High production of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) by an Azotobacter vinelandii mutant altered in PHB regulation using a fed-batch fermentation process

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 82, Issue , 2014, Pages 117-123

  Garcia A ^a   Segura, D ^a   Espin G ^a   Galindo, E ^a   Castillo, T ^a   Pena C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Azotobacter vinelandii; Dissolved oxygen; Fed batch cultures; Fermentation; Mutant; Poly hydroxybutyrate

Indexed keywords

BATCH CELL CULTURE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NUTRIENTS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); YEAST;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BATCH FERMENTATION; EXPONENTIAL FEEDING; FED-BATCH CULTURES; FED-BATCH FERMENTATION; HYDROXYBUTYRATE; MUTANT; REGULATORY SYSTEMS;

FERMENTATION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FED BATCH FERMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII;

EID: 84889647940     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: 1873295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2013.10.020     Document Type: Article

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