title: Optimization and fed-batch production of PHB utilizing dairy waste and sea water as nutrient sources by Bacillus megaterium SRKP-3.
abstract: A gram positive bacterium (designated strain SRKP-3) that potentially accumulated polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) was isolated from brackish water. From its morphological and physiological properties and nucleotide sequence of its 16S rRNA, it was suggested that strain SRKP-3 was similar to Bacillus megaterium. A four-factor central composite rotary design (CCRD) was employed to optimize the medium and to find out the interactive effects of four variables, viz. concentrations of dairy waste, rice bran, sea water and pH on PHB production. Using response surface methodology (RSM), a second-order polynomial equation was obtained by multiple regression analysis and a yield of 6.37 g/L of PHB dry weight was achieved from the optimized medium at pH 9. The same medium was utilized for fermentor studies by fed-batch culture. The dairy waste is fed at three different time intervals at 0 th, 12th and 24th hour to keep the carbon source as excess and PHB production was checked for every 3h. Maximum production of PHB (11.32 g/L) occurred at 36th hour. Dissolved oxygen was found to be major limiting nutrient that affected the PHB synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Kalasalingam University, Anand Nagar, Krishnankoil 626 190, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Sureshbabu RamKumar
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Pandian
authors.forename: Venkatraman
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Deepak
authors.forename: Kalimuthu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kalishwaralal
authors.forename: Neelamegam
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rameshkumar
authors.forename: Muniyandi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jeyaraj
authors.forename: Sangiliyandi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gurunathan
mesh_terms: D001410:Bacillus megaterium / Q000378:metabolism*; D003612:Dairying; D005285:Fermentation; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S