Effective microbial production of poly(4-hydroxybutyrate) homopolymer by Ralstonia eutropha H16

• Published in: Polymer international Vol. 48; no. 11; pp. 1073 - 1079
• Main Authors: Kimura, Hiroshi, Ohura, Takeshi, Takeishi, Makoto, Nakamura, Shigeo, Doi, Yoshiharu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.11.1999; Wiley
• Subjects: ammonium sulfate; Applied sciences; Bioconversions. Hemisynthesis; Biological and medical sciences; Biotechnology; effective microbial production; Exact sciences and technology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Methods. Procedures. Technologies; Organic polymers; Physicochemistry of polymers; poly(4-hydroxybutyrate) homopolymer; Polymerization; Preparation, kinetics, thermodynamics, mechanism and catalysts; propionic acid; Ralstonia eutropha H16; wild-type strain; Culture medium; Ester polymer; Butyrate(hydroxy)polymer; Environmental factor; Biosynthesis; Experimental study; Optimization; Ralstonia eutropha; Microbial origin; Aliphatic polymer; Preparation; Microorganism culture; Bacteria; Chemical composition; Yield

The effective microbial production of copolyesters of 3‐hydroxybutyrate (3HB) and 4‐hydroxybutyrate (4HB) with high mole fractions of 4HB units by a wild‐type strain of Ralstonia eutropha H16 was investigated in culture solutions containing 4‐hydroxybutyric acid (4HBA) and various carbon substrates...