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ALGAL RESEARCH-BIOMASS BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS
Volume 7, Issue -, Pages 78-85Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2014.12.003
Keywords
Nostoc muscorum Agardh; PHB; P(3HB-co-3HV) copolymer; Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India [38(1146)/07/EMRII]
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Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) homo- and copolymers are accumulated as cytoplasmic inclusions in awide variety of bacteria. Cyanobacteria are emerging as a novel source for production of PHA polymers. In this report, response surface methodology (RSM) was used to evaluate the relationships between the critical variables that enhanced the poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) copolymer accumulation in a N-2-fixing cyanobacterium, Nostoc muscorum Agardh. Using multifactor optimization strategy, a yield of 69% of dry cell weight (dcw) (61 mg L-1 day(-1)) was achieved at reduced level of nutrients for an incubation period of 7 days. The polymer productivity was increased up to 98.3 mg L-1 day(-1) (71% dcw) and 109.7 mg L-1 day-1 (78% dcw), respectively under P- and N-deficiencies. Moreover, the poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) homopolymer and P(3HB-co-3HV) copolymer films produced by N. muscorum, were analyzed for their material (thermal and mechanical) properties, and were compared with the PHAs obtained from other cyanobacterial and bacterial sources. Structural details were investigated by wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXRD), which showed semicrystalline nature for PHB as well as P(3HB-co-3HV) co-polymers. Thermal andmechanical properties of the polymer films produced by the test cyanobacteriumare comparable with the polymers obtained from other cyanobacterial (Aulosira fertilissima CCC 444), bacterial (Cupriavidus necator) and the commercial polypropylene, and thus could be ensued for large-scale production. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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