New recombinant Escherichia coli strain tailored for the production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) from agroindustrial by-products

A recombinant E. coli strain (K24K) was constructed and evaluated For poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) production from whey and corn steep liquor as main carbon and nitrogen sources. This strain bears the pha biosynthetic genes from Azotobacter sp. strain FA8 expressed from a T5 promoter under the cont...

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Autores: Nikel, P.I., De Almeida, A., Melillo, E.C., Galvagno, M.A., Pettinari, M.J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
Repositorio:Biblioteca Digital (UBA-FCEN)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:paperaa:paper_00992240_v72_n6_p3949_Nikel
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00992240_v72_n6_p3949_Nikel
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Bioreactors
Carbon
Cells
Genes
Glass transition
Molecular weight
Nitrogen
Polymers
Volumetric analysis
Azotobacter
Cupriavidus necator
Lactose operator
Liquor
Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB)
Escherichia coli
carbon
lactose
lactose repressor
nitrogen
poly(3 hydroxybutyric acid)
polymer
unclassified drug
bacterium
ester
gene expression
genetic analysis
plant extract
agriculture
alcoholic beverage
article
bacterial gene
bacterial strain
bioreactor
corn
Escherichia coli k24k
evaluation
fed batch culture
glass transition temperature
liquid
molecular weight
nonhuman
pha gene
productivity
repressor gene
volumetry
Wautersia eutropha
whey
Agriculture
Animals
DNA Primers
Hydroxybutyrates
Industrial Waste
Kinetics
Milk
Plasmids
Polyesters
Recombination, Genetic
Zea mays
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Sumario:A recombinant E. coli strain (K24K) was constructed and evaluated For poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) production from whey and corn steep liquor as main carbon and nitrogen sources. This strain bears the pha biosynthetic genes from Azotobacter sp. strain FA8 expressed from a T5 promoter under the control of the lactose operator. K24K does not produce the lactose repressor, ensuring constitutive expression of genes involved in lactose transport and utilization. PHB was efficiently produced by the recombinant strain grown aerobically in fed-batch cultures in a laboratory scale bioreactor on a semisynthetic medium supplemented with the agroindustrial by-products. After 24 h, cells accumulated PHB to 72.9% of their cell dry weight, reaching a volumetric productivity of 2.13 g PHB per liter per hour. Physical analysis of PHB recovered from the recombinants showed that its molecular weight was similar to that of PHB produced by Azotobacter sp. strain FA8 and higher than that of the polymer from Cupriavidus necator and that its glass transition temperature was approximately 20°C higher than those of PHBs from the natural producer strains. Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.