AUTHOR=Shi Juran, Zhu Xiaoyu, Lu Yingjian, Zhao Haizhen, Lu Fengxia, Lu Zhaoxin TITLE=Improving Iturin A Production of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens by Genome Shuffling and Its Inhibition Against Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Orange Juice JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology VOLUME=9 YEAR=2018 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02683 DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2018.02683 ISSN=1664-302X ABSTRACT=Genome shuffling is an effective method for the rapid improvement of the production of secondary metabolites. This study used the principle of gene shuffling to enhance the yield of iturin A produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens LZ-5. Improvements in lipopeptide yield were evident among four strains subjected to recursive protoplast fusion. The four strains were obtained through mutagenesis processes: nitrosoguanidine, ultraviolet irradiation, and atmospheric and room temperature plasma. A high yield strain with 179.22 mg/l of iturin A was obtained after two rounds of genome shuffling, which was a 2.03-fold increase compared with the wild strain. To evaluate the efficacy of iturin A for control of spoilage yeast in food, the anti-yeast efficacy of iturin A was evaluated in orange juice incubated with Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The juice treated with 0.76 mg/ml iturin A showed a significant (p < 0.05) control on yeast population during the storage, similar to that of the 0.30 mg/ml natamycin. In addition, iturin A showed a tiny effect on chemical-physical characteristics of orange juice. Our results provide a basis for the application of antimicrobial lipopeptide in juice products.