A RECOMBINANT CYANOBACTERIUM THAT ACCUMULATES POLY-(HYDROXYBUTYRATE)

Authors
SUZUKI T MIYAKE M TOKIWA Y SAEGUSA H SAITO T ASADA Y
Citation
T. Suzuki et al., A RECOMBINANT CYANOBACTERIUM THAT ACCUMULATES POLY-(HYDROXYBUTYRATE), Biotechnology letters, 18(9), 1996, pp. 1047-1050
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Biotechnology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01415492
Volume
18
Issue
9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1047 - 1050
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-5492(1996)18:9<1047:ARCTAP>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 was transformed with a re combinant plasmid harboring poly-(hydroxybutyrate) (PHB)-synthesizing genes from Alcaligenes eutrophus. The acquired transformant accumulate d about 1% PHB of dry cell weight in nitrogen-starved conditions. The PHB content of the transformant was kept stable during a series of bat ch cultures.