Use of products of vegetable origin and waste from hortofruticulture for alternative culture media

Abstract

Conventional culture media are expensive owing to their constituents. Thus, several studies have sought to develop and evaluate the efficacy of alternative, low-cost culture media, in most cases, using natural and easily accessible raw materials. The present study is a literature review, observing various formulations of culture media based on products of plant origin for the growth of microorganisms and production of microbial compounds of industrial interest. In most formulations, vegetable substrates, such as soy, certain beans, corn, and rice, were used in addition to hortofruticultural products. Compared to conventional media, the alternative culture media often present satisfactory results in terms of microbial growth efficiency and production cost.

Use of Vegetable Waste as a Culture Medium Ingredient Improves the Antimicrobial and Immunomodulatory Activities of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum WiKim0125 Isolated from Kimchi

“…According to their efficacy and purpose, alternative culture media are divided into two groups: media for microbial growth and media for producing microbial compounds [ 20 ]. To better determine which group our vegetable waste-containing culture media fall into, the results of the microbial and chemical analyses of the culture broth containing KCW, CW, or OW of Lb.…”

“…Using agricultural waste as a component of culture media has emerged as a circular economy strategy to cope with enormous amounts of waste. This waste can provide nutrients, including the organic carbon necessary for the growth of microorganisms [ 19 , 20 ]. Agro-industrial by-product wastes from fruit, brewing, and dairy industries have been investigated for their ability to improve the biological activity of LAB and produce bioactive compounds [ 21 - 23 ].…”

Bioproduction of 2-Phenylethanol through Yeast Fermentation on Synthetic Media and on Agro-Industrial Waste and By-Products: A Review

“…Since food waste is reaching alarming levels nowadays, ways of reusing it have been continuously developed and improved. Actually, most of the agro-industrial waste and by-products have high nutritional composition such as complex carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and many nutraceuticals [ 55 , 56 ]. Therefore, these residues represent a high potential to be valorized.…”

Application of fruit juice for proliferation of Bacillus to control fungal phytopathogens

“…Application of plant-based media has many advantages over traditional media such as similarity to the natural habitat of microorganisms, helping to exploit low cost and available materials, making use of locally discarded materials, and environmentally friendly (Santos et al, 2022). Ibrahim et al (2020a) showed overexpression of activities such as indole acetic acid content and phosphate solubilizing activity of Streptomyces rochei DW3 and Kosakonia radicincitans DSM 16656 in plant-based media compared with traditional defined media.…”

“…Ibrahim et al (2020a) showed overexpression of activities such as indole acetic acid content and phosphate solubilizing activity of Streptomyces rochei DW3 and Kosakonia radicincitans DSM 16656 in plant-based media compared with traditional defined media. Also, according to Santos et al (2022), impediments are that natural media have not been studied in detail, evaluations on microorganism strains/species should be made prior to application. The source of plant materials is certainly also influenced by the production region as well as by the season and weather, which makes the quality unstable and heterogeneous.…”