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Inexpensive fed-batch cultivation for high poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) production by a new isolate of Bacillus megaterium.
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This research aimed at increasing the cell density and production of the homopolymer polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) by Bacillus megaterium BA-019, using renewable and inexpensive bioresources as a substrate by using sugarcane molasses and urea as carbon and nitrogen sources.About:
This article is published in Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering.The article was published on 2009-03-01. It has received 170 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Polyhydroxybutyrate & Bacillus megaterium.read more
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Current trends in biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoates
TL;DR: This review summarizes recent research on PHAs and addresses the opportunities as well as challenges for their place in the global market.
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Valorization of industrial waste and by-product streams via fermentation for the production of chemicals and biopolymers
Apostolis A. Koutinas,Anestis Vlysidis,Daniel Pleissner,Nikolaos Kopsahelis,Isabel Lopez Garcia,Ioannis K. Kookos,Seraphim Papanikolaou,Tsz Him Kwan,Carol Sze Ki Lin +8 more
TL;DR: It is evident that fermentative production of chemicals and biopolymers via refining of waste and by-product streams is a highly important research area with significant prospects for industrial applications.
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Microbial production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) and its copolymers: A review of recent advancements.
Anbreen Anjum,Mohammad Zuber,Khalid Mahmood Zia,Aqdas Noreen,Muhammad Naveed Anjum,Shazia Tabasum +5 more
TL;DR: An overview of various substrates, microorganisms for the economical production of PHAs and its copolymers is provided.
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Extending the limits of Bacillus for novel biotechnological applications
TL;DR: Bacillus can be considered the dark horse in the race to generate sustainable energy, ecofriendly non-fossil fuel-based polymers, and bioactive molecules for use as therapeutics.
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Optimization and fed-batch production of PHB utilizing dairy waste and sea water as nutrient sources by Bacillus megaterium SRKP-3.
Sureshbabu Ram Kumar Pandian,Venkatraman Deepak,Kalimuthu Kalishwaralal,Neelamegam Rameshkumar,Muniyandi Jeyaraj,Sangiliyandi Gurunathan +5 more
TL;DR: D Dissolved oxygen was found to be major limiting nutrient that affected the PHB synthesis and a second-order polynomial equation was obtained by multiple regression analysis.
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates, biopolyesters from renewable resources: Physiological and engineering aspects
TL;DR: Strategies for PHA production under discontinuous and continuous regimes are discussed in detail in addition to the use of different cheap carbon sources from the point of view of different PHA producing strains.
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Factors affecting the economics of polyhydroxyalkanoate production by bacterial fermentation
J Choi,Sang Yup Lee +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, several factors affecting the production cost of PHA, such as PHA productivity, content and yield, the cost of the carbon substrate, and the recovery method were reviewed.
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Production of poly(3‐hydroxybutyric acid) by fed‐batch culture of Alcaligenes eutrophus with glucose concentration control
TL;DR: The final cell concentration, PHB concentration, and PHB productivity increased as ammonia feeding was stopped at a higher cell concentration and the effect of ammonium limitation on PHB synthesis at different culture phases was studied.
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Microbial degradation of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) in soils.
TL;DR: The microbial degradation of tensile test pieces made of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) [P(3HB)] or a copolymer of 90% 3-Hydroxybutyric acid and 10% 3,hydroxyvaleric acid was studied in soils incubated at a constant temperature of 15, 28, or 40 degrees C for up to 200 days, resulting in loss of mechanical properties.
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