Publication detail
Thermophilic Bacteria of the Genus Caldimonas as Polyhydroxyalkanoate Producers
KOUŘILOVÁ, X. PERNICOVÁ, I. NOVÁČKOVÁ, I. OBRUČA, S.
Original Title
Thermophilic Bacteria of the Genus Caldimonas as Polyhydroxyalkanoate Producers
Type
abstract
Language
English
Original Abstract
Polyhydroxyalkanoates are suitable alternative for petrochemical plastics. These are microbial polyesters, fully biodegradable and biocompatible. Their disadvantage is high production costs. For this reason, ways are constantly sought to reduce these costs. One of these possibilities is the use of thermophilic microorganisms. One of the representatives of thermophilic organisms producing polyhydroxyalkanoates are strains of the genus Caldimonas. They are generally gram-negative, rod-shaped cells. Their optimum growth is around 50 °C. Production conditions were tested at various mineral media, temperatures, carbon substrates and precursors suitable for synthesis of copolymers possessing superior material properties. Based on our results it can be stated that bacteria of the genus Caldimonas seem to be very promising candidates for industrial production of polyhydroxyalkanoates at elevated temperatures.
Keywords
Thermophilic bacteria; polyhydroxyalkanoates; PHA
Authors
KOUŘILOVÁ, X.; PERNICOVÁ, I.; NOVÁČKOVÁ, I.; OBRUČA, S.
Released
30. 9. 2019
Publisher
Masaryk University Press
Location
Brno
ISBN
978-80-210-9379-7
Book
The Biomania Student Scientific Meeting & Eusynbios Symposium 2019 Book of Abstracts
Edition number
1
Pages from
112
Pages to
112
Pages count
1
BibTex
@misc{BUT158992,
author="Xenie {Kouřilová} and Iva {Buchtíková} and Ivana {Nováčková} and Stanislav {Obruča}",
title="Thermophilic Bacteria of the Genus Caldimonas as Polyhydroxyalkanoate Producers",
booktitle="The Biomania Student Scientific Meeting & Eusynbios Symposium 2019 Book of Abstracts",
year="2019",
edition="1",
pages="112--112",
publisher="Masaryk University Press",
address="Brno",
isbn="978-80-210-9379-7",
note="abstract"
}