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Novel thermophilic polyhydroxyalkanoates producing strain Aneurinibacillus thermoaerophilus CCM 8960

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APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
卷 106, 期 12, 页码 4669-4681

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DOI: 10.1007/s00253-022-12039-1

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De novo assembly; PHA; Aneurinibacillus species H1; Plasmid pAT1; 4-hydroxybutyrate; Next-generation industrial biotechnology

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  1. Brno University of Technology [FCH/FEKT-J-21-7331]
  2. Brno City Municipality

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This study provides an in-depth characterization of A. thermoaerophilus CCM 8960, including genome sequencing and assembly, as well as the study of genes involved in PHA metabolism. The bacterium shows promising features that make it a potential candidate for industrial production of PHA.
Aneurinibacillus thermoaerophilus CCM 8960 is a thermophilic bacterium isolated from compost in Brno. The bacterium accumulates polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), a biodegradable and renewable alternative to petrochemical polymers. The bacterium reveals several features that make it a very interesting candidate for the industrial production of PHA. At first, due to its thermophilic character, the bacterium can be utilized in agreement with the concept of next-generation industrial biotechnology (NGIB), which relies on extremophiles. Second, the bacterium is capable of producing PHA copolymers containing a very high portion of 4-hydroxybutyrate (4HB). Such materials possess unique properties and can be advantageously used in multiple applications, including but not limited to medicine and healthcare. Therefore, this work focuses on the in-depth characterization of A. thermoaerophilus CCM 8960. In particular, we sequenced and assembled the genome of the bacterium and identified its most important genetic features, such as the presence of plasmids, prophages, CRISPR arrays, antibiotic-resistant genes, and restriction-modification (R-M) systems, which might be crucial for the development of genome editing tools. Furthermore, we focused on genes directly involved in PHA metabolism. We also experimentally studied the kinetics of glycerol and 1,4-butanediol (1,4BD) utilization as well as biomass growth and PHA production during cultivation. Based on these data, we constructed a metabolic model to reveal metabolic fluxes and nodes of glycerol and 1,4BD concerning their incorporation into the poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate (P(3HB-co-4HB)) structure.

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