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Accumulation of PHA and its copolyesters by Methylobacterium sp. KCTC 0048

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Methylobacterium sp. KCTC 0048 isolated from soil, could synthesize a variety of copolyesters when secondary carbon substrates were added to nitrogen-limited cultures containing methanol as a major carbon and energy source. The copolyester of 3-hydroxy-butyrate and 3-hydroxyvalerate, P(3HB-co-3HV) accumulated when valeric acid, pentanol or heptanoic acid was added to the nitrogen-limited medium containing methanol. The copolyester of 3-hydroxybutyrate and 4-hydroxybutyrate, P(3HB-co-4HB) was synthesized from 4-hydroxybutyrate, 1,4-butanediol, or γ-butyrolactone, and the copolyester of 3-hydroxybutyrate and 3-hydroxypropionate (P(3HB-co-3HP)), from 3-hydroxypropionate as the secondary carbon substrates, respectively.

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  1. Technology Research Institute, Sun Hill Glucose Co., Ltd., 404-250, Gajwa-Dong, Seo-Ku, Incheon, Korea

    Choong K. Kang, Hyun S. Lee & Jung H. Kim

  2. Department of Biotechnology, KAIST, 305-701, Kusung-Dong, Yusung-Ku, Taejon, Korea

    Jung H. Kim

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Kang, C.K., Lee, H.S. & Kim, J.H. Accumulation of PHA and its copolyesters by Methylobacterium sp. KCTC 0048. Biotechnol Lett 15, 1017–1020 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00129929

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