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1 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction Cockroaches (order: Blatteria) are among the most persistent pests that thrive in protected locations all over the world. American, brown-banded, German and Oriental cockroaches are the four most common species in human habitats (Hahn and Ascerno, 2005). They can be found in boiler rooms, heated steam tunnels, floor drains, water heaters, bath tubs (Eggleston and Arruda, 2001), kitchen sink, wall cracks, underneath or inside cupboards, behind drawers, around pipes or conduits, behind window or door frames, in radio and TV cabinets (Koehler et al., 2007). Cockroaches are objectionable because they compete with humans for food, carry allergens in saliva, fecal material, secretions, cast skins, debris and dead bodies that can lead to asthma in humans (Eggleston and Arruda, 2001), harbor pathogenic bacteria, contaminate paper and fabrics, and impart repulsive stains and odours (Koehler et al., 2007) . The life cycle of cockroach consists of egg, nymph and adult and they can live for one year. Nymphs are more than adults in natural populations (Hahn and Ascerno, 2005). Cockroaches are nocturnal and omnivorous and will eat anything though they can stay for about one month without food and for about two weeks without water. Cockroach population in an enclosure is governed by presence of food and water, height of location (for some species), humidity, temperature darkness (Eggleston and Arruda, 2001) and history of control measures (Wang and Bennett, 2006). 2 Trapping, mating distruptions, attracticides are used in cockroach control. Organophosphates, carbamates, pyrethrins, chlorinated hydrocarbons and inorganics are some of the pesticides used to control cockroaches (Eggleston and Arruda, 2001). Traps are relatively more effective in controlling cockroach (Rust et al., 1999). Attractiveness of methylcyclohexyl n-alkanoates to the German cockroach was reported by Iida and co-workers (Iida et al., 1981). Many chemical attractants used in commercial cockroach traps are injurious to humans and the environment (Quesada et al., 2004). Pest resistance, toxicity and non-sustainable raw materials of pesticides are some of the factors behind the trend to replace chemical feedstock, processes and end products with bio-based alternatives. Cockroaches emit pheromones for communication and other activities. Three semiochemicals from stale beer and peanut butter are capable of being used as cockroach bioattractants were identified by Karimifar and co-workers (Karimifar et al., 2011). Foods such as bread, peanut butter, molasses and beer can act as cockroach attractants. Food baits are not used in commercial pest control strategies as they often turn out to be breeding grounds for pests (Cox and Collins, 2002). Many insects respond to chemicals released by same species or chemicals released by other organisms. Many plants release volatile chemicals that are able to affect other organisms such as insects. Semiochemicals are pheromones and allelochemicals, many of which are responsible for insect behaviors such as feeding and reproduction. They are mostly volatile metabolites that are involved in signaling and other functions (Maffei, 2010). Metabolites are involved in metabolism either as intermediates or as the final products. Metabolism can be divided into anabolism in which simple molecules are used to build large, complex molecules and catabolism in which complex, large molecules are broken into simple molecules. Most of the time, each metabolite can serve more than one purpose (Kooijman and Segel, 2005). Most metabolites are within cells where they are utilized by enzymes in various biochemical reactions. Some of the metabolites have control functions. Metabolites include lysine, riboflavin (Damain, 1980), ethanol, acetic acid (Styger et al., 2011). Two subgroups of metabolites are primary and secondary metabolites. Primary metabolites have physiological functions (Gika et al, 2012). Secondary metabolites serve ecological 3 functions (Demain, 1998). Primary pathways normally yield few products but are present in many organisms. Secondary metabolic pathways yield many products but are present in few organisms. Antibiotics make up most of the 50 most important secondary metabolites (Demain, 1999). Volatile metabolites are intermediates and final products of metabolism. A major feature of volatile metabolites is the ease of evaporation at normal temperature and pressure. They act over a wide range of distances, concentration and environment (Humphris et al., 2002). Yeasts produce volatile metabolites which can be grouped into alcohols, acids, esters, ketones and phenols. Such volatiles include ethanol, 3- methyl-1-butanol, 3- hydroxyl-2-butanone, ethyl propanoate, 2-phenylethanol (Nout and Bartelt, 1998). Volatile metabolites are useful to both the organism producing them and other organisms. Volatiles are useful as flavors, fragrances (Berger, 2009), inhibitors (Ting et al., 2010), and attractants (Rowan, 2011), as well as for communication (Maffei, 2010), identification and profiling (Frisvad et al., 2007), and detection of contaminants (Berge et al., 2011). Volatile metabolites are produced by plants, animals, microorganisms and through chemical synthesis. Yields from plants and animals are low compared to microbial sources (Vandamme, 2003). Plant cell cultures are not economically viable for producing volatile metabolites (Verpoorte et al., 2002). Chemical (synthetic) volatile metabolites are relatively cheap with large market share but disadvantaged by perceived environmental toxicity and possible formation of recemic mixtures (Longo and Sanroman, 2006). Major advantages of microbial based production of volatile metabolites include low energy input, reduced emission of pollutants, easy purification and renewable raw materials (Chelmer et al., 2006). Some volatile metabolites are produced through microbial fermentation of various substrates. Microbial volatile production depends on medium, species (Borjesson et al., 1992), temperature, pH, initial aeration (Reddy and Reddy, 2011), culture a ge and volatiles from other microorganisms (Tirranen and Gitelson, 2006). Yeasts are the most suitable source for microbial volatile production as they tolerate high sugar concentration, anaerobic growth, high salt concentration, resistance to inhibitors in the biomass (Nevoigt, 2008). An alcoholic fermentation takes place in the absence of oxygen and presence of yeasts, nutrient medium, 4 suitable pH and temperature. Alcohols, vitamins, hormones, antibiotics, enzymes, acids are made through fermentation. Yeast utilization of glucose can be through the fermentation of glucose, oxidation of glucose or oxidation of ethanol. Saccharomyces cerevisiae can completely ferment glucose, fructose, galactose, sucrose and maltose (Yoon et al., 2003). Volatile metabolites are produced during bacterial and yeast fermentations but in an experiment, only volatile metabolites from yeast fermentation were able to attract insects (Nout and Bartelt, 1998). The Saccharomycetaceae family has about 20 genera, which include Saccharomyces, Candida and Pichia. Members of the family reproduce by budding and live in environments rich in carbohydrates. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the most important yeast as a model eukaryotic organism. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is used in baking, brewing and wine making. Saccharomyces cerevisiae and closely related yeasts dominate alcoholic fermentations as they are tolerant of high alcohol content and they also use the produced ethanol as feedstock (Piskur et al., 2006). Candida ethanolica was first isolated from industrial fodder yeast and can grow on ethanol as the only carbon source. C. ethanolica is one of the yeasts involved in shubat (a fermented camel milk) production (Shori, 2012), Ghanaian heaped cocoa bean fermentation (Daniel et al., 2009), mescal (Mexican distilled beverage) (Valdez, 2011), sour cassava starch fermentation (Lacerda et al., 2005). Pichia kudriavzevii is synonymous with Issatchenkia orientalis based on molecular, biochemical and phenotypic characterization (Bhadra et al., 2007). Pichia kudriavzevii was shown to degrade phytate in ‘togwa’, a cereal food in Tanzania (Hellstrom et al., 2012), produce ethanol from alkali- treated rice straw (Oberoi et al., 2012), ferment cotton stalks in a combined saccharification and fermentation process for ethanol production (Kaur et al., 2012), part of fen-daqu, starter culture for Chinese liquor production (Zheng et al., 2012), among the yeasts involved in ‘tchapalo’, a local beer in Cote d’ Ivoire (N’guessan et al., 2011) and among the yeasts involved in Ghanaian heap cocoa bean fermentation (Daniel et al., 2009). Media composition is important in yeast fermentation performance (HahnHagerdal et al., 2005). Agar plates and nutrient broth are used in most yeast fermentations. Among the common media for yeast fermentation are wort (Lodolo et 5 al., 2008), molasses (Alegre et al., 2003) and potato dextrose broth (Kalyani et al., 2000). Yeast stock cultures are normally kept at 4 o C on potato dextrose agar (Lakshmanan and Radha, 2012). Most yeast utilize hexose sugars (monosaccharides and disaccharides). The media used can improve yield, increase biomass formation and decrease fermentation period (Chunkeng et al., 2011). The ecology and profile of microorganisms during fermentation could be affected by the media used (Hsieh et al., 2012). Potato dextrose broth is commonly used for the cultivation of yeasts and molds. Its low pH discourages bacterial growth (Condolab, 2012). Chromatography is used to separate complex mixtures but it cannot readily identify the constituents of separated unknown mixtures. It is always desirable to couple separation processes to identification steps. Liquid chromatography (LC) and gas chromatography (GC) are two of the leading chromatographic methods. LC is favoured over GC for samples susceptible to degradation as LC does not involve derivation step. In order to identify, LC is normally coupled to mass spectrometry (MS) that is in tandem. Liquid chromatography – tandem mass spectrometry (LCMS/MS) was found to have lower limit of quantification, less costly to run, reduced preparation time, does not involve derivation of sample, and reduced run time (Coles et al., 2007). LC-MS/MS is best suited for the analysis of chemically and thermally unstable compounds (Johnson, 2005). Downstream processing involves the recovery of the desired product from the fermentation broth. Removal of insolubles, product isolation, product purification and product polishing are the major groupings of the unit operations of fermentation products recovery. Low product concentration makes product recovery expensive (Schugerl, 2000). Freeze drying (lyophilization) is a dehydration process in which solvent is removed through sublimation. It is used for the recovery of heat sensitive products such as volatile metabolites. Compared to air drying, the retention of volatile materials was more in the freeze dried sample (Krokida and Philippoules, 2006). 6 1.2 Statement of Problem Cockroach control using insecticides and other chemicals are not desirable because they are toxic to organisms and the environment (Quesada et al., 2004). Pests can develop resistance to the chemicals. In addition, chemicals are unsustainable as the raw materials of the chemicals are from petroleum. Hence, there is consumer demand for natural product based compounds. On the other hand, foods as attractants favour all organisms thereby providing breeding grounds (Cox and Collins, 2002). Foods have limited range of effectiveness and are non-specific. Biological based attractants from plants and animals are very low in yields (Vandamme, 2003). Extraction from plants is very difficult, depends on the season and some of the exotic plants have lost the ability to produce desired volatile metabolites (Dudareva and Pichersky, 2000). Microorganisms produce volatile metabolites that can potentially act as insect attractants. Volatile metabolites from yeasts have been found to be better at attracting insects than volatile metabolites from bacteria (Nout and Bartelt, 1998). Therefore, there is the need to test if volatile metabolites from yeast fermentation can attract cockroaches and the leading volatile metabolites responsible for the attraction. In this study, two locally isolated yeasts, namely Candida ethanolica M2 and Pichia kudriavzevii M12 were tested for their potential in bioattraction of domestic cockroaches and production of exometabolites. 7 1.3 Objectives of the Research The specific objectives of this study were: 1. To determine the potential of yeast strains C. ethanolica M2 and P. kudriavzevii M12 in producing metabolites for bioattraction of domestic cockroaches 2. To compare the fresh and freeze-dried yeast culture supernatants in its efficiency in bioattraction of domestic cockroaches 3. To study the exometabolites of P. kudriavzevii M12 1.4 Scope of Research This research work focused on the production of volatile metabolites from yeast strains C. ethanolica M2 and P. kudriavzevii M12 which were cultured in potato dextrose broth (PDB) up to a period of a week. The culture supernatant containing volatile metabolites were tested as bait of commercial trap for the attraction of domestic cockroaches at six different locations at the student residential halls in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Freeze-drying of the culture supernatant was attempted as a preservation technique and the efficiency of the freeze-dried metabolites in bioattraction of cockroach was determined. As the fermentation of P. kudriavzevii M12 was found to be significant, LC-MS/MS profiling was performed to determine the leading metabolites in the supernatant from the four-days fermentation broth. 1.5 Significance of Research This research is significant as it has the potential to discover non-toxic, natural bait from yeasts which may replace the harmful chemical b aits in domestic cockroach traps. In the future, the identified metabolites could be optimized for the production of cheap bait for domestic cockroach attraction. 8 CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Metabolites Metabolites are molecular intermediates and final products of metabolism. Each molecule normally has a functional group that determines much of its characteristics. Metabolites can be building blocks of anabolism or one of the degradative products of catabolism (Kooijman and Segel, 2005). As they are mostly found inside cells, they are used as substrates by enzymes (Saghatelian et al., 2004). An organism can contain many metabolites. Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been determined to have 584 metabolites (Forster et al., 2003). Products of metabolites serve as substrates in subsequent metabolic reactions. Metabolites do not accumulate in cells and some are involved in metabolic controls. Each metabolite serves a specific useful biological function. Lysine, glutamic acid (amino acids), riboflavin, cyanocobalamin (vitamins) are examples of metabolites (Damain, 1980). Other examples of metabolites include ethanol, acetic acid, acetaldehyde, esters, and fatty acids (Styger et al., 2011). Metabolites can be subdivided into primary and secondary metabolites. While primary metabolic pathways lead to few products, secondary metabolic pathways lead to many products. Ethanol, glycerol, and acetic acid are primary metabolites; esters, higher alcohols are secondary metabolites (Styger et al., 2011). Also grouped as primary metabolites are vitamins (B2 ), amino acids (glutamic acid), antioxidants (isoascorbic acid), and nucleotides (5’guanylic acid). Primary metabolites have physiological functions in development, reproduction and growth (Gika et al., 2012). Primary metabolites are present in many organisms. Secondary metabolites have ecological functions (Izhaki, 2002). Even though secondary metabolites are mainly 9 for defense and communications, the same secondary metabolite can act in different modes depending on the organism being acted upon. Each secondary metabolite is present in limited number of organisms. Secondary metabolites aid producing organisms in competition and defense (Vaishnav and Demain, 2010). Many secondary metabolites have been identified, most of which are from plants and microorganisms. Most of the 50 most important microbial secondary metabolites are antibiotics (Demain, 1999). More secondary metabolites are still being discovered. Some secondary metabolites of plant origin (isoprene, limone ne, naringin, coumarin and carvone) are useful in bioremediation (Luo et al., 2007). Pigments, antibiotics, toxins, pheromones, enzyme inhibitors, immunomodulatory agents, receptor antagonists, growth promoters and pesticides are some of the microbial seco ndary metabolites (Demain, 1998). Secondary metabolites, especially those from myxobacteria are important in drug discovery processes (Diez et al., 2012). Saccharomyces cerevisiae produces not just alcohol during alcoholic fermentation but also an array of secondary metabolites such as isoprenoids, long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and flavonoids (Chemler et al., 2006). 2.2 Volatile Metabolites Volatile metabolites are distinguished by their ease of vaporization (Seto, 1994). Volatility enables effectiveness over a wide range of distance, concentration and environment (Humphris et al., 2002). Volatile metabolites (mostly secondary metabolites) are intermediates and products of metabolism that evaporate readily at normal temperature and pressure. Volatile metabolites are mostly organic compounds such as carboxylic acids, alcohols and esters that are produced by plants and microorganisms. An analysis of volatile metabolites from the leaves and flowers of Acacia cyclops revealed six classes of compounds – benzenoids, aliphatic compounds, nitrogen containing compounds, monoterpenoids, sesquiterpenoids and irregular terpenes (Kotze et al., 2010). Yeast fermentations produce variety of volatile metabolities, including (alcohols, acids, ketones, aldehydes, esters and phenolic compounds). Examples of these metabolites are ethanol, acetaldehyde, 3- methyl-1-butanol, 2- methyl-1-butanol, acetone, ethyl acetate, isopropyl acetate, ethyl butyrate, 1-propanol, 2- methyl-1- 10 propanol, 1-butanol, 2- methyl-1-butanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol, hexyl acetate and 1hexanol (Nout and Bartelt, 1998; Ragaert et al., 2006). Some volatile metabolites can be detected by humans at the level of parts per trillion (Rowan, 2011). Twenty strains of basidiomycete cultured on glucose/asparagine/yeast extract medium produced volatile metabolites, 123 of them identified as alcohols, aldehydes, esters, ketones and phenols (Abraham and Berger, 1994). Molecular weight varies from 50 – 200 Daltons (Rowan, 2011). In plants, they are used for protection, such as against pathogens and for reproduction, such as attracting pollination agents (Figueiredo et al., 2008). Microorganisms, especially yeasts produce volatile metabolites by direct medium transformation, secreting enzymes that carry out the transformation of medium constituents and the de novo synthesis of primary and secondary volatile metabolites (Styger et al., 2011). Many of the volatile metabolites are isomers. An analysis of 196 different volatile metabolites produced by 47 Penicillium taxa showed that 70 were sesquiterpene hydrocarbon (C 15 H24 ) isomers (Larsen and Frisvad, 1995). While pure cultures are used in yeast volatile metabolites production, mixed cultures are also used as some mixed culture fermentations are capable of producing more complex volatile metabolites (Lee et al, 2010). Not all volatiles from yeasts fermentations are desirable. Some thiol compounds give rise to unpleasant aromas while others, especially volatile thiol compounds with additional functional groups that impact positively with their fruity flavours (Coetzee and du Toit, 2012). Sensory qualities of many products are due to the volatile metabolites generated during yeast fermentations (Nova et al., 2009). 2.3 Importance of Volatile Metabolites Volatile metabolites, though not required for physiological functions of organisms, are useful to organisms producing the volatile metabolites; to organisms not produce them or both. Flavours, fragrances (Berger, 2009), communications (Maffei, 2010), profiling (chemotaxonomic studies) (Frisvad et al., 2007), and inhibitory functions (Ting et al., 2010) are some of the uses of volatile metabolites. 11 2.3.1 Flavors and Fragrances Flavor is a term used for volatile metabolites that are ingested while fragrance is normally reserved for volatile metabolites that are not ingested. Flavors and fragrances are important to the food, pharmaceutical, feed, cosmetic and chemical industries (Vandamme, 2003). Volatile metabolites as flavors and fragrances are the basis of sensory attributes for consumer acceptance of foods and cosmetics (Berger, 2009). Interactions of volatile metabolites enhance the sensory perception of each interacting metabolite (Styger et al., 2011). Beyond the sensory attributes, volatiles have antimicrobial, antifungal, antioxidant, fat reducing, blood pressure regulating and anti- inflamatory properties (Berger, 2009). 2.3.2 Identification, Profiling and Che motaxonomic Studies In addition to DNA sequencing, morphological and biochemical features, secondary metabolites profile is increasingly being used for identification of microorganisms (Frisvad et al., 2007). In a study by Pontes and co-workers, a total of 68 volatile metabolites were used to identify the different cultivars of banana (Pontes et al., 2012). Volatile metabolites have been used in metabolic footprinting in functional genomics studies in which even single gene deletion mutants could be distinguished from wild type yeasts (Mas et al., 2006). A combination of species identification and detection of contamination by microorganisms was achieved by Magan and Evans using ‘electronic nose’ technology involving volatile metabolites (Magan and Evans, 2000). 2.3.3 Communication Many volatile metabolites in plants are used for signaling and other functions (Maffei, 2010). Semiochemicals, also known as chemical signals, comprised of pheromones and allelochemicals and are responsible for some insect behavior such as feeding and reproduction (Norin, 2007). 12 2.3.4 Inhibitory Function Volatile metabolites are used in biocontrol such as the inhibition of growth of Fusarium oxysporum F. sp. cubense, the organism responsible for Fusarium wilt disease (Ting et al., 2010). Some volatile metabolites are used to ward off pests and pathogens (Dudareva and Pichersky, 2008). 2.3.5 Detection of Contamination Berge and co-workers used volatile metabolites as metabolic signatures to detect exposure of poultry to xenobiotics (Berge et al., 2011). In indoor environments, visual and bioaerosol monitoring of mold growth behind walls and barriers are not as effective as the use of volatile metabolites to detect mold growth (LeBouf et al., 2010). Volatile metabolite profiling was used by Bianchi and coworkers for the early detection of orange juice spoilage by microbial contaminations (Bianchi et al., 2010). In milk quality control and shelf life evaluation studies, some spoilage yeasts volatile metabolites were detected by electronic nose and the profiles were used to separate regular milk from the ones contaminated by yeas ts (Magan et al., 2001). 2.3.6 Attraction Chemical signals can make organism elicit responses such as attraction, repellance or aggregation. Volatile metabolites in plants are used for attracting pollinating agents (Maffei, 2010), attracting pollinating agents and seed dispersers (Rowan, 2011). A large variety of plant volatile metabolites are attractants for pollinators and enemies of herbivores while other volatile metabolites ward-off herbivores (Pichersky and Gershenzon, 2002). Currently, a lot of chemicals are used as pesticides. Major disadvantages of pesticides are pests resistance, environmental pollution and health hazards (Heuskin et al., 2011). 13 2.4 Sources of Volatile Metabolites Volatile metabolites can be sourced from plants, animals, microorganisms, as well as from chemical synthesis. Yields from plants and animals are low compared to microorganisms (Vandamme, 2003; Gounaris, 2010). While transgenic plants increased yields by 50%, 100- fold increase was observed using microorganisms (Gounaris, 2010). Very few plants are cultivated for their volatile metabolite constituents and many have lost the ability to produce volatile metabolites due to breeding for other traits such as colour, shape, and shelf- life (Dudareva and Pichersky, 2000). Production of volatile metabolites from plants by using plant cell cultures though technically feasible, are not economical (Verpoorte et al., 2002). Volatile metabolites can also be produced through chemical means. Chemical manufacturing of volatiles are cheaper, with a large market share (Gounaris, 2010). However, pollution and consumer perceptions of leftover impurities from manufacturing make them unpopular (Longo and Sanroman, 2006). High value chemicals sourced from microbial sources are being developed to replace the current petrochemical sources (Scalcinati et al., 2012). There are increasing demands for the replacement of the petrochemical industry with bio- based industry and processes (Botella et al., 2009). Increasingly, flavours and fragrances are being produced through biotechnological processes using microorganisms (Krings and Berger, 1998; Vandamme, 2003). Preference for natural flavors by consumers has made microbial fermentation the better choice compared to plant and chemical sources (Jiang, 1995). Microbial production of volatiles requires low energy input, reduced carbon dioxide emissions, less generation of toxic wastes from processing, biological, renewable sources of raw materials input, and easier to purify (Chemler et al., 2006). A major drawback of volatile metabolites production is the costly purification process which end- users may not be willing to pay for (Perrut, 2000). It is much easier to produce volatile metabolites from microorganisms than from plants (Gounaris, 2010). 14 2.5 Volatile Metabolites from Microorganis ms Fermentation of various substrates, especially carbohydrates, is the method of producing volatile metabolites by microorganisms. In microorganisms, productions of volatile metabolites through many pathways (Figure 2.1), depend on species (Romano et al., 2003), medium and species (Sunesson et al., 1995), medium, species and duration (Borjesson et al., 1992). In volatile metabolites production through yeast fermentations, temperature, pH, SO 2 and aeration all have effects on yeast growth, duration of growth, fermentation rate and volatile composition (Reddy and Reddy, 2011). Production of volatile metabolites is also influenced by concentration of medium components, culture age as well as the volatile metabolites p roduced by other microorganisms (Tirranen and Gitelson, 2006). Flavour and aroma (due to the presence of volatile metabolites), are some of the attributes responsible for differences in beverages (Swiegers et al., 2005). Yeasts such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae are efficient converters of sugars to ethanol, in addition to tolerating low pH, high sugar concentration, high ethanol concentration, anaerobic growth and resistance to inhibitors in biomass (Nevoigt, 2008). Tolerance of low pH, low aw, and high salt concentrations by yeasts (Fleet, 1990) make them indispensible in the production of dairy products such as koumis, kefir, viili, longfil and some varieties of cheese (Florez et al., 2010). Compared to yeasts, Escherichia coli is one of the bacteria being considered for ethanolic fermentation but narrow pH band in the neutral region, public perception of the pathogenicity of some of its strains as well as the production of mixtures of organic acids and ethanol from sugar fermentation are serious disadvanta ges (Dien et al., 2003). In an experiment, both bacteria and yeasts produced volatile metabolites during fermentation but only the volatile metabolites from yeasts were able to attract insects (Nout and Bartelt, 1998). Mixed bacterial and yeast fermentatio n can lead to competition between microorganisms, reduced fermentation speed and altered secondary (volatile) metabolites (Rossouw et al., 2012). Some volatile metabolites showing variations in some physical, chemical characteristics as well as source and bioactivity diversity are shown in Table 2.1. 15 Aromatic secondary metabolites Ethanol Glucose Amino acids (e. g. Leucine, Valine) Pyruvate Acetate Aromatic amino acids (Phenylalanine) Malonate (Acetyl –CoA) Nitrogen compounds Alcohols Threonine Ochrato xin s Polyketides Mevalonate Geranyl pyrophosphate Famesyl pyrophosphat e Fatty acids Lactones Methyl ketones Secondary alcohols Alcohols Sesquiterpenes Geosmin Aldehydes Trichothecene s TCA-cycle: Oxalo-acetate Monoterpenes Aspartate 2-methylisoborneol Esters Methionine Sulphur compounds Figure 2.1: Pathways for volatile metabolites (Magan and Evans, 2000). 16 Table 2.1: Some volatile metabolites showing variations in some physical, chemical characteristics as well as source and bioactivity diversity (Rowan, 2011). Chemical cl ass/ bi osynthesis Source/ bi oacti vity 28 bpo C (760) mm Hg -102 Hydrocarbon fro m methionine CH3 SH 48 6 sulfide Isoprene C5 H8 68 34 terpenoid Ethanol C2 H5 OH 46 78 Alcohol Dimethyl disulfide CH3 SSCH3 94 109 Disulfide Hexanal C6 H12 O 100 131 Aldehyde via lipo xygenase Ethy 2methybutanoate C7 H14 O2 130 133 Ester fro m isoleucine 3-Z-hexenol C6 H12 O 100 156 Alcohol via lipo xygenase Methional C4 H8 S1 O1 104 165 Thioether aldehyde Plant hormone with ro les in fruit ripening, senescence and stress response Biogenic, odor of rotten egg Oxidative stress response of plants Anaerobic respiration Onion, garlic, coffee flavoring Green leaf volatile, green, grassy odor Key flavor compound of fru it Green leaf volatile, herbaceous odor Flavour compound Linalool C10 H18 O 154 198 Monoterpene alcohol 22, 6Enonadienal C9 H14 O1 138 203 Aldehyde via lipo xygenase Vol atile Molecul ar formulas Molecul ar weight ethylene C2 H4 methanethiol Co mmon plant volatile with floral odor Cucu mber flavour 17 Table 2.1: (continued) Molecul ar weight bpo C (760) mm Hg furaneol Molecul ar formulas C2 H8 O3 128 216 ∂-octalactone C8 H14 O2 142 238 Fatty acid oxidation Hexy l hexanoate C12 H24 O2 200 245 skatole C9 H9 N1 131 265 Ester fro m fatty acid degradation Aromatic heterocycle α-farnesene C15 H24 204 280 Sesquiterpene androstenone C18 H28 O1 272 372 Steroid Vol atile 2.6 Chemical cl ass/ bi osynthesis Sugar derived Source/ bi oacti vity Strawberry furanone, meaty flavouring agent Microbial, dairy foods – coconut, creamy, fruity Fruity ester Tryptophan, faecal, fru ity odor at low levels Flower volatile and flavour precursor Mammalian pheromone Yeast Ferme ntation Fermentation is the oxidation of carbon compounds by microorganisms in the absence of oxygen to produce energy and other compounds such as ethanol and lactic acid. Microorganisms, carbon (organic compounds) and absence of oxygen are necessary for fermentation to take place. Fermentation also depends on environmental factors such as temperature and pH. Many chemicals (alcohols, vitamins, hormones, antibiotics, enzymes, acids) are made through fermentation, most being antibiotics and other drugs. Fermentation takes place in yeasts, bacteria and muscle cells of animals. Yeasts are much more commonly used for fermentation among microorganisms because they can tolerate low pH, higher substrate concentration, higher product concentration, anaerobic growth, and resistance to inhibitors (Nevoigt, 2008). Yeast metabolism such as the utilization of glucose can be through the fermentation of glucose, oxidation of glucose or oxidation of ethanol. In metabolic reactions, yeasts such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae can completely 18 ferment the monosaccharides glucose, fructose, galactose and the disaccharides sucrose and maltose (Yoon et al., 2003). 2.7 Attractants and Traps Attractants are volatiles (chemical signals) that can move great distances and are easily detected by organisms such as insects. Some of the terms used for attractants are shown in Figure 2.2. Chemical signaling enable organisms to identify pathogens, kin, mating partner, toxins, prey, food and predators. Since the chemistry of pheromones was known to be small organic compounds, many semiochemicals have been identified. Many semiochemicals have functional groups such as esters, ketones, alcohols, amines, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, phenols, diols and quinines. Semiochemicals are communication molecules used in insect- insect and plant-insect interactions (Heuskin et al., 2011). Pheromones or their analogues are also used by predators to attract potential preys or in the case of plants, to attract potential pollinators. Semiochemicals are used to control insects thro ugh trapping, attraction and killing of insects (Norin, 2007). 19 SEMIOCHEMICALS Gr. Semeon, signal Acting between individuals Acting between individuals of different within a species species Pheromones Allelochemicals Gr. Phereum, carry Gr. Allo, different Alarm Trail Sexual Aggregation Allomones advantage for sender Kairomones advantage for receiver Synomones advantage for both parties Apneumones from non- living sources Figure 2.2: Terms used for semiochemicals (Norin, 2007). Semiochemicals are natural, safe for humans, animals and the environment, sustainable, specific and do not involve insect resistance (Heuskin et al., 2011). Within semiochemicals, volatiles with the same characteristics as with the volatiles from foods can act as good attractants. While semiochemicals effects are similar to smell in humans, they are more sensitive and specific. Receptors of organisms such as insects are able to filter out irrelevant chemical messages. In addition, the receptors are able to detect chemical messengers at extremely low concentrations. In order to produce attractants, specific active components are identified and isolated 20 and sometimes produced synthetically. The attractants can be for feeding, alarm, sex or aggregating. Attractants are used in four ways: lure to traps for population studies, lure to trap for destruction, signal to discourage mating, and lure to traps containing insecticides. Commonly used attractants include bread, peanut butter, molasses, food scent, roach pheromone, and beer (Wang and Bennett, 2006). Many attractants are chemicals such as carbamates, organophosphates, pyrethroids that are injurious to animals, humans and the environment (Quesada-Moraga et al., 2004). Pest resistance and toxicity to humans is driving the pressure to replace synthetic pesticides with biocontrol measures (Jiang et al., 2008). Food baits are not common in commercial pest control strategies despite their effectiveness as they often turn out to be breeding grounds for pests (Cox and Collins, 2002). Pheromones, apart from being target specific, do not pose any harm to the environment and can trap pests at low density populations (Schwalbe and Mastro, 1988). Food and synthetic volatiles have been used as attractants in experiments but results have been inconsistent (Nalyanya and Schal, 2001). Sticky traps are the most commonly used traps for cockroach compared to jar traps as these are safe, non-toxic, more convenient and easy to use (Wang and Bennett, 2006). Traps can be differentiated on the basis of size, shape, glue, attractants and placement methods. Factors affecting the location of cockroaches include height of location, humidity, temperature, feed, darkness (Eggleston and Arruda, 2001). 2.8 The Saccharomycetaceae Family Yeast classification based on phenotypic characteristics has been replaced by molecular identification. Doubts on the accuracy of using morphology and metabolic characteristics such as sexual state, cell division type, sugar fermentation, growth pattern on several carbon and nitrogen sources prompted the transition to molecular identification of yeasts (Suh et al., 2006). Members of the Saccharomycetaceae family reproduce by budding, are found in most habitats especially those rich in carbohydrates (Nevoigt, 2008, Yoon et al., 2003). The Saccharomycetaceae family is divided into several genera among which are Saccharomyces, Pichia and Candida (Jung et al., 2010). They are found in a wide variety of habitats especially those habitats rich in carbohydrates. The family contains the species Saccharomyces 21 cerevisiae, the most important yeast, first eukaryote to be sequenced, with 16 haploid chromosomes, about 6000 protein encoding genes in a genome of about 12 million base pairs (Goffeau et al., 1996). Ethanol is toxic to most microorganisms but Saccharomyces cerevisiae and its closest relatives are able to dominate fermentation by producing ethanol and later using it as feedstock (Piskur et al., 2006). 2.8.1 Candida ethanolica Isolated from industrial fodder yeast, it can grow on ethanol as the only carbon source (Rybarova et al., 1980). Fe3+ and not Fe2+ is the growth limiting iron form for Candida ethanolica (Emelyanova, 2000). C. ethanolica is part of the dominant microflora in shubat, a fermented camel milk product (Shori, 2012), among the 91 yeast isolates of microbial community of Ghanaian heap cocoa bean fermentation (Daniel et al., 2009), part of the yeast communities of mescal, (a Mexican distilled beverage) fermentation (Valdez, 2011) and likely involved in sour cassava starch fermentation (Lacerda et al., 2005). C. ethanolica can be used to control bacterial wilt disease in tomato and improvement of yield of the tomato (Nguyen and Ranamukhaarachchi, 2010; Nguyen et al., 2011). C. ethanolica is one of the yeast strains isolated from fermentation of grape marc (pomace) in grappa production (Iacumin et al., 2012), a reference strain for chemiluminescent DNA optical fiber sensor for Brettanomyces bruxellensis detection (Cecchini et al., 2012), C. ethanolica is part of the yeast genera present during some stages in wine fermentation (Cocolin et al., 2000). 2.8.2 Pichia kudriavzevii P. kudriavzevii, and Issatchenkia orientalis are synonymous organisms (Kurtzman et al., 1980; Casaregola et al., 2011; Isono et al., 2012). Using phenotypic, biochemical and molecular techniques, P. kudriavzevii and I. orientalis were shown to be synonymous yeasts (Bhadra et al., 2007). Phytate, an inhibitor of minerals availability in ‘togwa’ a cereal food in Tanzania, was degraded by P. kudriavzevii TY13 and other yeasts (Hellstrom et al., 2012). Oberoi and co-workers 22 used a thermotolerant P. kudriavzevii to produce ethanol from alkali- treated rice straw (Oberoi et al., 2012). A galactose medium adapted P. kudriavzevii was able to produce 30% more ethanol from sugarcane juice than a non-adapted cell (Dhaliwal et al., 2011). In a study using simultaneous saccharification and fermentation, P. kudriavzevii was used to ferment hydrolyzed cotton stalks (Kaur et al., 2012). P. kudriavzevii is a potential high phytase active yeast for improved minerals availability in sourdoughs (Nuobariene et al., 2012), part of fen-daqu, starter culture for Chinese liquor production (Zheng et al., 2012), part of the yeast species involved in cocoa bean fermentations (Papalexandratou and De Vuyst, 2011), one of the yeasts involved in alcoholic fermentation of tchapalo, a local beer in Cote d’Ivoire (N’guessan et al., 2011), able to decolourize textile wastewater (Pajot et al., 2011), among 91 yeast isolates of the microbial community of Ghanaia n heap cocoa bean fermentation (Daniel et al, 2009), can produce ethanol under various stress conditions (Isono et al., 2012). 2.9 Media for Volatile Metabolites Production by Yeasts Medium composition is one of the determinants of the fermentation performance of microorganisms such as yeasts (Hahn-Hagerdal et al., 2005). While cell culture is used for animal and plant cells, microbiological cultures are used for the growth of microorganisms such as yeasts and bacteria. Agar plates and nutrient broth are used extensively in yeast fermentations. Wort (Lodolo et al., 2008), molasses (Alegre et al., 2003) and potato dextrose broth (Kalyani et al., 2000) are common in yeast fermentation. Yeast stock cultures are usually maintained at 4 o C in potato dextrose agar (Lakshmanan and Radha, 2012). PDB is used in many yeast fermentations such as in the production of ethanol from water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) (Kasthuri et al., 2012), as subcultures that can be used as inocula for fermentations (Lakshmanan and Radha, 2012). When molasses is used, the pH is sometimes adjusted to 4-5. Polysaccharides including dextrins, pectins and gums are not utilized by yeasts; most yeasts utilize hexose sugars (- mono and di- saccharides). Spiecies, substrate composition and growth duration all influence the volatile metabolites produced by microorganisms (Borjesson et al., 1992). Media can improve yield, decrease fermentation period, or increase biomass formation 23 (Chunkeng et al., 2011). Medium can also affect the profile and ecology of microorganisms during fermentation (Hsieh et al., 2012). In an experiment in which Penicillium aurantiogriseum was grown on six different substrates, production of terpenes was more on artificial substrate (Czapek agar and Norkrans agar) but alcohol production was more on cereal based substra tes (barley meal agar, oat meal agar, wheat meal agar, malt extract agar) (Borjesson et al., 1990). Common fermentation media include potato dextrose broth (Kalyani et al., 2000), PMP (2.4% PDB, 1% malt extract, 0.1% peptone) (Park et al., 2000), and Sabouraud dextrose broth (Maghsoodi et al., 2009). Potato dextrose broth is a general purpose medium for the cultivation of yeasts and molds. Its low pH (5.6 ± 0.2 at 25 o C) discourages bacterial growth (Condolab, 2012). 2.10 Cockroach as Pest Pests are plants and animals detrimental to humans directly or indirectly. They carry human disease vectors or compete with humans in agriculture by feeding on crops or becoming parasites to livestock. Allergens produced by cockroach infestation are responsible for asthma, a significant public health disease (Arruda et al., 2001). Many isolated bacteria from cockroaches obtained from health care facilities were found to have resistance to common antibiotics (Pai, 2013). Only five out of the 3,500 known cockroach species inhabit homes and cause indoor allergens (Eggleston et al., 2001). Ecologically, cockroaches are in every part of the world but American (Periplaneta americana), German (Blattella germanica) and brownbanded (Supella longipalpa) cockroaches are the most common in tropical environments. Cockroach allergens, mainly Bla g 1 and Bla g 2, can be found in gut, saliva and malphighian tubules (De Lucca et al., 1999). They are everywhere wherever there are structures such as homes, restaurants, schools, hospitals, offices and industries. They contaminate foods, destroy paper products, fabrics and impact repulsive stains and odours. They are omnivorous. They are capable of transmitting Salmonella and Shigella food poisoning, Staphylococcus and Streptococcus bacteria, and have been implicated in typhoid, dysentery, hepatitis virus and coliforms. 24 2.11 Cockroach Control Cockroaches are found in dark, sheltered, humid, warm places such as around kitchen sinks, cracks around or underneath cupboards, cabinet, behind drawers, around pipes or conduits, behind window or door frames, underside of tables and chairs, in bathroom, radio and TV cabinets, garages, sewers, attics, basements and storerooms. Cockroach population in a location depends on height, humidity, temperature, and darkness. Natural population also depends on the history of the site due to insecticide treatment date and intensity and environmental factors make comparison of data difficult (Rivault, 1989). Trapping, mating distruptions, attracticides are used to control many pests including cockroach. Traps are relatively more effective in cockroach control (Rust et al., 1999). Cockroaches share the same three phase development cycles of egg, nymph and adult during a life span of 100200 days (Wu et al., 2007). In natural populations, nymphs are usually more than adult cockroaches (Hahn and Ascerno, 2005). In a survey of 69 health care facilities, 45 were infested with cockroaches comprising 250 adults and 308 nymphs (Pai, 2013). Jiang and co-workers reported a biocontrol method for cockroach that employed virus in rat chow as bait (Jiang et al., 2008). Fungi spores were used as entomopathogenic agent in an experimental biological pest control carried out by Quesada-Moraga and co-workers (Quesada-Moraga et al., 2004). However, fungal biocontrol has limitation of reduced efficacy due to many factors such as temperature and moisture (Ekese et al., 2003). In another experiment, mice vaccinated with Bla g 2 DNA vaccine (Bla g 2 is one of the most potent cockroach alle rgens) helped minimize the effect of the cockroach allergen (Zhou et al., 2012). With sticky catch (no release), the daily catch decreases with time (Wang and Bennett, 2006). Cockroaches do not require large amounts of food to survive especially in the presence of water. However, baits normally compete with food sources in the surroundings (Lucas and Invest, 1993; Koehler et al., 2007). Cockroaches (especially the German cockroach), consume a wide range of macro- and micro-nutrients including carbohydrates, proteins, and fats (Kells, 2005). 25 2.12 Yeast Volatile Metabolites as Attractants While yeast fermentation produced volatile metabolites that can attract sap beetles, volatile metabolites from bacteria fermentation could not attract the sap beetles (Nout and Bartelt, 1998). Yeasts produce many volatile metabolites during fermentation. In an experiment, volatile metabolites were able to attract Rhodnius prolixus, a disease vector in South America (Lorenzo et al., 1999). Active volatile metabolites (alcohols, aldehydes, acetates, esters, ketones) are usually in a complex mix as attractants for insects (Nout and Bartelt, 1998). Volatile metabolites as attractants are natural, safe for humans, animals and the environment, sustainable, specific and does not involve insect resistance (Heuskin et al., 2011). 2.13 Identification of Volatile Metabolites from Yeasts Fermentation Chromatography is used in the separation of complex mixtures where separation is determined by affinity of the compound partitioned between the two immiscible solvents of the stationary and mobile phases. Chromatography cannot readily identify the constituents of the separated mixtures and mass spectroscopy is used to identify compounds but not from complex mixtures. Therefore, it is always desirable to couple separation processes to identification steps. Part of the output from the detector is normally channeled to a mass spectrometer where its fragmentation pattern can be used to identify the compound (Matuszewski et al., 1998). Two most important chromatographic techniques in use are liquid chromatography (LC) and gas chromatography (GC). In mass spectroscopy, sample components are ionized in one of the several ways leading to formation of ions. Ions are separated according to their mass-charge ratio, detected quantitatively and signal is processed into mass spectra. LC is favored over GC due to less demanding and simple handling of instrument and preparing sample, faster analysis, better at handling volatiles and higher masses, need no derivation, uses tandem mass analyzers, and best for researching unknown metabolite. In the analysis of body fluids for various drugs, LC-MS/MS was found to be better in reduced lowest limit of quantification, reduced cost, reduced preparation time, no need for sample derivation and reduced run time (Coles et al., 2007). The introduction of electrospray 26 ionization (ESI) and matrix-assisted laser desorption - ionization (MALDI) has made LC-MS/MS the favorite tool of biomolecular analysis. LC - MS is especially suited to the analysis of chemically and thermally unstable compounds such as fatty acids (Johnson, 2005). 2.14 LC-MS/MS There is no direct link between LC-MS/MS signals and biochemical knowledge of the investigated organism. Unlike proteins, metabolites structures are not repeated with limited alphabets but a combination of elements (C, H, O, S, N, P) with diverse structures. Their physical and chemical diversity make it difficult to derive a general rule for fragmentation patterns. It is difficult to link mass (from m/z values) to a specific metabolite because (i) metabolites with different elemental formulas may still share highly similar masses (ii) metabolites can have same elemental formulas but different structures (Breitling et al., 2006). Only LC-MS analysis cannot identify the different structures having same mass even though there are separated by the retention time scale. Therefore, for metabolite identification that ensures less ambiguity and more confidence, tandem mass spectroscopy is used. LCMS/MS combines the resolving power of chromatography and sensitivity and specificity of mass spectrometry. Steps in LC-MS/MS include sample preparation, sample introduction, sample separation, vapourization (desorption, electron injection, electron capture), ionization (protonation, deprotonation, cationization), analyte sorting (separate by space or time), detection, and conversion. LC-MS/MS offers speed and increased sensitivity over conventional methods (Dear et al., 1998). Most LC-MS/MS systems have triple quadruple mass analyzer, atmospheric pressure ionization source, electro spray source, +/- mass spectrometer, curved collision cell, 10-1500 amu mass range and 105 linear dynamic range. Metabolites with different elemental formulas can share highly similar masses and metabolites with different structures can have the same elemental formulas. This LC-MS/MS is able to differentiate the metabolites as retention time in LC is not enough to unambiguously identify the different metabolites. The comb ination is used to separate, identify and quantify components in a compound. LC-MS/MS identification is based on molecular weight, retention and fragmentation properties (Bajad et al., 2006). It can 27 analyze compounds across different classes such as polar, semi volatiles, pesticides, mycotoxins, thermally labile compounds, and steroids. There are more positive ions produced than negative ions. Formation of parent ion is through ionization without cleavage. Compounds can be identified through MS at 1 part in 1012 . Liquid chromatography – tandem mass spectroscopy is the preferred technique used for the analysis of drugs, metabolites and other biomolecules due to its sensitivity, speed and specificity (Jemal, 2000). LC-MS/MS is not only a superior analytical tool to immunoassays, HPLC, faster than GC-MS, but is spreading to smaller laboratories (Grebe and Singh, 2011). Introduction of automated 96-well sample preparation, and -piercable caps have increased throughput such that analysis that usually take 4-6 hours for instrument and analyst’s time now take 20-120 minutes and 10 minutes for the analysis and the analyst respectively (Jemal, 2000). LC-MS/MS is used to identify unknown compounds, determine the isotopic composition of elements in a molecule, determine chemical structure by examining its fragmentation, quantifying the amount of a compound. LC-MS/MS was used to identify and quantify nonvolatile metabolites from the biodegradation of environmentally persistent compounds (Dinglasan et al., 2004). LC-MS/MS with electrospray ionization was used by Bajad and co-workers to quantify 141 metabolites from Escherichia coli (Bajad et al., 2006). Direct analysis of a wide variety of drugs in samples using LCMS/MS is of benefit to several applications (Fitzgerald et al, 1999). Along with GC – based tests, LC-MS/MS was used to detect 50 environmental contaminants in baby foods (Vukovic et al., 2012). Some varieties of grape were fermented by yeast and LC-MS/MS was used to confirm that melatonin, a neurohormone, is not present in grapes or musts but is produced during the alcoholic fermentation of grapes (must) to produce wines under strictly controlled conditions (Rodriguez-Naranjo et al., 2011). In profiling the volatile metabolites in wines obtained from pure starter culture fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae and mixed starter culture involving Saccharomyces cerevisiae and other yeasts, LC-MS/MS was used to show that metabolic pathways and hence, metabolites can be altered by the interaction between yeasts in a mixed culture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and other yeasts (Sadoudi et al., 2012). 28 2.15 Downstream Processing of Ferme ntation Broth Downstream processing is the recovery of biosynthetic products from plants and animal tissue cultures as well as from fermentation broth. It also includes recycling and waste treatment and disposal. In the case of fermentation, it is the processes after fermentation to get useful products. Products from downstream processing include hormones, antibiotics, antibodies, vacc ines, enzymes, fragrance and flavors. The unit operations involved in downstream processing are divided into four categories; the removal of insolubles (filtration, sedimentation, centrifugation, precipitation, flocculation), product isolation (solvent extraction, adsorption, ultrafiltration, precipitation), product purification (chromatography, cyrstallization), and product polishing (crystallization, dessication, freeze drying, lyophilization, spray drying). Fermentations occur mostly at close to physiolo gical conditions and low substrate and product concentrations thus making products recovery expensive (Schugerl, 2000). However, advances have been recorded in processing of fermentation products in many unit operations such as, adsorption, extraction, centrifugation, flocculation and precipitation (Cramer and Holstein, 2011). Centrifugation is the most common way of separating cells from medium. Some product recovery operations may contain more than one unit operation per step such as affinity chromatography which involves isolation and purification. Pervaporation has been used to extract dairy aroma compounds (Baudot and Marin, 1996), extract aroma compounds from fruit juices using membranes (Sampranpiboon et al., 2000). Centrifugation at 10,000 rpm for 15 minutes was used to remove cells from fermentation broth in the process of pullulan production (Wu et al., 2009). Separation of two metabolites from fermentation broth was reported to constitute over 50% of the total cost of microbial production (Xiu and Zeng, 2008). In the purification of surfactin from fermentation broth, a combination of adsorption, ion exchange and ultrafiltration was used (Chen et al., 2008). Solvent sublation was used by Bi and co-workers to purify Penicillin G from fermentation broth (Bi et al., 2008). In the case of highly viscous and heterogeneous broth, ultrafiltration was used for the purification of demethylchlrotetracycline (DMCT) (Morao et al., 2001). 29 2.16 Freeze Drying Freeze drying (lyophilization) is a dehydration process in which low pressure is applied to a frozen material in such a way that the solvent (water) sublimes to vapor. It is essentially the removal of solvent such as water by sublimation. It is normally employed to separate water from volatile materials with minimal loss or degradation of the volatile components. In a comparison of air and freeze drying, the retention of volatile materials was more in freeze dried samples than in air dried samples of the same product (Krokida and Philippoulos, 2006). Even though freeze drying is expensive, the cost may be less than that of preservation, storage and transportation of the bulk liquid product. Products for freeze drying must be in frozen form. Most samples for freeze drying are eutectics, however, the presence of suspended materials can lead to glass formation with the attendant high viscosity. Such materials freeze at glass transition temperatures. Freeze drying takes place below the triple point of water for aqueous solutions. Below the triple point, water is present either in ice or vapour phase. Any vapour from the product must be condensed immediately to maintain vacuum. It is easier for water to migrate from the interior of a product when in vapour form and hence easier to dry the product. Loss of volatile metabolites is minimized in freeze drying than in other forms of drying. In comparing oven drying and freeze drying methods, loss of volatiles from grape skins was less in freeze drying method than in oven drying method (de Torres et al., 2010). Temperature and vacuum are the two most important parameters in freeze drying but they depend on product, shape, water content, structure and composition of product. Freeze drying has a wide range of applications in preparation of active pharmaceutical ingredients, vaccines, diagnostic kits, reagents, proteins, hormones, viruses, bacteria, tissue, bone, blood plasma, enzymes, pathological samples, nutraceuticals, vitamins, herbal extracts and the recovery and concentration of reaction products. Freeze drying retained most of the basic volatiles of saffron (the dried stigma of a flower, used as spice, drug component) compared to toasting, sun drying and 35o C dryer (Kanakis et al., 2004). There are three phases of freeze drying; prefreezing, primary and secondary drying. During freeze drying, end point, contamination, backfilling and product stability will have to be monitored. In a freeze dryer, vapour molecules migrate from the higher pressure sample to the lower pressure area of the ice collector. Some products do have collapse temperature, such 30 as sucrose that has a collapse temperature of -32o C. A vacuum pump ensures that water flows from the product being freeze dried (Christ, 2012). 31 CHAPTER 3 MATERIALS AND METHODS 3.1 Experime ntal Design Several factors, many of them confounding, affect bioattraction of cockroaches. They include history of routine pest control measures in place, location (proximity to food water), humidity, temperature, darkness, altitude, initial population, bait (1-day, 4-day fermented broth, freeze dried fermented broth, control), trap and time. Bait type was the independent variable, and number of cockroach trapped as dependent variable. The experiments (Figure 3.1) were conducted with either eliminating or minimizing the effect of the remaining (confounding) variables such as the use of the same locations and conducting experiments at regular intervals. 3.2 Materials and Equipme nt The materials used were potato dextrose agar (PDA), potato dextrose broth (PDB), petri dishes, centrifuge tubes, Schott bottles, wire loops, measuring cylinders, distilled water, cockroach trap, cotton wool, parafilm, beaker, spatula, rack, cuvettes, glycerol, beads tubes, pipette tips, marker, hand gloves, clean wipes, weighing boat, 70% (v/v) ethanol solution, sealer, autoclave plastic, rubber bands, and scissors. The equipments used include autoclave, laminar flow chamber, incubator, shaking incubator, freeze dryer, liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometer (LCMS/MS), UV-visible spectrophotometer, pipettes, centrifuges, weighing balance, refrigerators, freezers, and digital camera. 32 15.6 g PDA + 400 ml d istilled H2 O, autoclaved PDA on plates 13.25 g PDB + 500 ml distilled H2 O, autoclaved Yeast colonies on agar plate Streaked agar p late with yeast, incubated overnight at 30o C Single yeast colony on agar plate 10 ml starter culture 30o C, 150 rp m 500 ml PDB 10 ml PDB Starter culture OD = 1.00 at 600 n m 1 ml starter culture 21 ml fermentation culture, 30o C, 150 rp m Fermented broth OD at 600 nm 1 day (or 4 days) fermentation culture 17.5 ml Freeze dried 5.5 ml Trap Bioattraction (control) 5.3 ml Centrifuged 4000 rp m, 10 minutes 10 ml (LCMS/MS) control 16 ml supernatant LC-M S/MS (10 ml) ml 0.13 g solids 20 ml PDB 5.3 ml supernatant Bioattraction Bioattraction Trap Trap Freeze dried 5.3 ml 0.15 g solids control Trap Bioattraction Figure 3.1: Flowchart of the experimental procedure for the bioattraction of cockroaches. 33 3.3 Yeasts Source Candida ethanolica M2 and Pichia kudriavzevii M12 yeasts were obtained from the culture collection of the Microbiology Laboratory of the Faculty of Biosciences and Bioengineering, UTM. 3.4 Media Preparation Potato dextrose agar (PDA) and potato dextrose broth (PDB) were used as media to culture the yeasts. In preparing the PDA, 15.6 g of PDA powder (OXOID) were dissolved in 400 ml of distilled water and autoclaved for 20 minutes at 121 o C. In a sterile laminar flow hood, the PDA solution was poured into 10 agar plates to solidify and cooled to ambient temperature. The plates were sealed with parafilm and kept in a refrigerator at 4o C. In preparing the PDB, 13.25 g of PDB powder (CONDA PRONADISA) were dissolved in 500 ml of distilled water and autoclaved for 20 minutes at 121o C. The PDB solution was kept in a refrigerator at 4 o C. A 30% (v/v) glycerol (10 ml) was prepared and placed in a 50 ml Schott bottle prior to autoclaving for 20 minutes at 121o C and this was kept at 4o C in a refrigerator. 3.5 Yeast Maintenance and Subculturing For long-term preservation of pure cultures of C. ethanolica and P. kudriavzevii, glycerol stocks were prepared. A single yeast colony was inoculated in 10 ml of PDB in a 50 ml Schott bottle under a sterile laminar flow hood. The inoculated broth was placed in a shaking incubator (Hotech Instruments Corp., New Taipei City, Taiwan) set to 30o C and 150 r.p.m. When the optical density at 600 nm of the fermenting culture was approximately 1, 0.5 ml of the culture was transferred aseptically to the autoclaved 30% (v/v) glycerol solution (0.5 ml) in a 1ml centrifuge tube and mixed thoroughly and the glycerol stocks were kept at -80o C. In preparing the stock culture utilizing preservative beads, 0.5 ml of the solution in the bead tube was removed and 0.5 ml of the yeast culture was added to the tube containing beads. Two of such culture stocks were separately prepared for each of C. ethanolica M2 and P. kudriavzevii M12 and kept at -80o C. 34 C. ethanolica M2 and P. kudriavzevii M12 yeasts were subcultured approximately every biweekly. During subculturing, for each of C. ethanolica M2 and P. kudriavzevii M12, two labeled streaked plates were produced using yeast from previous plate culture. A flame-sterilized and cooled wire loop was used to remove a single colony from the culture and inoculate the sterile PDA plate. The newly streaked plates were sealed with parafilm and kept in an incubator overnight at 30 o C. When there was good growth on a plate, the plate was stored in the refrigerator at 4o C. 3.6 Production of Volatile Metabolites Starter culture preparation was carried out under aseptic conditions. A single colony of C. ethanolica M2 or P. kudriavzevii M12 was used to inoculate the 10- ml PDB in each 50- ml centrifuge tube. The centrifuge tubes were transferred to a shaking incubator set at 30o C and 150 r.p.m. When the culture was reasonably cloudy, the optical density (OD), was measured (Jenway 6300, Baroworld Scientific Ltd, Essex, United Kingdom). Approximately 3.5 ml of PDB was transferred into a cuvette using a pipette. The spectrophotometer was blanked using the PDB. Then 3.5 ml of the starter culture was transferred into the cuvette and the OD reading was taken. Culture with OD600 of about 1 was used for fermentation. Under aseptic condition in the laminar flow hood, 20 ml of the sterile PDB and 1ml of the starter culture were transferred into each of 6 labeled 50- ml centrifuge tubes. They were placed in shaking incubator set at 30o C and 150 r.p.m. After 1-, and 4 days, the OD was determined for each tube. 3.7 Identification of Volatile Metabolites: using LC-MS/MS Two of the tubes containing 1-day and 4-day fermented cultures were centrifuged at 4000 rpm for 10 minutes. Under aseptic conditions, supernatant was obtained by decanting approximately 16 ml into a sterile 50 ml centrifuge tube. Supernatant (10 ml) from each of the two tubes as well as 10 ml of PDB (control) 35 were transferred into separate sterile, labeled 50 ml centrifuge tubes and kept at 4 o C in the refrigerator prior to submission for the LC-MS/MS analyses at Institute of Bioproduct Development (UTM). 3.8 Cockroach Attraction Using Yeast Metabolites The supernatant of 1-day and 4-day cultured broth were centrifuged (Universal 32, Hettich Zentrifugen, Tuttlingen, Germany) at 4000 r p m for 10 minutes. Under aseptic conditions in the laminar flow hood, the supernatant was obtained by decanting approximately 16 ml into a sterile, 50- ml centrifuge tube. Approximately 5.3 ml of the supernatant was transferred into each of 6 labeled sterile 50 ml centrifuge tube and kept at 4 o C in the refrigerator. Additionally, control was prepared from 5.3 ml of PDB which was transferred into each of 6 sterile, labe led 50 ml centrifuge tube. Samples and controls were kept at 4 o C in the refrigerator. Six locations at the student residential hostels (Kolej Tun Ghafar Baba and Kolej Dato’ Onn Jaafar) were used for most of the bioattraction tests. Trap-a-roach hoy hoy (Earth Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) commercial cockroach trap was set up as trap according to manufacturer’s instructions. Instead of the bait for roaches supplied in a sachet, two layers of white facial cotton (Guardian Health and Beauty, Malaysia) was placed firmly on top of the glued surface of the roach trap. Each sample or control was sprinkled on the surface of the cotton wool in such a way as to avoid flooding the glued surface. Traps were placed in the enclosures that were damp, dark, warm and mostly on the 8th floor of the buildings. Traps placed by about 8 p.m. were checked for trapped cockroaches every morning between 6 a.m. and 7a.m. for 3 consecutive days in order to observe the efficacy of the volatile metabolites as a function of time in an ambient environment. 3.9 Cockroach Attraction Using Freeze-Dried Metabolites Three tubes containing fermented broth were used to produce 9 freeze-dried samples. Under aseptic conditions in the laminar flow hood, each tube was agitated to ensure yeast dispersion. Approximately 5.5 ml of the fermented broth was 36 transferred into a sterile, labeled and weighed 50 ml centrifuge tube. The weight of each of the centrifuge tubes were further determined after transferring the 5.5 ml of fermentation broth into each of them. The samples were kept overnight at -80o C in a freezer. Each frozen sample was attached to the freeze dryer (Martin Christ Dryers, Osterode, Germany) set to a vacuum of 0.37 mbar. Dried samples were weighed, kept in a cool dry place and used almost immediately. Approximately 0.15 g from freeze dried 5.3 ml PDB served as control. Six locations at the student residential hostels (Kolej Tun Ghafar Baba and Kolej Dato’ Onn Jaafar) were used for most of the bioattraction tests. Trap-a-roach hoy hoy (Earth Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) commercial trap was set up as trap according to manufacturer’s instructions. Instead of the bait for roaches supplied in a sachet, two layers of white facial cotton (Guardian Health and Beauty, Malaysia) were placed firmly on top of the glued surface of the roach trap. Each freeze dried sample was sprinkled on the surface of the cotton wool. Traps were placed in enclosures that were damp, dark, warm and mostly on the 8th floor of the buildings. Traps placed by about 8 p.m. were checked for trapped cockroaches every morning between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. for 3 consecutive days in order to observe the efficacy of the volatile metabolites as a function of time in an ambient environment. 37 CHAPTER 4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 4.1 Bioattraction Results of the bioattraction tests were grouped according to the yeast utilized for the fermentation, length of fermentation and form in which the bioattraction bait was used. The average number of trapped cockroaches using co ntrol (PDB), 1-day fermented broth by P. kudriavzevii M12, 4-day fermented broth by P. kudriavzevii M12, 1-day fermented broth by C. ethanolica M2, 4-day fermented broth by C. ethanolica M2 along with their freeze-dried forms are shown in Figure 4.1. As shown in Figure 4.1, the highest average number of trapped cockroach was recorded for the 4-day fermented broth by P. kudriavzevii M12. On the other hand, the freeze-dried samples of the 1-day fermented broth by P. kudriavzevii M12 and 4-day fermented broth by C. ethanolica M2 trapped the least number of cockroaches. This could be due to reduced population of cockroaches on the sites due to previous bioattraction experiments, pest control programs or reduced availability of volatiles in the freeze dried prod uct due to the effects of the formation of dry microstructures (Flink and Karel, 1970) or the effects of glass transition temperature in which the viscous, sticky, rubbery state slows down the rate water is removed from the material (Abbas and Lasekan, 2010; Bhandari and Howes, 1999). 38 Figure 4.1: Bioattraction of domestic cockroaches to P. kudriavzevii M12 and C. ethanolica M2. Values are means ± standard deviation of three replicates. As the 4-day fermented broth of P. kudriavzevii M12 was found to be a better attractant, successive experiments of cockroach bioattraction at the previously selected location were carried out. Changes in the average number of cockroach trapped at a location with time is shown in Figure 4.2 39 Figure 4.2: Successive tests of cockroach attraction to the 4-day fermented broth of P. kudriavzevii M12 at the same location (i.e. phone cable riser room). Values are means ± standard deviation of three replicates. The 4-day fermented broth attracted more cockroaches than the 1-day fermented broth from both P. kudriavzevii M12 and C. ethanolica M2. An organoleptic test indicated the 1-day fermented broth to have a ‘sharp’ smell (Garcia et al., 2013), much like unripened fruit. However, this flavor note was not observed on the 4-day fermented broth. Primary metabolites such as ethanol and organic acids are likely to be more abundant in the 1-day fermented broth. Primary metabolites productions depend on cell growth (Bai et al., 2008) which is at the early phases (lag and growth phases) of fermentation. Secondary metabolites are produced after growth phase (Bunch and Harris, 1986). Secondary (volatile) metabolites cover great distances (Humphris, 2002). As chemical signals for bioattraction (Maffei, 2010), the more volatile metabolites with likely higher concentrations in the 4-day fermented broth will attract more cockroaches than the 1-day fermented broth. Mostly American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) was attracted by each bait type from P. kudriavzevii M12 fermentation and this is shown in Figure 4.3. Some control traps (those at the same location where the cockroach population was 40 relatively high) did trap some cockroaches. This is in agreement with the previous study on attractants evaluation in which control also trapped a minimal number of cockroaches (Nalyanya and Schal, 2001). As shown in Figure 4.3(a), the nymph population is more than the adult population. The first set of bioattraction tests were on natural populations. There are more nymphs than adult cockroac hes in natural populations (Hahn and Ascerno, 2005). However, the average number of cockroaches attracted decreased as the same locations were used because the population was depleted much faster than the rate of population increase (Figure 4.2). The egg of an American cockroach hatch in about 45 days, the nymph mature in about 215 to 400 days while the adult lifespan of the female cockroach is about 440 days (Hahn and Ascerno, 2005). (a) (b) 2.8 cm 2.8 cm Figure 4.3: Bioattraction of domestic cockroaches to P. kudriavzevii M12 (a) 4-day fermented broth, and (b) freeze-dried 4-day fermented broth. 4.2 Profiling of Exometabolites from Pichia kudriavzevii M12 In this study, the potential of locally isolated yeasts, namely Pichia kudriavzevii M12 and Candida ethanolica M2 in cockroach attraction was elucidated. P. kudriavzevii M12 and C. ethanolica M2 were respectively isolated from a local preparation of Effective Microorganism (Chan et al., 2012), and fermented rotten pineapple. As the 4-day fermented potato dextrose broth of P. kudriavzevii M12 was found to be a better cockroach attractant, the metabolites were profiled using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), thus revealing the presence of secondary metabolites from the yeast strain for cockroach 41 attraction. P. kudriavzevii M12 and C. ethanolica M2 were observed to be bottom fermenting yeasts. Optical density at the end of one and four days are shown in Figure 4.4. This is in agreement with the optical density of the broth of a bottom fermenting yeast at the end of fermentation when secondary metabolites have been produced (Virtual Labs, University of Leeds). Distance covered by communication molecules depends on volatility, its stability in air, diffusion rate, efficiency of receptor, and wind currents and lipids have the best combination of these properties (Regnier and Law, 1968). Appendices A, B, D and E show the various mass spectra of metabolites from PDB P. kudriavzevii M12 fermented supernatant detected using LC-MS/MS. On the other hand, Appendices C and F show the mass spectra of metabolites originated from PDB. Figure 4.5 shows the distribution, based on subgroups, of metabolites from 4-day P. kudriavzevii M12 fermented PDB supernatant from analysis of the mass spectra of LC-MS/MS, while Table 4.1 shows mass spectral profiling of each metabolite. Figure 4.4: Optical density of P. kudriavzevii M12 and C. ethanolica M2 at the end of fermentation in PDB. 42 Figure 4.5: Ratio of the exometabolites (n = 44) identified from LC-MS/MS profiling of the 4-day fermented PDB of P. kudriavzevii M12. 43 Table 4.1: Mass spectral profiling of exometabolites found in the 4-day fermented PDB of P. kudriavzevii M12. Mass Molecul ar weight Formul a m/z Major frag ment m/z 129.062 85.0, 101.0 130.1849 188.119 64.8, 90.8, 114.9 195.181 197.182 Structure IUPAC name Synonym Classification C7 H14 O2 3-methylbutyl acetate isoamyl acetate; isopentyl acetate ester 187.1931 C8 H13 NO4 6-acetamido-2oxohexanoate 2-o xo -6acetamido caproate carboxy lic acid 69.8, 97.8 195.1705 C6 H13 NO6 2-amino-2-deo xy-Dgluconate D-glucosaminate; glucosaminate monosaccharide 67.8, 69.8 196.1634 C7 H8 N4 O3 3,7-dimethyluric acid (NA) purine 44 Table 4.1 (continued) Mass Molecul ar weight Formul a m/z Major frag ment m/z 203.094 185.0 203.1941 211.206 69.4, 69.8, 153.0, 183.0 227.232 243.137 Structure IUPAC name Synonym Classification C11 H9 NO3 3-(1H-indol-3-y l)-2oxopropanoic acid indolepyruvate carboxy lic acid 210.3126 C13 H22 O2 4-(3-hydroxybutyl)3,5,5-trimethylcyclohex2-en-1-one 3-o xo -7,8dihydro-alphaionol cycloalkene 69.8, 83.8, 99.9, 181.1, 209.0 226.2325 C9 H14 N4 O3 (2S)-2-(3aminopropanamido)-3(1H-imidazo l-5yl)propanoic acid carnosine carboxy lic acid 110.0, 199.0 244.2014 C9 H12 N2 O6 5-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4dihydroxy-5(hydroxy methyl)o xo lan2-yl]-1,2,3,4tetrahydropyrimid ine2,4-dione betapseudouridine nucleoside 45 Table 4.1 (continued) Mass Major frag ment m/z Molecul ar weight Formul a 315.112 198.9, 216.9, 296.9 316.2623 340.728 99.9, 182.1, 210.1 339.1959 m/z Structure IUPAC name Synonym Classification C16 H12 O7 3,5,7-trihydro xy-2-(4hydroxy-3metho xyphenyl)-4Hchromen-4-one isorhamnetin polyketide C9 H14 N3 O9 P 5-amino-1[(2R,3R,4S,5R)-3,4dihydroxy-5[(phosphonooxy)methyl] oxo lan-2-yl]-1Himidazo le-4-carbo xy lic acid 5-amino-1-(5phospho-Dribosyl)imidazole 4-carbo xy late carboxy lic acid 46 Table 4.1 (continued) Mass Molecul ar weight Formul a m/z Major frag ment m/z 365.245 185.0, 203.0 364.2054 381.190 69.9, 227.0 385.467 69.8, 215.1, 272.1 Structure IUPAC name Synonym Classification C10 H13 N4 O9 P {[(2R,3S,4R,5R)-5-(2,6dio xo-2,3,6,9-tetrahydro1H-purin-9-y l)-3,4dihydroxyo xo lan-2yl]metho xy}phosphonic acid xanthosine 5'phosphate; xanthylic acid nucleoside 379.386 C13 H21 N3 O8 S (2S)-2-amino-4-{[(1R)1[(carbo xy methyl)carbam oyl]-2-{[(2R)-2hydroxypropanoyl]sulfan yl}ethyl]carbamoyl}buta noic acid (R)-S-lactoyl glutathione; S-D-Lactoyl glutathione carboxy lic acid 384.6377 C27 H44 O (2S,5S,7S,11R,14R,15R) -2,15-d imethyl-14-[(2R)6-methylhept-5-en-2yl]tetracyclo[8.7.0.0^{2, 7}.0^{11,15}]heptadec1(10)-en-5-o l zy mosterol; delta8,24cholestadien-3betaol; 5alpha-cholesta8,24-dien-3beta-ol steroid 47 Table 4.1 (continued) Mass Major frag ment m/z Molecul ar weight Formul a 387.995 99.9, 182.1, 211.1, 338.2 387.1834 394.659 88.8, 251.2 401.626 82.8, 99.9, 182.1, 210.1 m/z Structure IUPAC name Synonym Classification C25 H25 NO3 4'-[[(1oxopentyl)phenylamino] methyl]-[1,1'-biphenyl]2-carbo xy lic acid (NA) carboxy lic acid 394.6325 C28 H42 O (2S,5S,11R,14R,15R)14-[(2R,3E,5R)-5,6dimethylhept-3-en-2-yl]2,15dimethyltetracyclo[8.7.0. 0^{2,7}.0^{11,15}]hepta deca-1(17),7,9-trien-5-o l dehydroergosterol steroid 400.6801 C28 H48 O (1R,2S,5S,6S,7S,11R,15 R)-2,6,15-trimethyl-14[(2R)-6-methylheptan-2yl]tetracyclo[8.7.0.0^{2, 7}.0^{11,15}]heptadec9-en-5-o l 4-alpha-methyl-5alpha-cholest-7en-3-beta-ol steroid 48 Table 4.1 (continued) Mass Major frag ment m/z Molecul ar weight Formul a 413.122 260.9, 278.9, 296.9, 394.9 414.6636 435.437 273.3 435.637 69.8, 83.7 m/z Structure IUPAC name Synonym Classification C28 H46 O2 (2S,5S,7S,11R,14R,15R) -6-(hydro xy methyl)2,15-dimethyl-14-[(2R)6-methylhept-5-en-2yl]tetracyclo[8.7.0.0^{2, 7}.0^{11,15}]heptadec1(10)-en-5-o l zy mosterol intermediate 1a steroid 436.5198 C21 H41 O7 P [(2R)-2-hydro xy-3[(9Z)-octadec-9enoyloxy]propo xy] phosphonic acid lysophosphatidic acid (18:1(9Z)/0:0) glycerolip id 435.2807 C25 H41 NO3 S N-acetyl-S-(3,7,11,15tetramethyl2E,6E,10E,14hexadecatetraenyl)-Lcysteine N-acetyl-Sgeranylgeranyl-Lcysteine carboxy lic acid (amino acid derivative) 49 Table 4.1 (continued) Mass m/z 453.609 Major frag ment m/z Molecul ar weight Formul a 99.9, 113.9, 182.1, 209.2, 435.2 453.5503 C21 H44 NO7 P Structure IUPAC name Synonym (2-aminoethoxy)[(2R)-3(hexadecanoyloxy)-2hydroxypropoxy]phosphi nic acid 1-palmitoyl-2hydroxy-snglycero-3phosphoethanola mine; Classification glycerophospholipid lysophosphatidyle thanolamine(16:0) 455.052 99.8, 437.0 454.2833 C13 H19 N4 O12 P (2S)-2-({5-amino-1[(2R,3R,4S,5R)-3,4dihydroxy-5[(phosphonooxy)methyl] oxo lan-2-yl]-1Himidazo l-4yl}formamido)butanedio ic acid (S)-2-[5-amino-1(5-phospho-Dribosyl)imidazole 4carboxamido]succ inate; SAICAR carboxy lic acid 50 Table 4.1 (continued) Mass Major frag ment m/z Molecul ar weight Formul a 455.382 69.8, 83.8, 215.1 454.4707 457.587 457.1 456.432 m/z Structure IUPAC name Synonym Classification C28 H22 O6 (1R,8R,9R,16R)-8,16bis(4hydroxyphenyl)tetracycl o[7.7.0.0^{2,7}.0^{10,1 5}]hexadeca2,4,6,10,12,14-hexaene4,6,12,14-tetro l pallidol indane C20 H22 N7 O6 3-amino-8-(4-{[(1S)-1,3dicarbo xypropyl]carbam oyl}phenyl)-1-o xo1H,4H,5H,6H,6aH,7H,8 H2,4,5,8,10000000$l^{5}imidazo[1,5-f]pteridin10-yliu m 5,10methenyltetrahydrofolate carboxy lic acid 51 Table 4.1 (continued) Mass Major frag ment m/z Molecul ar weight Formul a 501.371 69.8, 83.8, 129.9, 241.0 500.0755 525.548 67.9, 69.8, 244.1 566.743 95.9, 113.9, 209.2, 322.2, 548.4 m/z Structure IUPAC name Synonym Classification C6 H16 O18 P4 {[(1S,2S,3S,4S,5R,6S)-2,4dihydroxy-3,5,6tris(phosphonooxy)cyclohexyl]o x y}phosphonic acid 1D-myo-inositol 1,3,4,5tetrakisphosphate monosaccharide 525.613 C24 H48 NO9 P (2S)-2-amino-3-({hydro xy[(2R)2-hydro xy-3(octadecanoyloxy)prop oxy]phosphoryl}oxy) propanoic acid lysophosphatidyl serine acid (18:0/ 0:0) glycerophospholipid 566.3018 C15 H24 N2 O17 P2 {[(2R,3S,4R,5S)-5-(2,6-d io xo1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyrimidin-4-yl)3,4-dihydro xyo xo lan-2yl]metho xy}({[hydro xy({[(2S,3R ,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydro xy-6(hydroxy methyl)o xan-2yl]o xy})phosphoryl]oxy })phosphi nic acid UDP-galactose; UDP-Dgalactopyranose nucleoside 52 Table 4.1 (continued) Mass Major frag ment m/z Molecul ar weight Formul a 571.608 69.8, 215.1, 230.1 570.6072 C25 H47 O12 P 617.713 88.8, 132.9, 177.1, 459.1, 600.5 616.4873 634.132 589.6 635.8528 m/z Structure IUPAC name Synonym Classification [(2R)-3-[(9Z)-hexadec9-enoylo xy]-2hydroxypropoxy]({[(1s,3 R)-2,3,4,5,6pentahydroxycyclohexy l ]o xy})phosphinic acid Lysophosphatidyl inositol acid (16:1(9Z)/0:0) glycerophospholipid C34 H32 FeN4 O4 (NA) heme; protoheme, heme B; protoheme IX tetrapyrrole C33 H66 NO8 P (2-aminoethoxy)[(2R)-3(dodecanoyloxy)-2(hexadecanoyloxy)propo xy ]phosphinic acid phosphatidylethanolamine (12:0/ 16:0) glycerophospholipid 53 Table 4.1 (continued) Mass Major frag ment m/z Molecul ar weight Formul a 674.064 69.9, 403.2, 573.3 672.9127 C37 H69 O8 P 675.082 69.8, 404.2, 547.3, 630.5 674.9286 679.885 99.9, 182.1, 209.1, 661.6 679.8623 m/z Structure IUPAC name Synonym Classification [(2R)-3-[(9Z)-hexadec9-enoylo xy]-2-[(9Z)octadec-9enoyloxy]propo xy] phosphonic acid phosphatidic acid (16:1(9Z)/ 18:1(9Z)) glycerophospholipid C37 H71 O8 P [(2R)-3(hexadecanoyloxy)-2[(9Z)-octadec-9enoyloxy]propo xy] phosphonic acid phosphatidic acid (16:0/ 18:1(9Z)) glycerophospholipid C34 H66 NO10 P (2S)-2-amino-3-({[(2R)3-(dodecanoyloxy)-2(hexadecanoyloxy)propo xy ](hydro xy)phosphoryl }o xy)propanoic acid phosphatidyl serine (12:0/ 16:0) glycerophospholipid 54 Table 4.1 (continued) Mass Major frag ment m/z Molecul ar weight Formul a 691.111 563.3, 646.5, 674.5 691.1635 C48 H82 O2 696.706 69.8, 425.2, 568.3, 651.4 696.1818 712.716 69.8, 308.0, 584.3 712.1812 m/z Structure IUPAC name Synonym Classification (2S,5S,7R,11R,14R,15R )-2,6,6,11,15pentamethyl-14-[(2R)-6methylhept-5-en-2yl]tetracyclo [8.7.0.0^{2,7}.0^{11,15 }]heptadec-1(10)-en-5-y l (9Z)-octadec-9-enoate lanosteryl oleate steroid C44 H89 NO4 N-[(2S,3R)-1,3dihydroxyoctadecan-2yl]-26hydroxyhexacosanamide N-(26hydroxyhexacosa noyl)sphinganine sphingolipid C44 H89 NO5 26-hydro xy-N[(2S,3S,4R)-1,3,4trihydro xyoctadecan-2yl]hexacosanamide N-(26hydroxyhexacosa nyl)phyto sphingosine sphingolipid 55 Table 4.1 (continued) Mass Major frag ment m/z Molecul ar weight Formul a 741.053 94.9, 467.3, 495.4, 523.5 740.045 C42 H78 NO7 P 749.136 69.8, 167.0, 244.2, 408.1, 650.4 748.1085 762.060 283.0 762.092 m/z Structure IUPAC name Synonym Classification (2-{[2-(hexadec-1-en-1ylo xy)-3-(octadeca6,9,12trienoylo xy)propyl phosphonato]oxy}ethyl) trimethylazaniu m Phosphatidylcholi ne (18:3(6Z,9Z, 12Z)/P-16:0) glycerophospholipid C42 H86 NO7 P (2-{[3-(hexadecylo xy)2(octadecanoyloxy)propyl phosphonato]oxy}ethyl)t rimethylazaniu m phosphatidylcholi ne (o-16:0/18:0) glycerophospholipid C42 H84 NO8 P (2-{[(2R)-3(hexadecanoyloxy)-2(octadecanoyloxy)propyl phosphonato]oxy}ethyl)t rimethylazaniu m phosphatidylcholi ne (16:0/ 18:0) glycerophospholipid 56 Table 4.1 (continued) Mass Major frag ment m/z Molecul ar weight Formul a 790.030 227.1, 284.3, 537.6 790.1037 C46 H80 NO7 P 790.051 227.2, 296.2, 537.7 790.1452 813.960 69.8, 183.1, 217.1, 244.1 814.0359 m/z Structure IUPAC name Synonym Classification (2-{[3-(icosa-5,8,11,14,17pentaenoyloxy)-2-(octadeca1,11-dien-1-y lo xy)propyl phosphonato]oxy}ethyl)trime thylazaniu m phosphatidylcholi ne (20:5(5Z,8Z, 11Z,14Z,17Z)/P18:1(11Z)) glycerophospholipid C44 H88 NO8 P (2-{[(2R)-2,3bis(octadecanoyloxy)propyl phosphonato]oxy} ethyl)trimethylazaniu m phosphatidylcholi ne (18:0/18:0) glycerophospholipid C40 H80 NO13 P {[(2S,3S,4R)-3,4-dihydro xy2-[(9R)-9hydroxyhexadecanamido]oct adecyl]o xy}({[(1s,3R)2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxy cyclohexy l]o xy}) phosphinic acid Inositolphosphoceramide 18:0;3/16:0;1 sphingolipid 57 Table 4.1 (continued) Mass Major frag ment m/z Molecul ar weight Formul a 874.807 69.8, 199.1, 241.0, 645.4 873.6561 C28 H42 N7 O17 P3 S 890.445 69.8, 217.1, 229.1, 383.2 889.6555 972.253 311.4 971.7129 m/z (NA) Not available Structure IUPAC name Synonym Classification (NA) cyclohex-2,5diene-1-carbo xylCoA coenzyme C28 H42 N7 O18 P3 S (NA) 6-keto xycyclo hex-1-ene-1carboxy l-CoA coenzyme C32 H44 N7 O20 P3 S (NA) 2-succinyl benzoyl-CoA; o-succinyl benzoyl-CoA; succinylbenzoylCoA coenzyme 58 Many of the exometabolites found in the 4-day PDB fermented broth of P. kudriavzevii M12 have characteristics that enable them to be used in many applications apart from their potential use as bioattractants. Some of the exometabolites serve as bioattractants to some organisms while some closely related compounds of the exometabolites have potential as bioattractants to some other organisms such as isoamyl acetate which could be an attractant to insects and larvaes. Characteristics of the exometabolites and their close analogues are shown in Table 4.2 59 Table 4.2: Characteristics of exometabolites found in the 4-day PDB fermented of P. kudriavzevii M12. IUPAC name Synonym Characteristics 3-methylbutyl Isoamyl Isoamyl acetate confers banana or pear flavor when used in food flavoring, solvents, cigarette additive, acetate acetate shoe polish, water proof varnishes, and metallic paints (Teo and Saha, 2004).It is produced by the esterification of acetyl Co A and isoamyl alcohol (Singh et al., 2008; Fukuda et al., 1998).It is a honey bee pheromone used to initiate stinging operations (Batra, 1985; Boch et al., 1962), attracts insects lavae (Oppliger et al., 2000), one of the main contributors to the flavor of sake, a Japanese wine fermented from rice (Fukuda et al., 2000), used to formulate a micro-emulsion of banana aroma in an experimental nano delivery system (Edris and Malone, 2011), among the volatiles released to attract insects in some tropical plants (Kite and Hetterschieid, 1997), and one of the flavor compounds in wine made by a new process (Tsakiris et al., 2010). An increase in isoamyl acetate level in sake fermented by S. cerevisiae has been shown to depend on the ratio of an alcohol acetyltransferase and an acetate hydrolyzing esterase (Fukuda et al., 1998). Erten and Tanguler found isoamyl acetate to be in higher concentration in mixed culture than in regular fermentation culture (Erten and Tanguler, 2010). 60 Table 4.2 (continued) IUPAC name Synonym Characteristics 6-acetamido-2- 2-oxo-6-acetamido The exometabolite 6-acetamido-2-oxohexanoate is a conjugate base of caproic acid involved in oxohexanoate caproate lysine degradation to glutarate. Lysine degradation varies in different organisms as there are nine pathways (Zemriskie and Jackson, 2000). In S. cerevisiae, L- lysine is degraded through N6Acetyl- L- lysine, 2-keto-6-acetoamidocaproate, 5-acetoamidovalerate, 5-aminopentanoate, glutaratesemialdehyde, and glutarate which enters the citric acid cycle through glutaryl CoA (KEGG pathway, lysine degradation – S. cerevisiae) 2-amino-2-deoxy-D- D-glucosaminate; D-glucosaminate is involved in amino sugar metabolism which leads to glycolysis (pentose gluconate glucosaminate phosphate pathway) ,purine, pyrimidine and histidine metabolism (KEGG, pentose phosphate pathway – reference pathway). 61 Table 4.2 (continued) IUPAC name Synonym Characteristics 3-(1H-indol-3-yl)-2- Indolepyruvate The exometabolite 3-(1H- indol-3-yl)-2-oxopropanoic acid is an aromatic heteropolycyclic oxopropanoic acid intermediate involved in tryptophan metabolism in S. cerevisiae. Tryptophan deamination is followed by the formation of 3- indolepyruvate that is subsequently decaboxylated to trytophol. D-amino acid oxidase, aromatic lactate dehydrogenase and aromatic L- amino aminotransferase and the principal enzymes required for the catabolism of aromatic amino acids (Bode and Birnbaum, 1987). 4-(3-hydroxybutyl)-3,5,5- 3-oxo-7,8-dihydro- The exometabolite 3-oxo-7,8-dihydro-alpha-ionol is an aromatic volatile released by S. trimethylcyclohex-2-en-1- alpha-ionol one cerevisiae during alcoholic fermentation of grapes (Loscos et al., 2007). Male fruitflies (Bactrocera latifrons) were attracted to cut eggplant and one of the attractants was 3-oxo-7,8dihydro-alpha- ionol (Nishida et al., 2009). 62 Table 4.2 (continued) IUPAC name Synonym Characteristics (2S)-2-(3- Carnosine Carnosine is a dipeptide of beta-alanine and histidine, an antioxidant, metal chelator and aminopropanamido)-3(1H- antiglycator that is involved in beta-alanine and histidine metabolism (Boldyrev et al., 2010). imidazol-5-yl)propanoic Through histidine metabolism, it is involved in pentose phosphate pathway, thiourocanic acid acid and imidazole lactate production, purine, alanine, aspartate, and glutamate metabolism (KEGG: Histidine metabolism). In beta-alanine metabolism, carnosine is an intermediate for pyrimidine, alanine, aspartate, glutamate and propanoate metabolism (KEGG: beta-alanine metabolism). 3,5,7-trihydroxy-2-(4- Isorhamnetin Isorhamnetin is a flavonol, along with alkaloids, terpenoids, fatty acid related compounds and hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)- amino acids related compounds are grouped under phytochemicals. Isorhamnetin was found to 4H-chromen-4-one be an oviposition stimulant (Tsukasa, 2003). 63 Table 4.2 (continued) IUPAC name Synonym Characteristics 5-amino-1-[(2R,3R,4S,5R)- 5-amino-1-(5- The exometabolite 5-amino-1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)imidazole-4-carboxylate is an intermediate 3,4-dihydroxy-5- phospho-D- of purine, alanine, aspartate, glutamate, thiamine, histidine, riboflavin, glycine, serine, threonine [(phosphonooxy)methyl]oxo ribosyl)imidazole- metabolism and the biosynthesis of folate and secondary metabolites in S. cerevisiae (KEGG, lan-2-yl]-1H- imidazole-4- 4-carboxylate purine metabolism). (2S)-2-amino-4-{[(1R)-1- (R)-S-lactoyl S-D-Lactoyl glutathione is a peptide that is involved in pyruvate, glycine, serine, threonine, [(carboxymethyl)carbamoyl glutathione; nicotine and nicotinamide metabolism; an intermediate in the production of lactic acid and ]-2-{[(2R)-2- S-D-Lactoyl glutathione from methylglyoxal detoxification; as well as valine, leucine, isoleucine, ketone hydroxypropanoyl]sulfanyl} glutathione bodies, lysine, and fatty acid biosynthesis (KEGG: Pyruvate metabolism). carboxylic acid ethyl]carbamoyl}butanoic acid 64 Table 4.2 (continued) IUPAC name Synonym Characteristics (2S,5S,7S,11R,14R,15R)- zymosterol; Zymosterol is an intermediate in steroids biosynthesis as well as the biosynthesis of primary bile 2,15-dimethyl-14-[(2R)-6- delta8,24- acid and Vitamin D2 (KEGG: Steroids biosynthesis). C-mavelonic acid was converted to methylhept-5-en-2- cholestadien- zymosterol as an intermediate in the synthesis of ergosterol (Katsuki and Bloch, 1967). yl]tetracyclo[8.7.0.0^{2,7}. 3beta-ol; 0^{11,15}]heptadec-1(10)- 5alpha-Cholesta- en-5-ol 8,24-dien-3beta-ol 4'-[[(1- (NA) oxopentyl)phenylamino]met hyl]-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2carboxylic acid 65 Table 4.2 (continued) IUPAC name Synonym Characteristics (1R,2S,5S,6S,7S,11R,15R)- 4-alpha- methyl-5- - 2,6,15-trimethyl-14-[(2R)-6- alpha-cholest-7methylheptan-2- en-3-beta-ol yl]tetracyclo[8.7.0.0^{2,7}. 0^{11,15}]heptadec-9-en-5ol [(2R)-2-hydroxy-3-[(9Z)- PA (18:1(9Z)/0:0) PA (18:1(9Z)/0:0) is a lysophosphatidic acid and a precursor of phosphotidic acid. PA octadec-9- (18:1(9Z)/0:0) is an acid involved in glycerolipid metabolism and lipid enzymes such as lipid enoyloxy]propoxy]phospho phosphate phosphatises use glycerolipids and sphingolipids to regulate their signalling functions nic acid (Brindley et al., 2002). N-acetyl-S-(3,7,11,15- N-acetyl-S- N-acetyl-S-geranylgeranyl- L-cysteine is an isoprenoid-derived inhibitor of one of the tetramethyl-2E,6E,10E,14- geranylgeranyl-L- phosphatases needed for the conversion of farnesyl pyrophosphate to juvenile hormone in hexadecatetraenyl)-L- cysteine insects, thus having the possibility of disrupting the normal metamorphosis of the insects (Cao et cysteine al., 2009). 66 Table 4.2 (continued) IUPAC name Synonym Characteristics (2-aminoethoxy)[(2R)-3- 1-palmitoyl-2- Lysophosphatidylethanolamine, LPE(16:0), is an acid and a lysophospholipid (LPL). LPE is (hexadecanoyloxy)-2- hydroxy-sn- formed from phosphatidylethanolamine (Park et al., 2007). Lipids, apart from structural and hydroxypropoxy]phosphinic glycero-3- energy functions, are involved in cell signalling which enable the cells to respond to its acid phosphoethanolam environment (Wang, 2004). Many LPLs have signalling functions (Heringdorf et al., 2007). LPE ine; has signalling activities such as calcium signalling through the activation of some lipases (Park LPE(16:0) et al., 2007). Cell signalling is regulated by phosphotidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) in yeasts (Gillooly et al., 2000). (2S)-2-({5-amino-1- (S)-2-[5-amino-1- SAICAR (21 synonyms) is involved in purine and ADE2 (p rotein) metabolism as intermediate [(2R,3R,4S,5R)-3,4- (5-phospho-D- and substrate respectively. SAICAR is connected to the metabolism of alanine, aspartate, dihydroxy-5- ribosyl)imidazole- glutamate, thiamine, histidine, riboflavin, glycine, serine, threonine as well as the folate [(phosphonooxy)methyl]oxo 4- biosynthesis (KEGG: Purine metabolism). SAICAR has regulatory function in purine lan-2-yl]-1H- imidazol-4- carboxamido]succi metabolism by stimulating interaction of transcription factors (Pinson et al, 2009). yl}formamido)butanedioic nate; SAICAR acid 67 Table 4.2 (continued) IUPAC name Synonym Characteristics (1R,8R,9R,16R)-8,16-bis(4- Pallidol Pallidol is an oligomer in the stilbene group of compounds that are known to aid in preventing hydroxyphenyl)tetracyclo[7. cancer and reducing the effects of oxidative damage of lipoproteins (Landrault et al., 2002). 7.0.0^{2,7}.0^{10,15}]hexa Pallidol in red wine is a potent natural antioxidant and also with antifungal activities (He et al., deca-2,4,6,10,12,14- 2008). Also, pallidol was among the most potent antioxidants out of the 10 isolates from hexaene-4,6,12,14-tetrol Caragana sinica that were tested for antioxidant activities (Landrault et al., 2002). 3-amino-8-(4-{[(1S)-1,3- 5,10- The metabolite, 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate is a type of tetrahydrofoliate that is involved in dicarboxypropyl]carbamoyl methenyltetrahydr biosynthesis of purine, pyrimidine and methionine as well as histidine catabolism and 5,10- }phenyl)-1-oxo- ofolate Methenyltetrahydrofolate is a substrate in the tetrahydrofolate salvage pathway. Folates (vitamin 1H,4H,5H,6H,6aH,7H,8H2,4,5,8,10000000$l^{5}imidazo[1,5- f]pteridin-10ylium B9) are responsible for single-carbon unit transfer in biochemical reactios (Appling, 1991). 68 Table 4.2 (continued) IUPAC name Synonym Characteristics {[(1S,2S,3S,4S,5R,6S)-2,4-dihydroxy-3,5,6- 1D-myo- inositol The metabolite 1D- myo- inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate (14 synonyms) is tris(phosphonooxy)cyclohexyl]oxy}phosphonic 1,3,4,5- an intermediate in inositol pyrophosphate biosynthesis with links to acid tetrakisphosphate glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, TCA cycle, and glycerophospholipid metabolism (KEGG: Inositol phosphate metabolism). Messaging that is involved in Ca2+ regulation is another area in which 1D-myo- inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate is useful in metabolism (Xia and Yang, 2005). {[(2R,3S,4R,5S)-5-(2,6-dioxo-1,2,3,6- UDP-galactose; UDP-galactose (40 synonyms) is important in starch, sucrose, fructose, tetrahydropyrimidin-4- yl)-3,4-dihydroxyoxolan- UDP-D- mannose, galactose metabolism (KEGG: Amino sugar, nucleotide sugar, 2-yl]methoxy}({[hydroxy({[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)- galactose metabolism). UDP-galactose is an important transporter in the 3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2yl]oxy})phosphoryl]oxy})phosphinic acid galactopyranose Golgi apparatus (Olczak and Guillen, 2006). 69 Table 4.2 (continued) IUPAC name Synonym Characteristics [(2R)-3-[(9Z)-hexadec-9-enoyloxy]-2- PI (16:1(9Z)/0:0) PI (16:1(9Z)/0:0) is a lysophosphatidylinositol acid, an important lipid in hydroxypropoxy]({[(1s,3R)-2,3,4,5,6- membrane component and metabolic processes. pentahydroxycyclohexyl]oxy})phosphinic acid (NA) (2-aminoethoxy)[(2R)-3-(dodecanoyloxy)-2(hexadecanoyloxy)propoxy]phosphinic acid heme; protoheme, Heme is a component of most essential proteins, involved in oxidative heme B; protoheme phosphorylation and in many regulatory functions (Tsiftsoglou et al., 2006). IX Heme is a combination of cytochrome, haemoglobin and myoglobin PE (12:0/16:0) PE (12:0/16:0) is a zwitterion, and glycerophospholipid. Glycerophospholipids as a group form part of the structural components of cell membranes. Each molecule consists of a polar head and two hydrophobic tails. Glycerophospholipids emulsifying agents (Tao, 2007). are amphiphilic and serve as 70 Table 4.2 (continued) IUPAC name Synonym Characteristics [(2R)-3-[(9Z)-hexadec-9-enoyloxy]-2-[(9Z)- PA (16:1(9Z)/ PA (16:1(9Z)/ 18:1(9Z)) is a phosphatidic acid and intermediate in octadec-9-enoyloxy]propoxy]phosphonic acid 18:1(9Z)) synthesis of triacylglycerols and phospholipids, signalling molecule, important in cell physiology and biochemistry, reduce or elevate the activities of some proteins (Chritie, 2012). [(2R)-3-(hexadecanoyloxy)-2-[(9Z)-octadec-9enoyloxy]propoxy]phosphonic acid PA (16:0/18:1(9Z)) PA (16:0/18:1(9Z)) is a phosphatidic acid and intermediate in synthesis of triacylglycerols and phospholipids, signalling molecule, important in cell physiology and biochemistry, reduce or elevate the activities of some proteins (Chritie, 2012). 71 Table 4.2 (continued) IUPAC name Synonym Characteristics (2S)-2-amino-3-({[(2R)-3-(dodecanoyloxy)-2- PS (12:0/16:0) PS (12:0/16:0) is a phosphatidylserine, a chelating agent whose biosynthesis (hexadecanoyloxy)propoxy](hydroxy)phosphor involves exchange reaction of serine for ethanolamine. As a yl}oxy)propanoic acid glycerophospholipid, form part of the structural components of cell membranes. Each molecule consists of a polar head and two hydrophobic tails. Glycerophospholipids are amphiphilic and serve as emulsifying agents (Tao, 2007). (2S,5S,7R,11R,14R,15R)-2,6,6,11,15- lanosteryl oleate Lanosteryl oleate is an acid ester of lanosterol, a compound required for all pentamethyl-14-[(2R)-6- methylhept-5-en-2- steroids synthesis. Sterols are components of cell membrane while their yl]tetracyclo esters are the storage form of sterols (Billheimer et al., 1983). [8.7.0.0^{2,7}.0^{11,15}]heptadec-1(10)-en-5yl (9Z)-octadec-9-enoate 72 Table 4.2 (continued) IUPAC name Synonym Characteristics 26-hydroxy-N-[(2S,3S,4R)-1,3,4- N-(26- N-(26-hydroxyhexacosanyl) phyto sphingosine is a phytoceramide, an trihydroxyoctadecan-2-yl]hexacosanamide hydroxyhexacosany intermediate in the production of sphingolipids. Sphingolipids act as l)phyto sphingosine signalling molecules that affect cancer, diabetes, heart disease, microbial infection, neurological disorder and immune dysfunction as well as structural role in actin cytoskeleton (Dickson, 2008). (2-{[2-(hexadec-1-en-1-yloxy)-3-(octadeca- PC PC (18:3(6Z,9Z,12Z)/P-16:0), (14 synonyms), is a phosphatidylcholine, a 6,9,12-trienoyloxy)propyl (18:3(6Z,9Z,12Z)/P glycerolphospholipid and phospholipid subgroup involved structurally in phosphonato]oxy}ethyl)trimethylazanium -16:0) lipid bilayer, cell metabolism and cell signalling (Ohvo-Rekila et al., 2002; Geiger et al., 2012). It is involved as lecithin in glycerophospholipid, arachidonic, linoleic, alpha- linolenic metabolism as well as retrograde endocannabnoid signalling (KEGG: glycerophospholipid, arachidonic, linoleic, signalling). alpha- linolenic metabolism, retrograde endocannabnoid 73 Table 4.2 (continued) IUPAC name Synonym Characteristics (2-{[3-(hexadecyloxy)-2- PC (o-16:0/18:0) PC (o-16:0/18:0) is a phosphatidylcholine, a glycerolphospholipid and (octadecanoyloxy)propyl phospholipid subgroup involved structurally in lipid bilayer, cell phosphonato]oxy}ethyl)trimethylazanium metabolism and cell signalling (Ohvo-Rekila et al., 2002; Geiger et al., 2012). (2-{[3-(icosa-5,8,11,14,17-pentaenoyloxy)-2- PC PC (20:5(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z,17Z)/P-18:1(11Z)) is a phosphatidylcholine, a (octadeca-1,11-dien-1-yloxy)propyl (20:5(5Z,8Z,11Z,14 component of the lipid bilayer and as a phospholipid, generally involved in phosphonato]oxy}ethyl)trimethylazanium Z,17Z)/P- membrane structure, metabolism and cell signalling (Ohvo-Rekila et al., 18:1(11Z)) 2002; Geiger et al., 2012). (2-{[3-(icosa-5,8,11,14,17-pentaenoyloxy)-2- PC PC (20:5(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z,17Z)/P-18:1(11Z)) is a phosphatidylcholine, a (octadeca-1,11-dien-1-yloxy)propyl (20:5(5Z,8Z,11Z,14 component of the lipid bilayer and as a phospholipid, generally involved in phosphonato]oxy}ethyl)trimethylazanium Z,17Z)/P- membrane structure, metabolism and cell signalling (Ohvo-Rekila et al., 18:1(11Z)) 2002; Geiger et al., 2012). 74 Table 4.2 (continued) IUPAC name Synonym Characteristics {[(2S,3S,4R)-3,4-dihydroxy-2-[(9R)-9- IPC 18:0;3/16:0; i1 IPC 18:0;3/16:0; i1is an inositol-phosphoceramide (sphingolipid). hydroxyhexadecanamido]octadecyl]oxy}({[(1s, Sphingolipids act as signalling molecules that affect cancer, diabetes, heart 3R)-2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxy disease, microbial infection, neurological disorder and immune dysfunction cyclohexyl]oxy})phosphinic acid as well as structural role in actin cytoskeleton (Dickson, 2008). (NA) cyclohex-2,5-diene- Cyclohex-2,5-diene-1-carboxyl-CoA is involved in benzoate metabolism 1-carboxyl-CoA with links to chlorocyclohexane, chlorobenzene degradation, citrate cycle and glycolysis (KEGG: Benzoate degradation). 75 Table 4.2 (continued) IUPAC name Synonym Characteristics (NA) 6-ketoxycyclo hex- 6-ketoxycyclo 1-ene-1-carboxyl- metabolism with links to chlorocyclohexane, chlorobenzene degradation, CoA citrate cycle and glycolysis (KEGG: Benzoate degradation). 2-succinyl benzoyl- O-succinyl benzoyl-CoA is involved in the metabolism of ubiquinone, other CoA; terpenoid-quinones and secondary metabolites with links to alph-tocopherol o-succinyl benzoyl- (vitamin E) metabolism and oxidative phosphorylation (KEGG: Ubiquinone CoA; and other terpenoid-quinone biosynthesis) (NA) succinylbenzoylCoA hex-1-ene-1-carboxyl-CoA is involved in benzoate 76 From the LC-MS/MS analysis of the 4-day fermented PDB of P. kudriavzevii M12, a total of 44 metabolites were identified and this is as shown in Table 4.1. To the best of knowledge, this is the first time that these metabolites are reported from P. kudriavzevii and associated with cockroach attraction. The metabolites shown in Table 4.1 are mostly secondary metabolites which were not found in the 1-day fermented PDB of P. kudriavzevii M12. There were 12 phospholipids, 9 carboxylic acids, 5 steroids, 3 nucleosides, 3 sphingolipids, 3 coenzymes, 2 monosaccharides, as well as 1 ester, 1 purine, 1 cycloalkene, 1 polyketide, 1 glycerolipid, 1 indane and 1 tetrapyrrole. The ratio of these metabolites is shown in Figure 4.4. According to the manufacturer (Conda Pronadisa), the PDB used in this study contains dextrose (20 g/L) and infusions from potatoes (6.5 g/L), which makes it a carbohydrate-rich medium. The type of metabolites identified in this case is unique, which is mostly lipids. According to Frisvad et al. (2007), the secreted fungal exo- metabolites consist mainly of secondary metabolites, including lipids and overproduced organic acids. In the fungal kingdom, organic compounds such as lipids, alcohols and volatile compounds are messengers for intraspecies fungal communication which is critical to address basic biological functions including growth, mating, morphological switching and expression of virulence (Cottier and Muhlschlegel, 2012). Interestingly, in the attraction study of German cockroach reported by Nalyanya and Schal (2001), peanut butter was found to be among the attractants that were significantly attractive. This could possibly due to the presence of lipids and corroborates the present metabolite profile obtained for study on the 4-day fermented PDB of P. kudriavzevii M12. In addition, both highly volatile and some less volatile components of carboxylic acids could elicit the attractant-aggregation response of German cockroach (Scherkenbeck et al., 1999). In this study, the 4-day fermented PDB of P. kudriavzevii M12 was found to be a better cockroach attractant than the 1-day fermented broth, which suggests the appropriate ratio and type of the attractant could be derived after 4 days of aerobic growth of the yeast in PDB. Change in growth phase has a profound effect on the lipidome of yeast cells (Klose et al., 2012). As noted by Nout and Bartelt (1998), the appropriate mixture of metabolites is crucial for attraction of sap bettles (Carpophilus humeralis), though the complete profile may not always be necessary for full attractiveness. As the 4-day fermented broth neither had a sharp fruity smell 77 nor revealed any particular flavor note, the broth may contain more metabolites of higher molecular weight, hence profiling with LC-MS/MS was appropriate. Additionally, ESI-MS analysis in either positive or negative ion mode is ideal for most of the charged exo- metabolites such as carboxylic acids and lipid species (Johnson, 2005). From Figure 4.4, approximately 48% of the exometabolites found in the 4day fermented PDB of P. kudriavzevii M12 are membrane lipids, mainly derivatives of phospholipids, steroids, sphingolipids and glycerolipid. Most of the phospholipids identified are glycerolphospholipids of phosphatidylethanolamine (m/z: 453.609, 634.132) and phosphatidylcholine (m/z: 741.053, 749.136, 762.060, 790.030, 790.051). These phosphatidylethanolamines and phosphatidylcholines from P. kudriavzevii M12 may function as pheromonal attractant of cockroaches. The phospholipids coupled with the oligosaccharides originated from PDB may attract the American cockroach for nuptial feeding. This corroborates with a study on the sequential courtship behavior of German cockroach by Kugimiya et al. (2002) that revealed a synergistic action between phospholipids (phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylcholine) and oligosaccharides in eliciting nuptial feeding response of virgin females on the pheromonal secretion from male cockroaches. Earlier research by Tsuji and Ono (1970) also showed that some lipids such as glycerol and related compounds could function as dietary phagostimulants for cockroaches including American cockroach. Another possibility of cockroach attraction is due to the nature of phospholipids which are hydrolysable lipids that contain an ester. The C-O bond of the ester could be hydrolyzed by phospholipases from P. kudriavzevii M12 to form carboxylic acids and alcohol, which could possibly elicit cockroach response. An earlier Blast2GO annotation of P. kudriavzevii M2 genome revealed the presence of genes coding for phospholipases. Among the metabolite produced in the 4-day fermented PDB of P. kudriavzevii M12 was isoamyl acetate (m/z: 129.062; IUPAC name: 3- methylbutyl acetate). The ester compound confers banana aroma and this could be derived from the metabolism of leucine amino acid into 3- methylbutanol, which is further esterified by alcoholacetyltransferase to the corresponding volatile-branched 3- 78 methylbutyl acetate (Vandamme, 2003). It is an essential alarm pheromone that could induce defensive behavior of honeybee (Apis mellifera) (Trhlin and Rajchard, 2011). Isoamyl acetate also attracts larvae of Drosophila melanogaster (Oppliger et al., 2000). The compound 6-acetamido-2-oxohexanoate (m/z: 188.119) is a derivative of oxocarboxylic acid found in the 4-day fermented PDB of P. kudriavzevii M12. Interestingly, derivatives of oxocarboxylic acid including 2-oxobutanoic, 2-oxo-3methylbutanoic, 2-oxopentanoic, 2-oxo-3- methylpentanoic, 2-oxo-4- methylpentanoic and 2-oxohexanoic have been found to be an attractant that could elicit significant landing response of mosquito Anopheles gambiae (Healy et al., 2002). In addition, a heme compound (m/z: 617.713) was also found in the 4-day fermented PDB of P. kudriavzevii M12. In yeast, heme acts as internal barometer of oxygen tension, functioning in oxygen sensing and utilization (Zhang et al., 1998). It is possible for cockroach to be lured by phospholipids and sphingolipid. Three monosaccharide derivatives, D-glucosaminate (m/z 195.181), beta- pseudouridine (m/z 243.137) and 1D-myo- inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate (m/z 501.371) were found in the 4-day fermented PDB of P. kudriavzevii M12. They could attract cockroaches as monosaccharide derivatives acting as volatile aggregation pheromones, attracted the Caribbean fruit fly (Anastrepha suspensa) (Walse et al., 2008). Cyclohex-2,5-diene-1-carboxyl-CoA (m/z 874.807), 6-ketoxycyclohex-1ene-1-carboxyl-CoA (m/z 890.445) and 2-succinyl benzoyl-CoA(m/z 972.253) are three coenzyme and benzoic acid derivatives found in the 4-day fermented PDB of P. kudriavzevii M12. While Coenzyme A is synthesized from pantothenate and cysteine, benzoic acid is a precursor to many compounds such as benzoates. Volatile derivatives of Coenzyme A and benzoic acid are involved in insect-plant interactions (Gaid et al., 2012). Two exometabolites, 3,7-dimethyluric acid (m/z 197.182) and xanthylic acid (m/z 365.245) are purine base derivatives found in the 4-day fermented PDB of P. kudriavzevii M12. They are related to purine, caffeine and alkaloid metabolism. 79 Some insects use plant alkaloids as a source of attractants, pheromones and defense substances. Arctiid moth (Utetheisa ornatrix) use alkaloids as attractants (Meinwald, 1990; Conner et al., 1981). One of the exometabolites found in the 4-day fermented PDB of P. kudriavzevii M12 is 3-oxo-7,8-dihydro-alpha- ionol (m/z 211.206), a cycloalkene that is produced by yeast fermentation of carbohydrates. Male fruitflies ( Bactrocera latifrons) were attracted to cut eggplant and one of the attractants was 3-oxo-7,8dihydro-alpha- ionol (Nishida et al., 2009). In addition, Enomoto and co-workers reported that 3-oxo-7,8-dihydro-alpha- ionol is an insect attractant for the male fruit fly (Bactrocera latifrons) (Enomoto et al., 2010). Isorhamnetin (m/z 315.112), a polyketide, and one of the exometabolites found in the 4-day fermented PDB of P. kudriavzevii M12 is in the flavonol subgroup of polyphenols. Isorhamnetin as a polyphenol is present in beer and wine (Arranz et al., 2012).Polyphenols as secondary metabolites contribute to the organoleptic properties of wines and beers. According to Wand and Bennett, beer is a powerful attractant for cockroaches (Wang and Bennett, 2006).Isorhamnetin could attract insects as isorhamnetin 3-O-neohesperidoside along with sugars and amino acids acted as strong phagostimulants for the western corn root worm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) (Kim and Mullin, 2007). In a related work by Takahashi, isorhamnetin 3-7-O-di-β-D-glucopyranoside, a derivative of isorhamnetin, was shown to be the insect attractant in the corolla of turnip (Brassica rapa) (Sasaki andTakahashi, 2002). Pallidol (m/z 455.382) is another exometabolite found in the 4-day fermented PDB of P. kudriavzevii M12. It is a resveratrol dimer present in wine. El-Sayed and co-workers used wine along with other baits and wine was effective in attracting lepidopteran species (El-Sayed et al., 2005). UDP-galactose (m/z 566.743 ) is a pyrimidine nucleoside diphosphate and a derivative of uracil. It is an important component of carbohydrate metabolism. Being one of the exometabolite found in the 4-day fermented PDB of P. kudriavzevii M12, UDP-galactose may attract cockroaches. Uracil was among the metabolites that 80 attracted Coquillettidia mosquito species when the semiochemicals from aquatic plant roots were identified (Serandour et al., 2008). 81 CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION 5.1 Conclusions The 4-day fermented PDB of P. kudriavzevii M12 was found to be a better cockroach attractant, which trapped the highest number of both nymphs and adult cockroaches (an average of 48 cockroaches per catch). Ssuccessive attraction was done consecutively at the same location after two weeks, which resulted in a decrease of almost 80% of the cockroach population at the studied location. The metabolites in the 4-day fermented PDB of P. kudriavzevii M12 were profiled by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), thus revealing the presence of secondary metabolites from the yeast strain for cockroach attraction. A total of 44 exometabolites with diverse properties and structures were identified and many were intermediates and products of the central metabolic pathway with most being lipids and carboxylic acids. In conclusion, P. kudriavzevii M12 showed a great potential as eco-friendly cockroach attractant and the attraction could be resulted from the metabolites produced. 5.2 Recommendation Future research on cockroach attraction should focus on determining the optimum concentration of the known metabolites required to elicit responses needed, as well as to up-scale the production of yeast metabolites and to preserve the metabolites for long-term storage. Attractants from yeast which are eco- friendly and efficient, could be potentially used in control of cockroaches and even other pests. 82 Future research on downstream processing of the yeast metabolites should also focus on the use of freeze dried powder sprayed with some water. 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