The use of salicylaldehyde derivatives as a nitrogen source for antibiotic production by Streptomyces hygroscopicus CH-7

Abstract

In the present work, four derivatives of salicylaldehyde (salicylaldehyde-hydrazone, phenylhydrazone, semicarbazone and thiosemicarbazone) were synthesized using both conventional (95% ethanol) and green (crude glycerol from biodiesel production) solvents. The obtained compounds were identified by elemental microanalysis, as well as FTIR, UV/Vis and 1H-NMR spectroscopic methods. Yields of 93–98% of the compounds in crude glycerol were achieved within 10–25 min. The derivatives of salicylaldehyde and crude glycerol were used as a nitrogen and carbon source, respectively, in the medium for antibiotic (hexaene H-85 and azalomycine B) production by Streptomyces hygroscopicus CH-7. The highest concentrations of hexaene H-85 and azalomycine B were achieved in the medium containing salicylaldehyde-thiosemicarbazone (198 and 69 μg/cm3, respectively). Derivatives of salicylaldehyde also impacted the strain morphology. In the media with salicylaldehyde- phenylhydrazone and salicylaldehyde-thiosemicarbazone, S. hygroscopicus CH-7 grew like large dispersive pellets with long twisted filaments that produced the highest yield of the antibiotics. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. III 45001]

Keywords

• glycerol
• salicylaldehyde
• Streptomyces
• antibiotic
• morphology