Microbial Formulation and Stabilization
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The activities of the group is led by Associate Professor
Sebastian Håkansson
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| Biological and physical stabilization by formulating and often drying microorganisms is necessary to produce manageable, easily applied and storage-stable bio products. Even so, drying and storage will inevitably expose the microorganisms to environmental stress. The tolerance of the microorganisms to drying can be improved by optimizing the physiological state of the cells prior to desiccation. Two principal approaches can help to achieve this. The first one is to optimize the growth conditions with respect to medium composition and abiotic cultivation parameters so that maximum stress tolerance in stationary phase is obtained. The second approach is that of pre-conditioning or stressing the cells after cultivation through exposure to non-lethal environmental stressors. In other words, microorganisms can sometimes be trained to better cope with adverse conditions. Little stress results in increased fitness and better chances of surviving stress levels that would be lethal for a non-preconditioned cell. |
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| Biological adaptations alone are not sufficient to ensure high survival in dry biological products. Addition of compounds that provide outside protection from harmful effects of freezing or drying is also necessary. These additives are often substances that the microorganisms can produce themselves and use for protection inside, such as disaccharides, amino acids and various amino acid derivates. Production of these compounds is often a response to stress or pre-conditioning and by including these compounds in the formulation, survival can often be improved. However, each new microorganism will very likely require individual formulation optimization with regards to preconditioning regimes and formulations additives. |
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| Below is a list of on-going and finished research projects |
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| CBC - Center for Biological Control |
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| The novel species Thorsellia anophelis - Towards a self-sustainable anti-malarial system in mosquitoes |
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| Stabilization of a Sphingobium species as a bioprophylaxis for pesticide degradation |
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| Development of new on-seed formualtions of rhizobacteria |
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| BACSIN - Bacterial Abiotic Stress and Survival Improvement Network |
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| Impact of biopolymers on biological and physico-chemical characteristics of technical powder containing freeze-dried microorganisms |
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| Freeze-drying and storage stability of Lactobacillus coryniformis Si3 in sucrose-based formulatons |
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| Dry and water-based stabilisation of the biocontrol yeast Pichia anomala |
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| Past and present members of the group |
Now at... |
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| Joakim Bjerketorp - Researcher |
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| Per Wessman - Post-Doc |
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| Åsa Begenholtz (Schoug) - Ph.D-student |
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| Mirela Jonson - Researcher |
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| Jens Levenfors - Researcher |
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| Lisa Fredlund - Post-Doc |
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Sidan uppdaterad:
2012-10-31.