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Rodge SP, Shende KS, Patil NP. Polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthesis and optimisation of thermophilic Geobacillus stearothermophilus strain K4E3_SPR_NPP. Extremophiles 2023; 27:13. [PMID: 37349574 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-023-01300-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 06/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) can be used to combat the challenges associated with plastic because it is biodegradable and can be produced from renewable resources. Extremophiles are considered to be potential PHA producers. An initial screening for the PHA synthesizing ability of a thermophilic bacteria Geobacillus stearothermophilus strain K4E3_SPR_NPP was carried out using Sudan black B staining. Nile red viable colony staining was used to further verify that the isolates produced PHA. Crotonic acid assays were used to determine the concentrations of PHA. The bacteria showed 31% PHA accumulation per dry cell weight (PHA/DCW) when glucose was used as a carbon source for growth. The molecule was identified to be medium chain length PHA, A copolymer of PHA containing poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-poly(3-hydroxyvalerate)-poly(3-hydroxyhexanoate) (PHB-PHV-PHHX) using 1H-NMR. Six carbon sources and four nitrogen sources were screened for the synthesis of maximum PHA content, of which lactose and ammonium nitrate showed 45% and 53% PHA/DCW respectively. The important factors in the experiment are identified using the Plackett-Burman design, and optimization is performed using the response surface method. Response surface methodology was used to optimize the three important factors, and the maximum biomass and PHA productions were discovered. Optimal concentrations yielded a maximum of 0.48 g/l biomass and 0.32 g/l PHA, measuring 66.66% PHA accumulation. Dairy industry effluent was employed for the synthesis of PHA, yielding 0.73 g/l biomass and 0.33 g/l PHA, measuring 45% PHA accumulation. These findings add credibility to the possibility of adopting thermophilic isolates for PHA production using low-cost substrates.
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Polyhydroxyalkanoate bio-production and its rise as biomaterial of the future. J Biotechnol 2022; 348:10-25. [PMID: 35298952 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2022.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Revised: 02/20/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The first observation of a polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) aggregate was in 1888 by Beijenrinck. Despite polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) being the first type of PHA discovered, it was not extracted and characterized until 1925 by Maurice Lemoigne in France, even before the concept of "macromolecules" was known. After more than 30 years, in 1958, Wilkinson and co-workers rediscovered PHB and its metabolic role in the cells as storage compound. PHB started to be appealing to the industry in the 1980s, when a few companies started to commercialize microbially produced PHAs. During the 1990 s, the focus was on reducing production costs to make PHA production economically feasible, for instance by genetically modified microorganisms and even plants. Since then, many advances have been made: diverse wastes as feedstock, different production processes, and tailored design of biopolymers. This paper summarizes the scientific and technological development of PHAs from their discovery in 1888 until their latest applications and current commercial uses. Future perspectives have been devised too based on the current bottlenecks.
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Rogiers T, Merroun ML, Williamson A, Leys N, Houdt RV, Boon N, Mijnendonckx K. Cupriavidus metallidurans NA4 actively forms polyhydroxybutyrate-associated uranium-phosphate precipitates. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 421:126737. [PMID: 34388922 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Revised: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Cupriavidus metallidurans is a model bacterium to study molecular metal resistance mechanisms and its use for the bioremediation of several metals has been shown. However, its mechanisms for radionuclide resistance are unexplored. We investigated the interaction with uranium and associated cellular response to uranium for Cupriavidus metallidurans NA4. Strain NA4 actively captured 98 ± 1% of the uranium in its biomass after growing 24 h in the presence of 100 µM uranyl nitrate. TEM HAADF-EDX microscopy confirmed intracellular uranium-phosphate precipitates that were mainly associated with polyhydroxybutyrate. Furthermore, whole transcriptome sequencing indicated a complex transcriptional response with upregulation of genes encoding general stress-related proteins and several genes involved in metal resistance. More in particular, gene clusters known to be involved in copper and silver resistance were differentially expressed. This study provides further insights into bacterial interactions with and their response to uranium. Our results could be promising for uranium bioremediation purposes with the multi-metal resistant bacterium C. metallidurans NA4.
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- Tom Rogiers
- Microbiology Unit, Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, SCK CEN, Mol, Belgium; Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), UGent, Ghent, Belgium.
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- Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), UGent, Ghent, Belgium.
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- Microbiology Unit, Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, SCK CEN, Mol, Belgium.
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- Microbiology Unit, Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, SCK CEN, Mol, Belgium.
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- Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), UGent, Ghent, Belgium.
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- Microbiology Unit, Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, SCK CEN, Mol, Belgium.
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Wang J, Huang J, Guo H, Jiang S, Qiao J, Chen X, Qu Z, Cui W, Liu S. Effects of different sodium salts and nitrogen sources on the production of 3-hydroxybutyrate and polyhydroxybutyrate by Burkholderia cepacia. BIORESOUR BIOPROCESS 2021; 8:64. [PMID: 38650234 PMCID: PMC10992559 DOI: 10.1186/s40643-021-00418-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The effects of NaCl, Na2SO4, Na2HPO4, and Na3C6H5O7 on the production of 3-hydroxybutyrate, polyhydroxybutyrate, and by-products by Burkholderia cepacia. Proper addition of Na3C6H5O7 can significantly promote the production of 3-hydroxybutyric acid and polyhydroxybutyrate. The concentration, productivity, and yield of 3-hydroxybutyrate were increased by 48.2%, 55.6%, and 48.3% at 16 mM Na3C6H5O7. The increases of 80.1%, 47.1%, and 80.0% in the concentration, productivity, and yield of polyhydroxybutyrate were observed at 12 mM Na3C6H5O7. Na2SO4 and Na2HPO4 also have positive effects on the production capacity of 3-hydroxybutyrate and polyhydroxybutyrate within a certain range of concentration. NaCl is not conducive to the improvement of fermentation efficiency. Compared with a single nitrogen source, a mixed nitrogen source is more conducive to enhancing the production of 3-hydroxybutyrate and polyhydroxybutyrate.
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- Jianfei Wang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA
- The Center for Biotechnology & Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 12180, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA
- School of Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 02155, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA.
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Mandala VS, Loh DM, Shepard SM, Geeson MB, Sergeyev IV, Nocera DG, Cummins CC, Hong M. Bacterial Phosphate Granules Contain Cyclic Polyphosphates: Evidence from 31P Solid-State NMR. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:18407-18421. [PMID: 33075224 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c06335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Polyphosphates (polyPs) are ubiquitous polymers in living organisms from bacteria to mammals. They serve a wide variety of biological functions, ranging from energy storage to stress response. In the last two decades, polyPs have been primarily viewed as linear polymers with varying chain lengths. However, recent biochemical data show that small metaphosphates, cyclic oligomers of [PO3](-), can bind to the enzymes ribonuclease A and NAD kinase, raising the question of whether metaphosphates can occur naturally as products of biological activity. Before the 1980s, metaphosphates had been reported in polyPs extracted from various organisms, but these results are considered artifactual due to the extraction and purification protocols. Here, we employ nondestructive 31P solid-state NMR spectroscopy to investigate the chemical structure of polyphosphates in whole cells as well as insoluble fractions of the bacterium Xanthobacter autotrophicus. Isotropic and anisotropic 31P chemical shifts of hydrated whole cells indicate the coexistence of linear and cyclic phosphates. Under our cell growth conditions and the concentrated conditions of the solid-state NMR samples, we found substantial amounts of cyclic phosphates in X. autotrophicus, suggesting that in fresh cells metaphosphate concentrations can be significant. The cellular metaphosphates are identified by comparison with the 31P chemical shift anisotropy of synthetic metaphosphates of known structures. In X. autotrophicus, the metaphosphates have a chemical shift anisotropy that is consistent with an average size of 3-8 phosphate units. These metaphosphates are enriched in insoluble and electron-dense granules. Exogenous hexametaphosphate added to X. autotrophicus cell extracts is metabolized to trimetaphosphates, supporting the presence and biological role of metaphosphates in cells. The definitive evidence for the presence of metaphosphates, reported here in whole bacterial cells for the first time, opens the path for future investigations of the biological function of metaphosphates in many organisms.
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- Venkata S Mandala
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 170 Albany Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 170 Albany Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 170 Albany Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Bruker Biospin, Billerica, Massachusetts 01821, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 170 Albany Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 170 Albany Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Comparative evaluation of physico-chemical characteristics of biopolyesters P(3HB) and P(3HB-co-3HV) produced by endophytic Bacillus cereus RCL 02. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11515-018-1509-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Zhang YZ, Liu GM, Weng WQ, Ding JY, Liu SJ. Engineering of Ralstonia eutropha for the production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) from glucose. J Biotechnol 2015; 195:82-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2014] [Revised: 12/04/2014] [Accepted: 12/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Isopropanol production with engineered Cupriavidus necator as bioproduction platform. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 98:4277-90. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5591-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2013] [Revised: 02/04/2014] [Accepted: 02/04/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Reusch RN. Physiological importance of poly-(R)-3-hydroxybutyrates. Chem Biodivers 2013; 9:2343-66. [PMID: 23161623 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201200278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2012] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Poly-(R)-3-hydroxybutyrates (PHB), linear polymers of (R)-3-hydroxybutyrate, are components of all biological cells in which short polymers (<200 monomer residues) are covalently attached to certain proteins and/or noncovalently associated with polyphosphates - inorganic polyphosphate (polyP), RNA, and DNA. The low concentrations, lack of unusual atoms or functional groups, and flexible backbones of this complexed PHB, referred to as cPHB, make them invisible to many analytical procedures; whereas other physical properties - water-insolubility, high intrinsic viscosity, temperature sensitivity, multiple bonding interactions with other molecules - make them requisite participants in vital physiological processes as well as contributors to the development of certain diseases.
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- Rosetta N Reusch
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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Khardenavis AA, Vaidya AN, Kumar MS, Chakrabarti T. Utilization of molasses spentwash for production of bioplastics by waste activated sludge. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2009; 29:2558-2565. [PMID: 19500968 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2008] [Revised: 03/16/2009] [Accepted: 04/19/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Present study describes the treatment of molasses spentwash and its use as a potential low cost substrate for production of biopolymer polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) by waste activated sludge. Fluorescence microscopy revealed the presence of PHB granules in sludge biomass which was further confirmed by fourier transform-infra-red spectroscopy (FT-IR) and (13)C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The processing of molasses spentwash was carried out for attaining different ratios of carbon and nitrogen (C:N). Highest chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal and PHB accumulation of 60% and 31% respectively was achieved with raw molasses spentwash containing inorganic nitrogen (C:N ratio=28) followed by COD removal of 52% and PHB accumulation of 28% for filtered molasses containing inorganic nitrogen (C:N ratio=29). PHB production yield (Y(p/s)) was highest (0.184 g g(-1) COD consumed) for deproteinized spentwash supplemented with nitrogen. In contrast, the substrate consumption and product formation were higher in case of raw spentwash. Though COD removal was lowest from deproteinized spentwash, evaluation of kinetic parameters suggested higher rates of conversion of available carbon to biomass and PHB. Thus the process provided dual benefit of conversion of two wastes viz. waste activated sludge and molasses spentwash into value-added product-PHB.
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- Anshuman A Khardenavis
- Environmental Genomics Unit, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nehru Marg, Nagpur 440 020, India.
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Hypochlorite digestion method for efficient recovery of PHB from Alcaligenes faecalis. Indian J Microbiol 2009; 49:230-2. [PMID: 23100774 DOI: 10.1007/s12088-009-0036-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2007] [Accepted: 05/18/2008] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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We reported the optimum amount of PHB accumulated by Alcaligenes faecalis during its 24 h growth under nitrogen deficient conditions. After 24 h incubation decrease in the amount of PHB was recorded. Hypochlorite digestion of biomass of organism followed by extraction with a solvent system consisting of 1:1 mixture of ethanol and acetone resulted in efficient recovery of PHB vis-à-vis earlier methods. This solvent system gave a high recovery yield, i.e. 5.6 gL(-1) vis-à-vis earlier reported yield, 1.34 gL(-1) (by same method), 0.63 gL(-1) (by chloroform extraction method) and 1.1 gL(-1) (by dispersion method).
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Recovery of medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) through enzymatic digestion treatments and ultrafiltration. Biochem Eng J 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2006.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Wang Y, Ruan L, Chua H, Yu PH. Cloning and expression of the PHA synthase genes phaC1 and phaC1AB into Bacillus subtilis. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2006. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-005-9071-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Lim SP, Gan SN, Tan IKP. Degradation of medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates in tropical forest and mangrove soils. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2005; 126:23-33. [PMID: 16014996 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-005-0003-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2004] [Revised: 11/22/2004] [Accepted: 03/22/2004] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are perceived to be a suitable alternative to petrochemical plastics because they have similar material properties, are environmentally degradable, and are produced from renewable resources. In this study, the in situ degradation of medium-chain-length PHA (PHAMCL) films in tropical forest and mangrove soils was assessed. The PHAMCL was produced by Pseudomonas putida PGA1 using saponified palm kernel oil (SPKO) as the carbon source. After 112 d of burial, there was 16.7% reduction in gross weight of the films buried in acidic forest soil (FS), 3.0% in the ones buried in alkaline forest soil by the side of a stream (FSst) and 4.5% in those buried in mangrove soil (MS). There was a slight decrease in molecular weight for the films buried in FS but not for the films buried in FSst and in MS. However, no changes were observed for the melting temperature, glass transition temperature, monomer compositions, structure, and functional group analyses of the films from any of the burial sites during the test period. This means that the integral properties of the films were maintained during that period and degradation was by surface erosion. Scanning electron microscopy of the films from the three sites revealed holes on the film surfaces which could be attributed to attack by microorganisms and bigger organisms such as detritivores. For comparison purposes, films of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), a short-chain-length PHA, and polyethylene (PE) were buried together with the PHAMCL films in all three sites. The PHB films disintegrated completely in MS and lost 73.5% of their initial weight in FSst, but only 4.6% in FS suggesting that water movement played a major role in breaking up the brittle PHB films. The PE films did not register any weight loss in any of the test sites.
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- Siew-Ping Lim
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Alias Z, Tan IKP. Isolation of palm oil-utilising, polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)-producing bacteria by an enrichment technique. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2005; 96:1229-1234. [PMID: 15734309 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2004.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2004] [Revised: 10/25/2004] [Accepted: 10/30/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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In early attempts to isolate palm oil-utilising bacteria from palm oil mill effluent (POME), diluted liquid samples of POME were spread on agar containing POME as primary nutrient. 45 purified colonies were screened for intracellular lipids by staining with Sudan Black B. Of these, 10 isolates were positively stained. The latter were grown in a nitrogen-limiting medium with palm olein (a triglyceride) or saponified palm olein (salts of fatty acids) as carbon source. None of the isolates grew in the palm olein medium but all grew well in the saponified palm olein medium. Of the latter however, only one isolate was positively stained with Nile Blue A, indicating the presence of PHA. This method did not successfully generate bacterial isolates which could metabolise palm olein to produce PHA. An enrichment technique was therefore developed whereby a selective medium was designed. The latter comprised minerals and palm olein (1% w/v) as sole carbon source to which POME (2.5% v/v) was added as the source of bacteria. The culture was incubated with shaking at 30 degrees C for 4 weeks. Out of seven isolates obtained from the selective medium, two isolates, FLP1 and FLP2, could utilise palm olein for growth and production of the homopolyester, poly(3-hydroxybutyrate). FLP1 is gram-negative and is identified (BIOLOG) to have 80% similarity to Burkholderia cepacia. When grown with propionate or valerate, FLP1 produced a copolyester, poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate).
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- Zazali Alias
- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Silva LF, Taciro MK, Michelin Ramos ME, Carter JM, Pradella JGC, Gomez JGC. Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (P3HB) production by bacteria from xylose, glucose and sugarcane bagasse hydrolysate. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2004; 31:245-54. [PMID: 15221664 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-004-0136-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2003] [Accepted: 03/31/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Fifty-five bacterial strains isolated from soil were screened for efficient poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (P3HB) biosynthesis from xylose. Three strains were also evaluated for the utilization of bagasse hydrolysate after different detoxification steps. The results showed that activated charcoal treatment is pivotal to the production of a hydrolysate easy to assimilate. Burkholderia cepacia IPT 048 and B. sacchari IPT 101 were selected for bioreactor studies, in which higher polymer contents and yields from the carbon source were observed with bagasse hydrolysate, compared with the use of analytical grade carbon sources. Polymer contents and yields, respectively, reached 62% and 0.39 g g(-1) with strain IPT 101 and 53% and 0.29 g g(-1) with strain IPT 048. A higher polymer content and yield from the carbon source was observed under P limitation, compared with N limitation, for strain IPT 101. IPT 048 showed similar performances in the presence of either growth-limiting nutrient. In high-cell-density cultures using xylose plus glucose under P limitation, both strains reached about 60 g l(-1) dry biomass, containing 60% P3HB. Polymer productivity and yield from this carbon source reached 0.47 g l(-1) h(-1) and 0.22 g g(-1), respectively.
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- L F Silva
- Agrupamento de Biotecnologia, Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas do Estado de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Almeida Prado 532, 05508-901 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Jenzsch M, Volk N, Kressler J, Scholz C. Synthesis of microbial poly(beta-hydroxybutyrate) modified with oligo(pentaerythritol ethoxylate) by Ralstonia eutropha. Biomacromolecules 2002; 2:1055-60. [PMID: 11710010 DOI: 10.1021/bm010088o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Poly(beta-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) modified with different amounts of pentaerythritol ethoxylate (PEE) has been synthesized using Ralstonia eutropha. The growth kinetics and the synthesis of PHB in the presence of PEE were modeled using appropriate differential equations for the mass balance of the two-stage process. The influence of PEE addition on the morphology of PHB was studied by various microscopic and scattering techniques. Light microscopic and wide-angle X-ray measurements indicated that the addition of PEE had a nucleating effect on the crystallization of PHB. The spherulite growth rate was widely independent of the PEE addition. The lamellae of PHB became more disordered when PEE was added as demonstrated by atomic force microscopy. Furthermore, small-angle X-ray data indicated a decrease in the long period with increasing PEE content of the modified PHB.
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- M Jenzsch
- Fachbereich Ingenieurwissenschaften, Institut für Bioengineering, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle, Saale, Germany
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Kim YB, Lenz RW. Polyesters from microorganisms. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2001; 71:51-79. [PMID: 11217417 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-40021-4_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Bacterial polyesters have been found to have useful properties for applications as thermoplastics, elastomers, and adhesives and are biodegradable and biocompatible. Poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) (PHAs) and poly(beta-malate) are the most representative polyesters synthesized by microorganisms. PHAs containing a wide variety of repeating units can be produced by bacteria, including those containing many types of pendant functional groups which can be synthesized by microorganisms that are grown on unnatural organic substrates. Poly(beta-malate) is of interest primarily for medical applications, especially for drug delivery systems. In this chapter, the bacterial production and properties of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) and poly(beta-malate) are described with emphasis on the former.
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- Y B Kim
- Polymer Science and Engineering Department, PaiChai University, 439-6 Doma-2-dong, Seoku, Daejon, 302-735, Korea.
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Yan YB, Wu Q, Zhang RQ. Dynamic accumulation and degradation of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate)s in living cells of Azotobacter vinelandii UWD characterized by (13)C NMR. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2000; 193:269-73. [PMID: 11111035 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2000.tb09435.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The synthesis and degradation of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyvalerate) (P(HB-co-HV)) by Azotobacter vinelandii UWD were investigated using natural abundance solution (13)C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in vivo in shake flask culture and in fermenter culture. The synthesis and the degradation of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate)s (PHA) monomers hydroxybutyrate (HB) and hydroxyvalerate (HV) had different rates. The amount of HB and HV increased dramatically in the initial degradation stage. The results suggest that the intracellular PHA of strain UWD was the subject of dynamic metabolic processing. (13)C NMR in vivo analysis provided a rapid, easy, accurate, non-destructive method to obtain valuable information on the metabolism of PHA.
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- Y B Yan
- Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, PR China
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James BW, Mauchline WS, Dennis PJ, Keevil CW, Wait R. Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate in Legionella pneumophila, an energy source for survival in low-nutrient environments. Appl Environ Microbiol 1999; 65:822-7. [PMID: 9925622 PMCID: PMC91101 DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.2.822-827.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Chloroform-soluble material was extracted from two strains of L. pneumophila serogroup 1 following growth in continuous culture. The purified material was identified as poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. PHB yields of up to 16% of cell dry weight were extracted from culture samples. The PHB was located in electron-dense intracellular inclusions, which fluoresced bright yellow when stained with the lipophilic dye Nile red. A Nile red spectrofluorometric assay provided a more accurate and reliable determination of the PHB content. PHB accumulation increased threefold during iron-limited culture and was inversely related to the concentration of iron metabolized. Chemostat-grown cells survived in a culturable state for at least 600 days when incubated at 24 degreesC in a low-nutrient tap water environment. Nile red spectrofluorometry and flow cytometry demonstrated that PHB reserves were utilized during starvation. PHB utilization, as revealed by the decline in mean cellular fluorescence and cell complexity, correlated with loss of culturability. Fluorescence microscopy provided visual evidence of PHB utilization, with a marked reduction in the number of Nile red-stained granules during starvation. Heat shock treatment failed to resuscitate nonculturable cells. This study demonstrates that L. pneumophila accumulates significant intracellular reserves of PHB, which promote its long-term survival under conditions of starvation.
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- B W James
- Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 0JG, United Kingdom.
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The addition of poly(ethylene glycol) (Mn = 200 g/mol) (PEG-200) to the fermentation media of Alcaligenes eutrophus and Alcaligenes latus at various stages of growth resulted in the synthesis of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) with bimodal molecular weight distributions. The presence of 2% w/v-PEG-200 did not have deleterious effects on PHB volumetric yields and cell productivity. In general, the Mn values of the high (H) and low (L) fractions showed little variability as a function of the time at which PEG-200 was added to the cultures. By this approach, the H:L ratios (w/w) of the PHB synthesized by A. eutrophus and A. latus were varied from 9:91 to 76:24 and from 16:84 to 88:12, respectively. It is believed that the H fractions were formed prior to the addition of PEG-200 to the cultures. Also, once PEG-200 was made available to the cells, PEG-200 acted as a switch so that the reduced molecular weight fraction was formed. In addition, a necessary requirement for the above is that the frequency of transesterification reactions during polymer synthesis was small. The efficiency that PEG-200 reduced the molecular weight of the PHBs formed by both bacteria appears similar. Indirect evidence suggests that the PHB L fractions formed by A. latus subsequent to PEG-200 addition consist primarily of chains that have PEG terminal groups. This terminal chain structure was not observed for PHB formed by A. eutrophus.
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- R D Ashby
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell, Department of Chemistry, 1 University Avenue, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, USA
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Inoue Y. Biodegradable polymers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-6881(98)80029-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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1H NMR spectroscopic determination of poly 3-hydroxybutyrate extracted from microbial biomass. Enzyme Microb Technol 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/0141-0229(95)00096-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- C Sasikala
- Department of Botany, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
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Park JS, Park HC, Huh TL, Lee YH. Production of poly-?-hydroxybutyrate by Alcaligenes eutrophus transformants harbouring cloned phbCAB genes. Biotechnol Lett 1995. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00130360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Koizumi F, Abe H, Doi Y. Molecular Weight of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) during Biological Polymerization inAlcaligenes Eutrophus. JOURNAL OF MACROMOLECULAR SCIENCE PART A-PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY 1995. [DOI: 10.1080/10601329508010287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Beaulieu M, Beaulieu Y, Melinard J, Pandian S, Goulet J. Influence of Ammonium Salts and Cane Molasses on Growth of Alcaligenes eutrophus and Production of Polyhydroxybutyrate. Appl Environ Microbiol 1995; 61:165-9. [PMID: 16534900 PMCID: PMC1388323 DOI: 10.1128/aem.61.1.165-169.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The production of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) by Alcaligenes eutrophus DSM 545 was studied in a synthetic medium with 3% glucose at pH 7.0 supplemented with several ammonium substrates and cane molasses. Growth was measured by dry cell weight, and the PHB content was measured by gas chromatography. The effects of ammonium sources such as sulfate, nitrate, phosphate, and chloride salts and those of different ammonium sulfate concentrations were evaluated. The best growth and PHB production were obtained with ammonium sulfate; however, NH(inf4)(sup+) concentrations between 0.5 and 1.5 g/liter showed no significant difference. Ammonium sulfate was therefore used as the sole source of NH(inf4)(sup+) for experiments with cane molasses as the growth activator. Optimal growth and PHB production were obtained with 0.3% molasses. However, the yields of biomass (39 to 48%) and PHB (17 to 26%) varied significantly among the different ammonium substrates and cane molasses concentrations.
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yoo S, Kim WS. Cybernetic model for synthesis of poly-?-hydroxybutyric acid inAlcaligenes eutrophus. Biotechnol Bioeng 1994; 43:1043-51. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.260431107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Linko S, Vaheri H, Seppälä J. Production of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate on lactic acid by Alcaligenes eutrophus H16 in a 3-l bioreactor. Enzyme Microb Technol 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0141-0229(93)90126-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Lee KM, Chang HN, Chang YK, Kim BS, Hahn SK. The lysis of gram-negative Alcaligenes eutrophus and Alcaligenes latus by palmitoyl carnitine. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1993. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00150902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Linko S, Vaheri H, Seppälä J. Production of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate by Alcaligenes eutrophus on different carbon sources. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 1993. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00166840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Müller HM, Seebach D. Poly(hydroxyfettsäureester), eine fünfte Klasse von physiologisch bedeutsamen organischen Biopolymeren? Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 1993. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.19931050404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Yamane T. Yield of poly-D(-)-3-hydroxybutyrate from various carbon sources: A theoretical study. Biotechnol Bioeng 1993; 41:165-70. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.260410122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Matavulj M, Molitoris HP. Fungal degradation of polyhydroxyalkanoates and a semiquantitative assay for screening their degradation by terrestrial fungi. FEMS Microbiol Rev 1992; 9:323-31. [PMID: 1476777 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb05854.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The current problems with decreasing fossile resources and increasing environmental pollution by petrochemical-based plastics have stimulated investigations to find biosynthetic materials which are also biodegradable. Bacterial reserve materials such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) have been discovered to possess thermoplastic properties and can be synthesized from renewable resources. Poly-beta-hydroxybutyric acid (PHB) is at present the most promising PHA; and BIOPOL, its copolymer with poly-beta-hydroxy-valerate (PHV), is already industrially produced (ICI, UK), and used as packaging material (WELLA, FRG). According to the literature, PHA degradation has so far mainly been observed in bacteria; only under certain environmental conditions has fungal degradation of PHAs been indicated. Since fungi constitute an important part of microbial populations participating in degradation processes, a simple screening method for fungal degradation of BIOPOL, a PHA-based plastic, was developed. Several media with about 150 fungal strains from different terrestrial environments and belonging to different systematic and ecological groups were used. PHA depolymerization was tested on three PHB-based media, each with 0.1% BIOPOL or PHB homopolymer causing turbidity of the medium. The media contained either a comparatively low or high content of organic carbon (beside PHA) or were based on mineral medium with PHA as the principal source of carbon. The degradation activity was detectable due to formation of a clear halo around the colony (Petri plates) or a clear zone under the colony (test tubes).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- M Matavulj
- Institute of Biology, University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
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Tanaka K, Ishizaki A, Stanbury PF. Accumulation of polyphosphate and substrate gas utilization efficiency in PHB accumulation phase of autotrophic batch culture of Alcaligenes eutrophus ATCC17697T. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/0922-338x(92)90061-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Nakamura S, Kunioka M, Doi Y. Biosynthesis and Characterization of Bacterial Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxypropionate). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1991. [DOI: 10.1080/00222339108054378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Anderson AJ, Dawes EA. Occurrence, metabolism, metabolic role, and industrial uses of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates. Microbiol Rev 1990; 54:450-72. [PMID: 2087222 PMCID: PMC372789 DOI: 10.1128/mr.54.4.450-472.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 869] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), of which polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is the most abundant, are bacterial carbon and energy reserve materials of widespread occurrence. They are composed of 3-hydroxyacid monomer units and exist as a small number of cytoplasmic granules per cell. The properties of the C4 homopolymer PHB as a biodegradable thermoplastic first attracted industrial attention more than 20 years ago. Copolymers of C4 (3-hydroxybutyrate [3HB]) and C5 (3-hydroxyvalerate [3HV]) monomer units have modified physical properties; e.g., the plastic is less brittle than PHB, whereas PHAs containing C8 to C12 monomers behave as elastomers. This family of materials is the centre of considerable commercial interest, and 3HB-co-3HV copolymers have been marketed by ICI plc as Biopol. The known polymers exist as 2(1) helices with the fiber repeat decreasing from 0.596 nm for PHB to about 0.45 nm for C8 to C10 polymers. Novel copolymers with a backbone of 3HB and 4HB have been obtained. The native granules contain noncrystalline polymer, and water may possibly act as a plasticizer. Although the biosynthesis and regulation of PHB are generally well understood, the corresponding information for the synthesis of long-side-chain PHAs from alkanes, alcohols, and organic acids is still incomplete. The precise mechanisms of action of the polymerizing and depolymerizing enzymes also remain to be established. The structural genes for the three key enzymes of PHB synthesis from acetyl coenzyme A in Alcaligenes eutrophus have been cloned, sequenced, and expressed in Escherichia coli. Polymer molecular weights appear to be species specific. The factors influencing the commercial choice of organism, substrate, and isolation process are discussed. The physiological functions of PHB as a reserve material and in symbiotic nitrogen fixation and its presence in bacterial plasma membranes and putative role in transformability and calcium signaling are also considered.
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- A J Anderson
- Department of Applied Biology, University of Hull, United Kingdom
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