FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (23): 266-270.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201323054

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Mechanism of Action of Bacillus atrophaeus in Improving Aspergillus flavus Resistance of Peanuts

LIU Ding,QIN Wen*   

  1. College of Food Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an 625014, China
  • Received:2012-11-18 Revised:2013-10-30 Online:2013-12-15 Published:2014-01-03
  • Contact: qin wen E-mail:qinwen1967@yahoo.com

Abstract:

The relationship between the resistance of peanuts to Aspergillus flavus and the activities of defense enzymes
including superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), phenylalanine ammonium-lyase (PAL), peroxidase (POD) and
polyphenol oxidase (PPO) was studied. For this, peanuts were inoculated with fermentation broth of Bacillus atrophaeus +
spore suspension of Aspergillus flavus (inoculum 1), spore suspensions of both strains (inoculum 2), fermentation supernatant
of Bacillus atrophaeus + spore suspension of Aspergillus flavus (inoculum 3) or spore suspension of Aspergillus flavus alone
(inoculum 4) to observe the changes in the defense enzyme activities. The results showed that the maximum activity of SOD
in peanuts was obtained after 4 d of incubation with each inoculum and inoculum 2 resulted in the highest SOD activity of
5.3318 U/(g·min) among the four inoculums. On the second day after the inoculation, POD activity reached a peak and the
highest POD activity of 13.4710 U/(g·min) was observed in peanuts inoculated with inoculum 2. CAT activity, however,
showed a continuous decrease after the inoculation until reaching the minimum level of 5.5375 U/(g·min)on the fifth day.
The various inoculums had no obvious inductive effect on the activities of PAL or PPO. These results suggest that Bacillus
atrophaeus can enhance the Aspergillus flavus resistance of peanuts to a certain extent. Therefore, the activation of these
defense enzymes is involved in the action of Bacillus atrophaeus against Aspergillus flavus.

Key words: Bacillus atrophaeus, Aspergillus flavus, peanuts, resistance

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