| Revista: | Brazilian archives of biology and technology |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000388217 |
| ISSN: | 1516-8913 |
| Autores: | Shalin, Thomas1 Sindhu, Raveendran1 Binod, Parameswaran1 Soccol, Carlos Ricardo2 Pandey, Ashok1 |
| Instituciones: | 1National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Biotechnology Division, Trivandrum. India 2Universidade Federal do Parana, Divisao de Engenharia de Bioprocessos e Biotecnologia, Curitiba, Parana. Brasil |
| Año: | 2014 |
| Periodo: | Sep-Oct |
| Volumen: | 57 |
| Número: | 5 |
| Paginación: | 644-652 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Experimental, aplicado |
| Resumen en inglés | Poly-ß-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) is a biodegradable intracellular microbial product produced by many bacteria and it is comparable to some of the petrochemical derived thermoplastics such as polypropylene. One of the main barriers for the commercial exploitation is the high cost of the substrate for the production of biopolymer. The utilization of mixed microbial cultures facilitates the use of complex substrates thereby reducing the cost of PHB production. In the present study, mixed culture systems were evaluated for PHB production. Bacillus firmus NII 0830 was used for the production of PHB since it accumulates a large amount of PHB and a second organism Lactobacillus delbrueckii NII 0925 was used to provide lactic acid. FTIR and 1H NMR analyses revealed that the PHB extracted from pure culture and mixed culture showed exact match to that of standard PHB. Biodegradation studies of the PHB blends showed 87% degradation. It was also found that a consortium of organisms degraded the films faster than a single organism |
| Disciplinas: | Biología, Química |
| Palabras clave: | Fermentaciones, Biotecnología, Cultivo mixto, Biopolímeros, Poli(beta-hidroxibutirato) (PHB), Bacillus firmus, Lactobacillus delbrueckii |
| Keyword: | Biology, Chemistry, Fermentation, Fermentations, Biotechnology, Mixed culture, Biopolymers, Poly(betha-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB), Bacillus firmus, Lactobacillus delbrueckii |
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