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  • 1
    ISSN: 1574-6968
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Two cis-1,4-polyisoprene (isoprene rubber) degrading bacteria, strains VH2 and Y2K, were identified as strains of the species Gordonia polyisoprenivorans belonging to the Corynebacterineae, a suborder of the order Actinomycetales. Both showed characteristic growth and degradation of isoprene rubber as described previously for the type strain of G. polyisoprenivorans Kd2 (DSM 44302T). For strain VH2 the chemotaxonomic properties were investigated, and DNA–DNA hybridization experiments with the type strain revealed the affiliation to the species G. polyisoprenivorans. The comparison of the 16S rDNA sequences, and especially hyper variable regions of these, led to the classification of strain Y2K to the same species. At present, the species G. polyisoprenivorans comprises three different isolates which share the ability to degrade isoprene rubber potently but which were obtained from different geographic regions.
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  • 2
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Molecular microbiology 5 (1991), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1365-2958
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: The Alcaligenes eutrophus genes for β-ketothiolase, NADPH-dependent acetoacetyl-CoA reductase and poly(β-hydroxybutyric acid) synthase (PHB synthase) which comprise the three-step PHB-biosynthetic pathway, were cloned. Molecular studies revealed that these genes are organized in a single operon. The A. eutrophus PHB-biosynthetic genes are readily expressed in other bacteria, and DNA fragments harbouring the operon can be used as a cartridge to confer to other bacteria the ability to synthesize PHB from acetyl-CoA. The biochemical and physiological capabilities of A. eutrophus for the synthesis of a wide variety of polyhydroxyalkanoates are discussed.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1574-6968
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract From genomic libraries of the purple non-sulfur bacteria Rhodospirillum rubrum Ha and Rhodobacter sphaeroides ATCC 17023 in the broad-host range cosmid pVK100, we cloned a 15- and a 14-kbp Hin dIII restriction fragment, respectively. Each of these fragments restored the ability to accumulate poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB), in the PHB-negative mutant Alcaligenes eutrophus PHB−4. These hybrid cosmids also complemented PHB-negative mutants derived from wild-type R. rubrum or R. sphaeroides. Both fragments hybridized with the PHB synthase structural gene of A. eutrophus H16 and conferred the ability to express PHB synthase activity. Only the 15-kbp Hin dIII fragment from R. rubrum conferred on the mutant PHB−4 the ability to form large PHB granules (length up to 3.5 μm).
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  • 4
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    FEMS microbiology letters 103 (1992), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1574-6968
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
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  • 5
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    FEMS microbiology letters 103 (1992), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1574-6968
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The current knowledge on the structure and on the organization of polyhydroxyalkanoic acid (PHA)-biosynthetic genes from a wide range of different bacteria, which rely on different pathways for biosynthesis of this storage polyesters, is provided. Molecular data will be shown for genes of Alcaligenes eutrophus, purple non-sulfur bacteria, such as Rhodospirillum rubrum, purple sulfur bacteria, such as Chromatium vinosum, pseudomonads belonging to rRNA homology group I, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Methylobacterium extorquens, and for the Gram-positive bacterium Rhodococcus ruber. Three different types of PHA synthases can be distinguished with respect to their substrate specificity and structure. Strategies for the cloning of PHA synthase structural genes will be outlined which are based on the knowledge of conserved regions of PHA synthase structural genes and of the PHA-biosynthetic routes in bacteria as well as on the heterologous expression of these genes and on the availability of mutants impaired in the accumulation of PHA. In addition, a terminology for the designation of PHAs and of proteins and genes relevant for the metabolism of PHA is suggested.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1432-0614
    Keywords: Polyhydroxyalkanoates 3-hydroxybutyrate ; medium-chain-length 3-hydroxyalkanoates ; 1,3-butanediol Pseudomonas sp. A33 ; polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase polyhydroxyalkanoate depolymerase biodegradable polyesters
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: Abstract Pseudomonas sp. A33 and other isolates of aerobic bacteria accumulated a complex copolyester containing 3-hydroxybutyric acid (3HB) and various medium-chain-length 3-hydroxyalkanoic acids (3HAMCL) from 3-hydroxybutyric acid or from 1,3-butanediol under nitrogen-limitated culture conditions. 3HB contributed to 15.1 mol/100 mol of the constituents of the polyester depending on the strain and on the cultivation conditions. The accumulated polymer was a copolyester of 3HB and 3HAMCL rather than a blend of poly(3HB) and poly(3HAMCL) on the basis of multiple evidence. 3-Hydroxyhexadecenoic acid and 3-hydroxyhexadecanoic acid were detected as constituents of polyhydroxyalkanoates, which have hitherto not been described, by13C nuclear magnetic resonance or by gas chromatography/mass spectrometric analysis. In total, ten different constituents were detected in the polymer synthesized from 1,3-butanediol by Pseudomonas sp. A33:besides seven saturated (3HB, 3-hydroxyhexanoate, 3-hydroxyoctanoate, 3-hydroxydecanoate, and 3-hydrohexadecanoate) three unsaturated (3-hydroxydodecenoate, 3-hydroxytetradecenoate and 3-hydrohexadecanoate) hydroxyalkanoic acid constituents occured. The polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase of Pseudomonas sp. A33 was cloned, and its substrate specificity was evaluated by heterologous expression in various strains of P. putida, P. oleovorans and Alcaligenes eutrophus.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 1432-0614
    Keywords: Key words Polyhydroxyalkanoates 3-hydroxybutyrate ; medium-chain-length 3-hydroxyalkanoates ; 1 ; 3-butanediol ; Pseudomonas sp. A33 ; polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase ; polyhydroxyalkanoate depolymerase ; biodegradable polyesters
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: Abstract  Pseudomonas sp. A33 and other isolates of aerobic bacteria accumulated a complex copolyester containing 3-hydroxybutyric acid (3HB) and various medium-chain-length 3-hydroxyalkanoic acids (3HAMCL) from 3-hydroxybutyric acid or from 1,3-butanediol under nitrogen-limitated culture conditions. 3HB contributed to 15.1 mol/100 mol of the constituents of the polyester depending on the strain and on the cultivation conditions. The accumulated polymer was a copolyester of 3HB and 3HAMCL rather than a blend of poly(3HB) and poly(3HAMCL) on the basis of multiple evidence. 3-Hydroxyhexadecenoic acid and 3-hydroxyhexadecanoic acid were detected as constituents of polyhydroxyalkanoates, which have hitherto not been described, by13C nuclear magnetic resonance or by gas chromatography/mass spectrometric analysis. In total, ten different constituents were detected in the polymer synthesized from 1,3-butanediol by Pseudomonas sp. A33 : besides seven saturated (3HB, 3-hydroxyhexanoate, 3-hydroxyoctanoate, 3-hydroxydecanoate, 3-hydroxydodecanoate, 3-hydroxytetradecanoate and 3-hydrohexadecanoate) three unsaturated (3-hydroxydodecenoate, 3-hydroxytetradecenoate and 3-hydrohexadecanoate) hydroxyalkanoic acid constituents occurred. The polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase of Pseudomonas sp. A33 was cloned, and its substrate specificity was evaluated by heterologous expression in various strains of P. putida, P. oleovorans and Alcaligenes eutrophus.
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  • 8
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    Applied microbiology and biotechnology 49 (1998), S. 258-266 
    ISSN: 1432-0614
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: Abstract Purified recombinant poly(hydroxyalkanoic acid) (PHA) synthase from Chromatium vinosum (PhaECCv) was used to examine in vitro the specific synthase activity, turnover of R-(−)-3-hydroxybutyryl coenzyme A (3HB-CoA) and poly(3-hydroxybutyric acid) formation under various conditions. The 3HB-CoA consumption was terminated by a reaction-dependent inactivation of the PHA synthase. Salts (MgCl2, CaCl2, NaCl), proteins (bovine serum albumin, lysozyme, phasine) or detergent (Tween 20) increased the 3HB-CoA turnover to 2.5-fold. Specific PHA synthase activity was only partially affected by the added components. In general, a higher concentration of salt often inhibited the activity of PhaECCv without affecting the yield according to 3HB-CoA turnover. NAD+ and NADP+ (2 mM) inhibited PhaECCv completely, where-as NADH and NADPH did not. Macroscopic poly(3HB) granules were formed in vitro if PhaECCv was incubated in the presence of sufficient amounts of 3HB-CoA and if MgCl2 was present. The form and size of the granules synthesized in vitro were affected by the concentration of the PHA synthase protein as well as by bovine serum albumin and the GA24 protein, a poly(3HB)-granule-associated protein of Alcaligenes eutrophus. Scanning electron micrographs from the synthesized granules were obtained. The granules consisted of poly(3HB) that had a molar mass in the range (1–2) × 106 g/mol.
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  • 9
    ISSN: 1432-0614
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: Abstract A Bacillus megaterium genomic fragment, which encoded an activator homologous to σ54 regulators and which was capable of activating Escherichia coli ato genes in trans, was detected in a gene library of B.␣megaterium screened for β-ketothiolase activity. The fragment presented only one complete open reading frame (ORF1), which encoded a protein of 398 amino acids. The recombinant plasmid complemented mutations in the Escherichia coli atoC regulatory gene. The constitutive expression of the E. coli ato operon mediated by ORF1 could be useful for the synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates with different flexibility properties by recombinant E. coli strains.
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  • 10
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    Applied microbiology and biotechnology 51 (1999), S. 765-772 
    ISSN: 1432-0614
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: Abstract The fluorescence properties of one chemically and seven biologically produced polyhydroxyalkanoic acids were investigated as film castings and in living cells respectively after staining with Nile red. All these polyesters show a similar fluorescence behaviour, revealing a clear fluorescence maximum at an excitation wavelength between 540 nm and 560 nm and an emission wavelength between 570 nm and 605 nm. This could be shown by the use of two-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy and flow cytometry. The examination of native poly(3-hydroxybutyric acid), poly(3HB), granules isolated from cells of Ralstonia eutropha H16 showed that the addition of 6.0 μg Nile red is necessary for total staining of 1.0 mg granules. The fluorescence intensity at an excitation wavelength of 550 nm and an emission wavelength of 600 nm showed high correlation to the poly(3HB) concentration of grana suspensions at different grana concentrations. These results and the staining of cell suspensions during cultivation experiments revealed that Nile red has a high potential for the quantitative determination of hydrophobic bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoic acids.
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