Inhibition · Aspartokinase - Mutant Cells · No Feeback Inhibition · Allosteric Site Changed
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Biofuel
· Fuels of Recent Origin · Fermentation of Plant Material · Natural Product of Green Algae
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Fossil Fuels
· Fuels of Ancient Origin · Extraction of Existing Stores
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Ethanol
· Added to Gasoline (10%) = Gasohol · Higher % Ethanol Mix Requires Different Engines
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Petroleum
· Long-Chain Hydrocarbons · Green Alga · Botryococcus braunii - 30% Cell Weight = Petroleum
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Ethanol:Benefits
Renewable + Sustainable
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Ethanol:Problems
Energy Balance? More Energy to Make Than Present In Biofuel?
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Petroleum: Benefits
Renewable + Sustainable
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Petroleum: Problems
- Extraction Efficiency - Meeting Global Demand (90 million barrels/day)
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Wines: grapes are squashed into
Must
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Wines: Must is
Juice and Pomace (Grape seeds and skins)
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Wines: is from what type of Fermentation
Yeast Fermentation (Wild Yeast + Cultivated Yeast)
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What can you add to Wine to kill wild yeast?
Sodium Metabisulfite (“Sulfites”) - Kills Wild Yeast
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Distilled Beverage (Liquors)
Product of Condensed Fermented Liquids
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Fermentation =
Transformation of Food Ingredients by Microbes
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3 types of fermentation
Ethanol Lactic Acid Acetic Acid
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Lactic Acid Fermentation is good for....
Making Cheese, Curing meats, sauerkraut, Hot sauce
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Acetic Acid fermentation is good for making
Kombucha (but ya still need yeast)
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Historical Benefits of fermented foods
Food Preservation, food enrichment
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Modern Benefits of fermented foods
Toxin Reduction, ex. Kimchi fermentation helps with breaking down the pesticides that they use in the fields.
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How can we get eukaryote DNA without the introns into Bacteria?
Reverse Transcriptase turns mRNA into cRNA with the introns removed
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Biotechnology examples
Engineered Proteins Engineered Vaccines Engineered Plants Engineered Animals
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Engineered Protein Examples
Somatotropin
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· Engineered Vaccine examples
Recombinant DNA Vaccines 1) Recombinant-Vector 2) Recombinant-Antigen 3) DNA/RNA Vaccines
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· Engineered Plants
Easier To Manipuate Than Animals · No Separation of Germline and Somatic Cells - Many Plants Can Be Regenerated From A Single Cell · Plants Can Be Cultured In Vitro - Genetic Engineering Done In Culture · Agrobacterium tumefaciens - Contain Plasmids That Transfer DNA Into Plant Cells
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Engineered Animal examples
AquAdvantage™Salmon < first approved for human consumption - Fast-Growing Salmon - Replaced Growth Hormone Promotor Sequence EnviroPig™ - Mouse DNA For Phytase Gene - lowers Phosphorous Output By 70% Healthy Fat Pigs - Gene From Roundworm (C. elegans) In Pigs - Converts Omega-6 > Omega-3 Fatty Acids
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Somatotropin
· Growth Hormone · Dwarfism = Lack Somatotropin Genes Used to Increase Milk Production · Isolate Genes From Cow · Clone + Express in Bacteria · Purify Protein · Re-Inject Into Cow
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Recombinant DNA Vaccines 1) Recombinant-Vector
Antigen Gene > Vaccinia Virus Carrier - Inject Virus into Host - Example: Vaccinia-Rabies Vaccine (animals) Adaptive immunity Slower response than Recombinant Antigen
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Recombinant DNA Vaccines 2) Recombinant-Antigen
Antigen Gene > Bacterial Cell Carrier - Harvest and Inject Protein - Example: Hepatitis B Vaccine Adaptive immunity Faster but weaker response
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Recombinant DNA Vaccines DNA/RNA Vaccines
DNA/RNA Vaccines - Antigen Gene > Bacterial Plasmid Carrier - Inject Plasmid examples: First DNA vaccine for animals - West Nile virus (US, 2005) First DNA vaccine for humans - ZyCoV-D for COVID-19 (India, 2021) - None approved is US First mRNA vaccine for humans - Pfizer and BioNTech for COVID-19
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Engineered Plants examples
Herbicide Resistance - Produce Resistant Enzyme - Roundup-Ready™Soybeans Insect Resistance - Produce “Bt” Toxin - Insecticide from Bacillus thuringiensis Flavr Savr™Tomato Plants
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Flavr Savr™Tomato Plants
· 1stCommerically Grown, Genetically Engineered Food - FDA-approved for human consumption · Genetic Alteration - Added antisense gene to slow ripening - Longer shelf life Problems - Bland Taste - Difficult To Transport (Delicate) - Off The Market By 1997

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