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ArticleScientific reports2016

Effects of carbon sources on the enrichment of halophilic polyhydroxyalkanoate-storing mixed microbial culture in an aerobic dynamic feeding process.

You-Wei Cui, Hong-Yu Zhang, Peng-Fei Lu, Yong-Zhen Peng

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

You-Wei CuiBeijing University of Technology, College of Energy and Environmental Engineering, 100 Pingleyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100124, China.
Hong-Yu ZhangBeijing University of Technology, College of Energy and Environmental Engineering, 100 Pingleyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100124, China.
Peng-Fei LuBeijing University of Technology, College of Energy and Environmental Engineering, 100 Pingleyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100124, China.
Yong-Zhen PengBeijing University of Technology, College of Energy and Environmental Engineering, 100 Pingleyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100124, China.
Beijing University of Technology · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microbial polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production serves as a substitute for petroleum-based plastics. Enriching mixed microbial cultures (MMCs) with the capacity to store PHA is a key precursor for low-cost PHA production. This study investigated the impact of carbon types on enrichment outcomes. Three MMCs were separately fed by acetate sodium, glucose, and starch as an enriching carbon source, and were exposed to long-term aerobic dynamic feeding (ADF) periods. The PHA production capacity, kinetics and stoichiometry of the enrichments, the PHA composition, and the microbial diversity and community composition were explored to determine carbon and enrichment correlations. After 350-cycle enriching periods under feast-famine (F-F) regimes, the MMCs enriched by acetate sodium and glucose contained a maximum PHA content of 64.7% and 60.5% cell dry weight (CDW). The starch-enriched MMC only had 27.3% CDW of PHA. High-throughput sequencing revealed that non-PHA bacteria survived alongside PHA storing bacteria, even under severe F-F selective pressure. Genus of Pseudomonas and Stappia were the possible PHA accumulating bacteria in acetate-enriched MMC. Genus of Oceanicella, Piscicoccus and Vibrio were found as PHA accumulating bacteria in glucose-enriched MMC. Vibrio genus was the only PHA accumulating bacteria in starch-enriched MMC. The community diversity and composition were regulated by the substrate types.

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AerobiosisBacteriaBatch Cell Culture TechniquesBioreactorsCarbonFermentationGlucosePolyhydroxyalkanoatesPseudomonasSodium AcetateStarchVibrioCarbonGlucosePolyhydroxyalkanoatesSodium AcetateStarch

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PMID27485896
PMCPMC4971467
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