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Immobilization of photobacteria in the cryogel of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) was carried out. Immobilization was found to result in increased intensity and stability of bioluminescence. The elements determining the stability of bioluminescence were investigated. Selection of the strain was found to be of the highest importance. Among immobilized cells, Photobacterium phosphoreum exhibited the most intense and prolonged light emission, while Vibrio harveyi showed the least one. The technological procedures for cryogenic immobilization of photobacteria were determined. The role of the environment of gel formation in the preservation of the bioluminescence activity was determined. In the gels formed in rich medium for submerged cultivation of photobacteria, almost 100% luminescence activity was preserved, while light emission was considerably prolonged. Bioluminescence intensity of the preparations was shown to depend significantly on pH of the incubation medium. The pH shift to acidic values during prolonged incubation of immobilized cells was shown to be one of the factors of bioluminescence quenching. The stress effects of cryogenic immobilization were found to have an insignificant effect on the temperature profile of bioluminescence. Decreased reduction rate of the luciferase flavin substrate was shown to be a possible reason for bioluminescence quenching.
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Original Russian Text © L.E. Aleskerova, K.A. Alenina, E.N. Efremenko, A.D. Ismailov, 2017, published in Mikrobiologiya, 2017, Vol. 86, No. 2, pp. 201–208.
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Aleskerova, L.E., Alenina, K.A., Efremenko, E.N. et al. The factor stabilizing the bioluminescence of PVA-immobilized photobacteria. Microbiology 86, 218–224 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261717020047
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