POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE) GRANULES OF BACILLUS-MEGATERIUM

Authors
KOFRONOVA O PTACKOVA L CHALOUPKA J
Citation
O. Kofronova et al., POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE) GRANULES OF BACILLUS-MEGATERIUM, Folia microbiologica, 39(2), 1994, pp. 166-167
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Folia microbiologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00155632
Volume
39
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
166 - 167
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-5632(1994)39:2<166:PGOB>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Cells of Bacillus megaterium contain 35-45% of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) at the beginning of the stationary phase. This amount is only s lightly affected by the medium composition. The PHB granules are spher ical with the mean diameter of 1.15 mu m.