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Enhancing the 3-hydroxyvalerate component in bioplastic PHBV production by Cupriavidus necator.
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PMID:  21905226     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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In the current context of global warming, the substitution of conventional plastics with bioplastics is a challenge. To take it up we must meet technical and financial requirements. In the case of PHBV, technical properties' modulation can be acquired via 3-hydroxyvalerate content modification. Yet 3-hydroxyvalerate enhancement is an issue; simultaneous evaluation of several 3-hydroxyvalerate-enhancing substrates through fractional factorial design of experiments is described. Eight substrates were studied: citric, valeric, propionic and levulinic acids, propanol, pentanol and sodium propionate - for 3-hydroxyvalerate enhancement, and sodium glutamate - for biomass and PHA enhancement. The most efficient 3-hydroxyvalerate enhancing factors were found to be levulinic acid, sodium propionate and pentanol. However, pentanol, at 1 g/L concentration, also showed extremely negative influence on biomass production and on the PHA content in cells. The effect of the inoculum nutrient composition on the final 3-hydroxyvalerate content was also evaluated. These results showed that the most efficient combination for the production of high 3-hydroxyvalerate content PHBV was primary inoculum growth on mineral medium followed by 48 hours fermentation with levulinic acid and sodium propionate, at 1 g/L both, as only carbon sources. This allowed us the production of PHBV with 80 mol % 3-hydroxyvalerate content, overall volumetric and specific productivities of 2 mg/L/h and 3.9 mg/g(CDW) /h respectively with only 2 g/L of inducing substances addition.
Authors:
Nathalie Berezina
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-9-9
Journal Detail:
Title:  Biotechnology journal     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1860-7314     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Sep 
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Created Date:  2011-9-9     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101265833     Medline TA:  Biotechnol J     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
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Materia Nova, rue des Foudriers 1, 7822 Ghislenghien, Belgium. nathalie.berezina@materianova.be.
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