Journal
APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 188, Issue 3, Pages 810-823Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-018-02949-0
Keywords
Fermentation; Cell growth; Glycerol; Stress; High pressure
Funding
- FCT/MEC (QOPNA research Unit) [FCT UID/QUI/00062/2019]
- FEDER, within the PT2020 Partnership Agreement
- FCT (Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia) [SFRH/BD/97061/2013, SFRH/BD/97062/2013]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/97062/2013, SFRH/BD/97061/2013] Funding Source: FCT
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The performance of fermentation under non-conventional conditions, such as high pressure (HP), is a strategy currently tested for different fermentation processes. In the present work, the purpose was to apply HP (10-50MPa) to fermentation by Paracoccus denitrificans, a microorganism able to produce polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from glycerol. In general, cell growth and glycerol consumption were both reduced by HP application, more extensively at higher pressure levels, such as 35 or 50MPa. PHA production and composition was highly dependent on the pressure applied. HP was found to decrease polymer titers, but increase the PHA content in cell dry mass (%), indicating higher ability to accumulate these polymers in the cells. In addition, some levels of HP affected PHA monomeric composition, with the polymer produced at 10 and 35MPa showing considerable differences relative to the ones obtained at atmospheric pressure. Therefore, it is possible to foresee that the changes in polymer composition may also affect its physical and mechanical properties. Overall, the results of this study demonstrated that HP technology (at specific levels) can be applied to P. denitrificans fermentations without compromising the ability to produce PHA, with potentially interesting effects on polymer composition.
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