Production of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate by thermophilic cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp. MA19, under phosphate-limited conditions

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 1095-1099

  Nishioka, Motomu ^a   Nakai, Katsuya ^a   Miyake, Masato ^b   Asada, Yasuo ^b,c   Taya, Masahito ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

^c INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER OF OKAYAMA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nutrient starvation; Phosphate; Poly hydroxybutyrate; Synechococcus sp. MA 19

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID);

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; STARVATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. MA19; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 0034860761     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010551614648     Document Type: Article

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