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Improved adaptation to heat, cold, and solvent tolerance in Lactobacillus plantarum

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The effect of overproducing each of the three small heat shock proteins (Hsp; Hsp 18.5, Hsp 18.55, and Hsp 19.3) was investigated in Lactobacillus plantarum strain WCFS1. Overproduction of the three genes, hsp 18.5, hsp 18.55, and hsp 19.3, translationally fused to the start codon of the ldhL gene yielded a protein of approximately 19 kDa, as estimated from Tricine sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in agreement with the predicted molecular weight of small Hsps. Small Hsp overproduction alleviated the reduction in growth rate triggered by exposing exponentially growing cells to heat shock (37 or 40°C) and cold shock (12°C). Moreover, overproduction of Hsp 18.55 and Hsp 19.3 led to an enhanced survival in the presence of butanol (1% v/v) or ethanol (12% v/v) treatment suggesting a potential role of L. plantarum small Hsps in solvent tolerance.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thanks Dr. Sophie Laurie (BBSRC, Plants, Microbes and Genetics Branch, Polaris House, NorthStar Avenue, Swindon, UK) for her helpful discussion and critical reading of the text. Pascal Hols is a researcher associated at FNRS. This work was financially supported by a 60% grant from the Foggia University.

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  1. Department of Food Science, Foggia University, via Napoli 25, 71100, Foggia, Italy

    D. Fiocco, V. Capozzi & Giuseppe Spano

  2. Bioagromed Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale, Via Napoli, 6/B, 71100, Foggia, Italy

    D. Fiocco, V. Capozzi & Giuseppe Spano

  3. Unité de Génétique, Institut des Sciences de la Vie (ISV), Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

    P. Goffin & P. Hols

  4. NIZO food research, P.O. Box 20, 6710BA, Ede, The Netherlands

    P. Goffin

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Fiocco, D., Capozzi, V., Goffin, P. et al. Improved adaptation to heat, cold, and solvent tolerance in Lactobacillus plantarum . Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 77, 909–915 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-007-1228-x

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