Effect of Oxygen and Nitrogen Limitation on Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate Biosynthesis in Ammonium-grown Azotobacter beijerinckii
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Azotobacter beijerinckii synthesized up to 70% of its dry weight as poly-β-hydroxybutyrate when grown in batch or oxygen-limited chemostat cultures on a glucose/ammonium salts medium, while nitrogen-grown organisms displayed a steady decrease in polymer content with increasing oxygen concentration.Abstract:
Summary: Azotobacter beijerinckii synthesized up to 70% of its dry weight as poly-β-hydroxybutyrate when grown in batch or oxygen-limited chemostat cultures on a glucose/ammonium salts medium. In a series of steady states during transition from oxygen to ammonium limitation and at different dilution rates in the chemostat, the poly-β-hydroxybutyrate content of the organism decreased to a minimum of 5 to 10% of the dry weight at an oxygen inflow rate of 1.25% (v/v) in 400 ml argon min−1. At higher dissolved oxygen tensions the polymer content increased to a new maximum of 20 to 40% of the dry weight, depending upon the dilution rate, before declining to a negligible value. In contrast, nitrogen-grown organisms displayed a steady decrease in polymer content with increasing oxygen concentration. This difference in behaviour is attributed to the greater demand for reducing power and ATP by nitrogen-fixing cultures preventing the operation of respiratory control which, it is suggested, occurs in ammonium-grown cultures over a limited range of oxygen supply rates until respiratory protection and uncoupled electron transport intervene.read more
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