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WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 24, Issue 11, Pages 2403-2409Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-008-9764-9
Keywords
polyhydroxyalkanoates; poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate); 4-hydroxybutyrate; one-step cultivation; biopolymer
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- Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang
- MOSTI, Malaysia
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A one-step cultivation process for the production of biodegradable polymer poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) [P(3HB-co-4HB)] by Cupriavidus sp. USMAA2-4 was carried out using various carbon sources. It was found that Cupriavidus sp. USMAA2-4 could produce approximately 44 wt.% copolymer of P(3HB-co-4HB) with 27 mol% 4HB composition when the combination of oleic acid and 1,4-butanediol are used as carbon sources in 60 h cultivation. The manipulation of carbon-to-nitrogen ratio (C/N) resulted in the increase of dry cell weight, PHA content as well as 4HB composition. A new strategy of introducing oleic acid and 1,4-butanediol together and separately at different concentration demonstrated different yield in PHA content ranging from 47 to 58 wt.%. The molecular weight obtained was 234 kDa (by adding 1,4-butanediol and oleic acid together) and 212 kDa (by adding 1,4-butanediol separately). The copolymer of P(3HB-co-4HB) produced by Cupriavidus sp. USMAA2-4 was detected statistically as a random copolymer when analysed by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy.
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