Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853 was cultured on media containing long odd-chain fatty acids. Heptadecanoic, nonadecanoic, and heneicosanoic acids sustained cell growth and resulted in polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) accumulation when culturing was conducted under nitrogen starvation conditions. No PHA was produced using a complete or magnesium-deprived medium. The isolated polyesters were characterized by gas chromatography and liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) of methanolyzed samples, H-1 and C-13 NMR spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatography, ESI MS of partially pyrolyzed samples, and differential scanning calorimetry. These PHAs are composed of seven different odd-chain repeating units starting from 3-hydroxyvalerate, with the highest species being the, to date, unreported constituent 3-hydroxyheptadecanoate, and minor amounts of 2 or 3 even chain comonomers. The PHAs are soft, sticky, rubber-like materials having glass transition temperatures between -45 and -39 degrees C, melting temperatures between 48 and 52 degrees C, enthalpies of melting around 11 J/g, and molar masses ranging from 77 to 188 kg/mol. Statistical analysis of the ESI mass spectra of the products of their partial pyrolysis showed that they are pure copolymers and not a blend of copolymers or homopolymers. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Biosynthesis and structural characterization of polyhydroxyalkanoates produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853 from long odd-chain fatty acids

Rizzo, Maria G.;Nicolò, Marco S.
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Guglielmino, Salvatore P. P.
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2018-01-01

Abstract

Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853 was cultured on media containing long odd-chain fatty acids. Heptadecanoic, nonadecanoic, and heneicosanoic acids sustained cell growth and resulted in polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) accumulation when culturing was conducted under nitrogen starvation conditions. No PHA was produced using a complete or magnesium-deprived medium. The isolated polyesters were characterized by gas chromatography and liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) of methanolyzed samples, H-1 and C-13 NMR spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatography, ESI MS of partially pyrolyzed samples, and differential scanning calorimetry. These PHAs are composed of seven different odd-chain repeating units starting from 3-hydroxyvalerate, with the highest species being the, to date, unreported constituent 3-hydroxyheptadecanoate, and minor amounts of 2 or 3 even chain comonomers. The PHAs are soft, sticky, rubber-like materials having glass transition temperatures between -45 and -39 degrees C, melting temperatures between 48 and 52 degrees C, enthalpies of melting around 11 J/g, and molar masses ranging from 77 to 188 kg/mol. Statistical analysis of the ESI mass spectra of the products of their partial pyrolysis showed that they are pure copolymers and not a blend of copolymers or homopolymers. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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