TY - JOUR
T1 - Linking ecology with economy: Insights into polyhydroxyalkanoate-producing microorganisms
AU - Koller, Martin
AU - Gasser, Ilona
AU - Schmid, Florian
AU - Berg, Gabriele
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) constitute a group of microbial biopolyesters with important ecosystem functions and a high biotechnological potential. During the past decade, the rapid development of new molecular and microscopic techniques resulted in novel insights into the ecology of PHA‐producing bacteria in aquatic and terrestrial microenvironments. Ecosystems showing fluctuating availability of carbon or transient limitation of essential nutrients, e.g. the rhizosphere of plants or estuarine sediments, contain a broad number of various PHA producers. PHA‐producing microorganisms show a widespread phylogenetic diversity and are often characterized by a symbiotic or syntrophic life style. PHA are already produced commercially in large‐scale fermentation. However, they have to compete economically with petrol‐based polymers. Hence, the development of low‐cost production strategies on the basis of …
AB - Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) constitute a group of microbial biopolyesters with important ecosystem functions and a high biotechnological potential. During the past decade, the rapid development of new molecular and microscopic techniques resulted in novel insights into the ecology of PHA‐producing bacteria in aquatic and terrestrial microenvironments. Ecosystems showing fluctuating availability of carbon or transient limitation of essential nutrients, e.g. the rhizosphere of plants or estuarine sediments, contain a broad number of various PHA producers. PHA‐producing microorganisms show a widespread phylogenetic diversity and are often characterized by a symbiotic or syntrophic life style. PHA are already produced commercially in large‐scale fermentation. However, they have to compete economically with petrol‐based polymers. Hence, the development of low‐cost production strategies on the basis of …
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1002/elsc.201000190
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/elsc.201000190
M3 - Article
SN - 1618-2863
VL - 11
SP - 222
EP - 237
JO - Engineering in Life Sciences
JF - Engineering in Life Sciences
IS - 3
ER -