title: Physiological-biochemical properties and the ability to synthesize polyhydroxyalkanoates of the glucose-utilizing strain of the hydrogen bacterium Ralstonia eutropha B8562.
abstract: Physiological-biochemical, genetic, and cultural properties of the glucose-utilizing mutant strain Ralstonia eutropha B8562 have been compared with those of its parent strain R. eutropha B5786. It has been shown that growth characteristics of the strain cultured on glucose as the sole carbon and energy source are comparable with those of the parent strain. Strain B8562 is characterized by high polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) yields on different carbon sources (CO(2), fructose, and glucose). PHA accumulation in the strain batch cultured on glucose under nitrogen deficiency reaches 90 %. The major monomer in the PHA is beta-hydroxybutyric acid (more than 99 mol %); the identified minor components are beta-hydroxyvaleric acid (0.25-0.72 mol %) and beta-hydroxyhexanoic acid (0.08-1.5 mol %). The strain is a promising PHA producer on available sugar-containing media with glucose.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biophysics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok, 660036 Krasnoyarsk, Russia. volova@ibp.ru
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Volova
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Trusova
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Kalacheva
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Kozhevnicov
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D002208:Caproates / Q000737:chemistry; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry; D020118:Cupriavidus necator / Q000378:metabolism*; D004952:Esters / Q000737:chemistry; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D005632:Fructose / Q000737:chemistry; D005947:Glucose / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D006880:Hydroxy Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry; D010421:Pentanoic Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D002208:Caproates; D004952:Esters; D005227:Fatty Acids; D006880:Hydroxy Acids; D010421:Pentanoic Acids; D011108:Polymers; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; C013056:beta-hydroxyvaleric acid; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D005632:Fructose; D006859:Hydrogen; D005947:Glucose; D010100:Oxygen