Produção e extração de ácido clavulânico por Streptomyces malasyensis DPUA 1571 por fermentação convencional e extrativa utilizando Sistema de Duas Fases Aquosas

Abstract

Clavulanic acid is a β-lactam antibiotic, consisting of a β-lactam ring fused to oxazolidine ring. This compound is used clinically in combination with conventional β-lactam antibiotics. The present study evaluated the simultaneous extraction and production of clavulanic acid by Streptomyces malasyensis DPUA 1571 by extractive fermentation using Aqueous Two-Phase Systems (ATPS). Initially, a study of the stability of commercial clavulanic acid in polyethylene glycol (PEG) and citrate solutions at different concentrations and extraction of this compound in ATPS composed of PEG/citrate realized. In the following stage of the present work clavulanic acid production by Streptomyces malasyensis DPUA 1571 by conventional fermentation was performed in order to verify the ability of this microrganism to produce clavulanic acid, and the results obtained made it possible to realization of integrated production and extraction of clavulanic acid using extractive fermentation in ATPS formed by PEG / citrate. Later, there was the influence of different variables in the production of clavulanic acid by Streptomyces malasyensis DPUA 1571 in bioreactor. Studies on the degradation of the clavulanic acid have shown that it is more stable in PEG 20.000 g/mol, pH 6. Due to the results obtained ATPS used partition of clavulanic acid was performed using PEG molar mass 20.000 g/mol. The clavulanic acid was detected in the PEG-rich phase with a concentration of 30% was obtained 188.83 mg/L of clavulanic acid with coefficient K = 3.46 and partition recovery equal to Y = 139.22%. Streptomyces malasyensis DPUA 1571 was capable to produce clavulanic acid, and this production of 387.66 mg/L after 72 hours of cultivation, and production was made possible by extractive fermentation. In this process, the largest concentration of clavulanic acid (337.8 mg.L) was obtained from the PEG-rich phase, were used when higher concentrations of citrate and PEG (25%). Values of partition coefficient of 1.6 and yields of up to 98.2%. In a third step of this work, the production of clavulanic acid by Streptomyces malasyensis DPUA 1571 was performed in bioreactor bench (2.0L). After 120 hours of culture, higher high concentration of clavulanic acid (2241.38 mg/L) were observed. Results concluding that Streptomyces malasyensis DPUA 1571 is a promising source of clavulanic acid with potential for application in the pharmaceutical area.