
pmid: 21680179
An unsterile and continuous fermentation process was developed based on a halophilic bacterium termed Halomonas TD01 isolated from a salt lake in Xinjiang, China. The strain reached 80 g/L cell dry weight containing 80% poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) on glucose salt medium during a 56 h fed-batch process. In a 14-day open unsterile and continuous process, the cells grew to an average of 40 g/L cell dry weight containing 60% PHB in the first fermentor with glucose salt medium. Continuous pumping of cultures from the first fermentor to the second fermentor containing the nitrogen-deficient glucose salt medium diluted the cells but allowed them to maintain a PHB level of between 65% and 70% of cell dry weight. Glucose to PHB conversions were between 20% and 30% in the first fermentor and above 50% in the second one. This unsterile and continuous fermentation process opens a new area for reducing the cost in polyhydroxyalkanoates production.
Base Sequence, Polymers, Hydroxybutyrates, Molecular Weight, Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, Fermentation, Chromatography, Gel, Feasibility Studies, Halomonas, Water Microbiology, Phylogeny, DNA Primers
Base Sequence, Polymers, Hydroxybutyrates, Molecular Weight, Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, Fermentation, Chromatography, Gel, Feasibility Studies, Halomonas, Water Microbiology, Phylogeny, DNA Primers
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