title: A laboratory case study of efficient polyhydoxyalkonates production by Bacillus cereus, a contaminant in Saccharophagus degradans ATCC 43961 in minimal sea salt media.
abstract: A contaminating bacterium growing along with the stock culture of Saccharophagus degradans ATCC 43961 (Sde 2-40) on marine agar plate was isolated and investigated for its ability to produce polyhydoxyalkonates (PHA). Preliminary screening by Sudan black B and Nile blue A staining indicated positive characteristic of the isolate to produce PHA. The isolate was able to grow and produce PHA in minimal sea salt medium broth. PHA quantification studies with gas chromatographic analyses of the dry cells derived from culture broths revealed accumulation of PHA in bacterial cells. PHA production started after 20 h and increased with cell growth and attained maximum values of 61 % of dry cell weight at 70 h of cultivation. After 70 h, a slight decrease in the level of PHA content was observed. The nature/type of PHA was found to be poly(3-hydroxybutyraye) by Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy. Microbiological and 16S rRNA gene sequencing analyses suggested that the PHA producing bacterial isolate belongs to Bacillus genera and shows 100 % nucleotide sequence similarity with Bacillus cereus species in GenBank. This study is a first report for ability of Bacillus species to grow in marine sea salt media and produce PHA. The media used for the polymer production was novel in the context of the genus Bacillus and the production of PHA was three-fold higher than Sde 2-40 using same growth medium. This study shows that the contaminant bacteria once properly investigated can be used for advantageous characteristic of metabolites production in place of original cultures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, 361-763, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Shailesh S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Sawant
authors.forename: Bipinchandra K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Salunke
authors.forename: Beom Soo
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D054813:Polyhydroxyalkanoates / Q000378:metabolism*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013397:Sudan; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D054813:Polyhydroxyalkanoates; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
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