<Emphasis Type="Italic">Mesorhizobium</Emphasis> bacterial strains isolated from the legume <Emphasis Type="Italic">Lotus corniculatus</Emphasis> are an alternative source for the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) to obtain bioplastics |
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| Authors: | Marta Marcos-García Paula García-Fraile Alena Filipová Esther Menéndez Pedro F Mateos Encarna Velázquez Tomá? Cajthaml Raúl Rivas |
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| Institution: | 1.Departamento de Microbiología y Genética,Universidad de Salamanca,Salamanca,Spain;2.Instituto Hispano-Luso de Investigaciones Agrarias (CIALE),Salamanca,Spain;3.Mikrobiologicky ústav,Akademie věd ?eské republiky,Prague,Czech Republic;4.P?írodovědecká fakulta,Univerzita Karlova,Prague,Czech Republic;5.ICAAM - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterranicas,Universidade de évora,évora,Portugal;6.Unidad Asociada Universidad de Salamanca-CSIC (IRNASA),Salamanca,Spain |
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| Abstract: | Polyhydroxyalkanoic acids (PHAs) are natural polyesters that can be used to produce bioplastics which are biodegradable. Numerous microorganisms accumulate PHAs as energy reserves. Combinations of different PHAs monomers lead to the production of bioplastics with very different properties. In the present work, we show the capability of strains belonging to various phylogenetic lineages within the genus Mesorhizobium, isolated from Lotus corniculatus nodules, to produce different PHA monomers. Among our strains, we found the production of 3-hydroxybutyrate, 3-hydroxyvalerate, 3-hydroxydodecanoate, and 3-hydroxyhexadecanoate. Most of the PHA-positive strains were phylogenetically related to the species M. jarvisii. However, our findings suggest that the ability to produce different monomers forming PHAs is strain-dependent. |
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