Abstract
The application of non-biodegradable plastics has raised severe environmental concerns over the past few decades. The medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoates (mcl-PHA) are biodegradable elastomeric polymers produced by the bacteria Pseudomonas, that can potentially solve this crisis. The industrial production of mcl-PHA is limited by low PHA yield of wild bacterial strains and the increased time the bacteria takes to achieve maximum PHA yield. Hence the present study focuses on the early PHA production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa MCC 5300. Pseudomonas aeruginosa MCC 5300 can grow to a high biomass and produce PHA within a short duration of 16 h of growth, reaching up to 75.6 % cell dry weight in media containing only oleic acid as a carbon source. A high amount of PHA production in such a short time was not reported in any wild-type bacteria cultured in nutrient-defined media. The mcl-PHA was a copolymer of 3-hydroxydecanoate and 3-hydroxydodecanoate.
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
