Enhanced poly-β-hydroxybutyrate accumulation in a unicellular cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 194-198

  Panda, B ^a   Mallick, N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Chemoheterotrophy; Gas exchange limitation; N deficiency; P deficiency; Poly hydroxybutyrate (PHB); Synechocystis sp.

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

CHEMOHETEROTROPHY; GAS EXCHANGE; GAS-EXCHANGE LIMITATION; N DEFICIENCIES; P-DEFICIENCY; POLY(Β-HYDROXYBUTYRATE) ACCUMULATION; POLY-Β-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; SYNECHOCYSTI SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON; FRUCTOSE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID);

BACTERIA; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CELL CULTURE; DRUG PRODUCTS; GROWTH KINETICS;

BIOACCUMULATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GAS EXCHANGE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMOHETEROTROPH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GAS EXCHANGE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOAUTOTROPH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 33846463431     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.02048.x     Document Type: Article

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