title: Discovery of a mcl-PHA with unexpected biotechnical properties: the marine environment of French Polynesia as a source for PHA-producing bacteria.
abstract: A library of microorganisms originating from various marine environments in French Polynesia was screened for polyhydroxyalkanoate producing bacteria. No significant connection was found between the geo-ecological source of bacteria and their ability to produce polyhydroxyalkanoate. A bacterial strain designated as Enterobacter FAK 1384 was isolated from a shark jaw. When grown on coprah oil, this bacterium produces a PHA constituting of 62 mol % 3-hydroxydecanoate and lower amount of 12 mol % 3-hydroxydodecenoate and of 7.6 mol % 3-hydroxydodecanoate. These interesting properties make this mcl-PHA a good candidate for further exploitations in many industrial sectors, as in film and coating manufacturing, as well as for biomedical applications.
authors.affiliation: LabEX Corail, USR3278 CNRS-EPHE-UPVD CRIOBE, BP1013, Papetoai, Moorea, French Polynesia. wecker.pat@gmail.com.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wecker
authors.affiliation: Pacific Biotech SAS, BP140289, Arue, Tahiti, French Polynesia. xmoppert@pacific-biotech.pf.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Moppert
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, LM2E, UMR6197 IFREMER-UBO-CNRS, BP 70, Plouzané, France. christelle.simon.colin@ifremer.fr.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Simon-Colin
authors.affiliation: Pacific Biotech SAS, BP140289, Arue, Tahiti, French Polynesia. bcosta@pacific-biotech.pf.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: LabEX Corail, USR3278 CNRS-EPHE-UPVD CRIOBE, BP1013, Papetoai, Moorea, French Polynesia. veronique.berteaux@criobe.pf.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Berteaux-Lecellier
keywords: Bacterial diversity; Fermentation; French Polynesia; Marine biotechnology; Polyhydroxyalkanoate