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Estimation of Fundamental Kinetic Parameters of Polyhydroxybutyrate Fermentation Process of Azohydromonas australica Using Statistical Approach of Media Optimization

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Polyhydroxybutyrate or PHB is a biodegradable and biocompatible thermoplastic with many interesting applications in medicine, food packaging, and tissue engineering materials. The present study deals with the enhanced production of PHB by Azohydromonas australica using sucrose and the estimation of fundamental kinetic parameters of PHB fermentation process. The preliminary culture growth inhibition studies were followed by statistical optimization of medium recipe using response surface methodology to increase the PHB production. Later on batch cultivation in a 7-L bioreactor was attempted using optimum concentration of medium components (process variables) obtained from statistical design to identify the batch growth and product kinetics parameters of PHB fermentation. A. australica exhibited a maximum biomass and PHB concentration of 8.71 and 6.24 g/L, respectively in bioreactor with an overall PHB production rate of 0.75 g/h. Bioreactor cultivation studies demonstrated that the specific biomass and PHB yield on sucrose was 0.37 and 0.29 g/g, respectively. The kinetic parameters obtained in the present investigation would be used in the development of a batch kinetic mathematical model for PHB production which will serve as launching pad for further process optimization studies, e.g., design of several bioreactor cultivation strategies to further enhance the biopolymer production.

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The Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) award by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt of India, New Delhi to one of the authors (Geeta Gahlawat) is gratefully acknowledged.

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Gahlawat, G., Srivastava, A.K. Estimation of Fundamental Kinetic Parameters of Polyhydroxybutyrate Fermentation Process of Azohydromonas australica Using Statistical Approach of Media Optimization. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 168, 1051–1064 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-012-9840-3

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