Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2025, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (12): 2563-2573.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20240710

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Optimization of the culture conditions of Bacillus subtilis subsp. inaquosorum kc-16

YANG Xueyu1,2(), NIU Li1, TAN Lin3, DENG Yulian1, BAO Qiang4,*(), HU Qiulong1,*()   

  1. 1. College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
    2. Chenzhou Branch of Hunan Tobacco Company, Chenzhou 423000, Hunan, China
    3. College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
    4. Tea Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
  • Received:2024-08-06 Online:2025-12-25 Published:2026-01-09

Abstract:

This study aimed to optimize the culture conditions of Bacillus subtilis subsp. inaquosorum kc-16 to enhance its biomass and antimicrobial activity. The optimal carbon source, nitrogen source, types of inorganic salts, and their corresponding mass fraction ranges were preliminarily screened by single-factor experiments. Subsequently, the Plackett-Burman experiment was performed based on the D600 (absorbance at 600 nm) as an important factor from the single-factor screening results, a non-linear equation between significant factors and biomass was fitted and solved with Box-Behnken Design to predict the optimal culture conditions for strain kc-16, and the predicted results were validated. Results showed that the optimized culture medium components (mass fraction) were determined to be 0.5% lactose, 4.0% peptone, 0.1% magnesium sulfate, 0.6% sodium chloride, and 0.2% calcium carbonate. The optimal culture conditions were identified as 200 r·min-1 agitation speed, initial pH value of 7.7, temperature of 30 ℃, and inoculation amount of 0.6%. Under these conditions, the model predicted an D600 value of 0.112, which closely matched with the validated value of 0.307. Plate count results indicated that the viable cell count after optimization reached 6.7×109 CFU·mL-1, which was 16.75 times that the initial count (4.0×108 CFU·mL-1). This study achieved optimized culture conditions for strain kc-16 through a combination of single-factor experiments and response surface methodology, providing support for its large-scale production and application.

Key words: Bacillus subtilis subsp. inaquosorum, culture medium, response surface methodology, fermentation optimization

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