The effect of yeast autolysate and microelements on synthesis of surface-active substances (SAS, biosurfactants) was investigated under cultivation of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus IMV B-7241 on various carbon substrates (n-hexadecane, ethanol, glycerol). The authors have shown a possibility to substitute the yeast autolysate and microelement mixture in the composition of ethanol- and n-hexadecane-containing media by copper sulfate (0.16 micromol/l) and iron sulfate (3.6 micromol/l), and in the medium with glycerol by 0.21 mmol/l of KCl, 38 micromol/l of zinc sulfate and 0.16 micromol/l of copper sulfate. Under such conditions of cultivation of the strain IMV B-7241 the SAS concentration exceeded that on the initial media, which contained the yeast autolysate and microelements, 1.2-1.6 times. The authors have also established the activating effect of low (0.01 mM) concentrations of Fe2+ on activity of the enzymes of biosynthesis of surface-active amino- (NADP-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase) and glycolipids (phosphoenolpyruvate(PhEP)-synthetase, PhEP-carboxykinase), as well as of anaplerotic reaction(PhEP-carboxylase). A necessity to introduce zinc cations into glycerol-containing medium is determined by their stimulating effect on activity of 4-dinitroso-N,N-dimethylaniline-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase--one of the enzymes of this substrate catabolism in A. calcoaceticus IMV B-7241.
