Genome sequence of the bioplastic-producing “Knallgas” bacterium Ralstonia eutropha H16

• Published in: Nature biotechnology Vol. 24; no. 10; pp. 1257 - 1262
• Main Authors: Pohlmann, Anne, Fricke, Wolfgang Florian, Reinecke, Frank, Kusian, Bernhard, Liesegang, Heiko, Cramm, Rainer, Eitinger, Thomas, Ewering, Christian, Pötter, Markus, Schwartz, Edward, Strittmatter, Axel, Voß, Ingo, Gottschalk, Gerhard, Steinbüchel, Alexander, Friedrich, Bärbel, Bowien, Botho
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Nature Publishing Group US 01.10.2006; Nature; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: Aerobiosis; Agriculture; Anaerobiosis; Bacteria; Bacterial Toxins - genetics; Bacterial Toxins - metabolism; Biodegradable materials; Biodegradation; Bioinformatics; Biological and medical sciences; Biological Transport; Biology of microorganisms of confirmed or potential industrial interest; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology; Biomedicine; Bioplastics; Biotechnology; Carbon - metabolism; Carbon dioxide; Chromosomes; Chromosomes, Bacterial; Cupriavidus necator - genetics; Cupriavidus necator - metabolism; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetics; Genome, Bacterial; Genomics; Hydroxybutyrates - metabolism; Life Sciences; Mission oriented research; Molecular Sequence Data; Plastics; Polyesters; Polyesters - metabolism; Ralstonia eutropha; Ralstonia eutropha; Gene; Biodegradability; Ester polymer; Bacteria; Butyrate(hydroxy)polymer; Chromosome; Genetics; Oxidation; Genome; Plastics; Metabolism

The H 2 -oxidizing lithoautotrophic bacterium Ralstonia eutropha H16 is a metabolically versatile organism capable of subsisting, in the absence of organic growth substrates, on H 2 and CO 2 as its sole sources of energy and carbon. R. eutropha H16 first attracted biotechnological interest nearly 50...