Identification of proteins associated with polyhydroxybutyrate granules from Herbaspirillum seropedicae SmR1--old partners, new players.

Herbaspirillum seropedicae is a diazotrophic ß-Proteobacterium found associated with important agricultural crops. This bacterium produces polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), an aliphatic polyester, as a carbon storage and/or source of reducing equivalents. The PHB polymer is stored as intracellular insolubl...

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Main Authors: Evandro F Tirapelle, Marcelo Müller-Santos, Michelle Z Tadra-Sfeir, Marco A S Kadowaki, Maria B R Steffens, Rose A Monteiro, Emanuel M Souza, Fabio O Pedrosa, Leda S Chubatsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3783465?pdf=render