Production of polyhydroxybutyrate and alginate from glycerol by azotobacter vinelandii under nitrogen-free conditions

Bioengineered

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 209-217

  Yoneyama, Fuminori ^a   Yamamoto, Mayumi ^a   Hashimoto, Wataru ^a   Murata, Kousaku ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SETSUNAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alginate; Azotobacter; Glycerol; Nitrogen fixation; Polyhydroxybutyrate

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BIOPOLYMER; GLYCEROL; NITROGEN; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA-GLYCEROPHOSPHORIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CULTURE MEDIUM; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCEROL KINASE; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; HEXURONIC ACID; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; POLY-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CELL GROWTH; METABOLITE; METABOLOMICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEFICIENCY; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGINATES; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; FERMENTATION; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLYCEROL; GLYCEROL KINASE; GLYCEROLPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCEROPHOSPHATES; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; LACTIC ACID; MUTATION; NITROGEN; POLYESTERS;

EID: 84948179990     PISSN: 21655979     EISSN: 21655987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2015.1040209     Document Type: Article

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