Multiple Tolerance of Rhodotorula glutinis R-1 to Acid, Aluminum Ion and Manganese Ion, and Its Unusual Ability of Neutralizing Acidic Medium

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A read yeast isolated from the acidic water of Kusatsu hot spring could grow in an acidic medium of pH 1.5 and was identified as Rhodotorula glutinis. Electron microscope observations (scanning electron microscopy [SEM] and transmission electron microscopy [TEM]) showed that cell envelope became wrinkled and thick as the pH values of media became lower. The cell membrane grown at pH 1.5 was about four times as thick as that grown at pH 6.0. It was suggested that the change of cell envelope plays an improtant role in the acid tolerance. Cellular proteins at pH 1.5 appeared to be different from those at pH 6.0 and the amounts of phospholipids and nonphospholipids increased and decreased under low pH conditions, respectively. The acid-tolerant yeast also showed strong resistance to both aluminum and manganese ions. An acidic medium (pH 3.0) containing these ions (100 mM) was shifted to neutral pH by long-term cultivation of the red yeast, suggesting the potential of using this yeast in the bioremediation of acidic soil containing these ions at a high level.
社団法人日本生物工学会の論文
2001-10-25