Production of medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates by sequential feeding of xylose and octanoic acid in engineered <it>Pseudomonas putida</it> KT2440

Production of medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates by sequential feeding of xylose and octanoic acid in engineered <it>Pseudomonas putida</it> KT2440

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Pseudomonas putida</it> KT2440 is able to synthesize large amounts of medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates (mcl-PHAs). To reduce the substrate cost, which represents nearly 50% of the total PHA production cost, x...

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Main Authors: Le Meur Sylvaine, Zinn Manfred, Egli Thomas, Thöny-Meyer Linda, Ren Qun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-08-01
Series:BMC Biotechnology
Subjects:
mcl-PHA
Xylose
Octanoic acid
<it>Pseudomonas putida</it> KT2440
Sequential-feeding
Tailor-made PHA
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6750/12/53

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