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Use of algae for intracellular poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) accumulation for bioplastic production offers an opportunity in economic efficiency by reduced costs. The cyanobacterium Nostoc muscorum is a PHB accumulator which presents a great potential as raw material supplier because of short generation cycles. Here, we examined a range of experimental conditions including different growth conditions of phosphate-starved cells with the addition of external carbon sources. The highest, absolute PHB accumulation was measured in a phosphate-starved medium with 1% (w/w) glucose and 1% (w/w) acetate. PHB accumulated inside algae cells. After 23 days of growth in phosphate-starved medium, 1 L of culture contained up to 145.1 mg PHB. The highest PHB accumulation based on the cell dry weight was in an experiment with aeration and CO2 addition. The intracellular level of PHB was up to 21.5% cell dry weight after 8 days.
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Haase, S.M., Huchzermeyer, B. & Rath, T. PHB accumulation in Nostoc muscorum under different carbon stress situations. J Appl Phycol 24, 157–162 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-011-9663-6
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