Extremophiles - Platform Strains for Sustainable Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates

Abstract:

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are biodegradable polyesters, which are produced by various bacteria including numerous halophiles. Employment of halophilic strain for PHA production brings numerous benefits such as robustness of the process against contamination by ubiquitous mesophiles or possibility to isolate polymer from bacterial biomass via hypotonic lysis. In this work, we screened three moderate halophiles – Halomonas halophila, Halomonas organivorans and Halomonas salina for the presence of phaC gene encoding for PHA synthase and, subsequently, we have investigated their PHA production potential on various sugars. Among tested strains, H. organivorans demonstrated the extraordinary capacity of PHA production in particular on galactose and mannose since on these saccharides PHA content in dried bacterial cells reached 83 and 90 wt. % on mannose and galactose, respectively. Therefore, H. organivoras can be considered being promising PHA producing strain in particular suitable for the valorization of lignocellulose materials rich in galactomannans such as spent coffee grounds.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 955)
• Pages: 74-79
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.955.74
• Online since: May 2019
• Authors: Iva Pernicova, Dan Kucera, Ivana Novackova, Juraj Vodicka, Adriana Kovalcik, Stanislav Obruca*
• Keywords: Halomonas halophila, Halomonas organivorans, Halophiles, Polyhydroxyalkanoates, Spent Coffee Grounds

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