What is it about?
To boost short-chain-length-long-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate (SCL-LCL-PHA) co-polymer yield in Pseudomonas aeruginosa MTCC 7925 by manipulating culture conditions.
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Why is it important?
This is the first report on P. aeruginosa MTCC 7925, which is capable of accumulating LCL 3-hydroxyhexadecanoate and 3-hydroxyoctadecanoate units with SCL 3-hydroxybutyrate and 3-hydroxyvalerate as constituents of PHAs. Supplementation of ethanol under N-deficiency boosted the co-polymer yield up to 69% of dry cell weight, which is significantly higher when compared with other SCL-MCL-PHA co-polymer accumulating bacterial species.
Perspectives
This opens up new possibilities for various industrial applications owing to the superior properties of this new co-polymer.
Dr Akhilesh Kumar Singh
Mahatma Gandhi Central University Motihari-845401, Bihar, India
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This page is a summary of: Enhanced production of SCL-LCL-PHA co-polymer by sludge-isolated Pseudomonas aeruginosa MTCC 7925, Letters in Applied Microbiology, March 2008, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.2008.02323.x.
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