Halomonas boliviensis

PHA is produced by different bacterial strains. One of the most studied strain is C. necator (formerly known as Wautersia eutropha, Ralstonia eutropha or Alcaligene eutrophus). It was used in industrial production by Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI PLC) to produce P(3HB-co-3HV) under the trade name of BiopoF. The Biopol patents have now been acquired by Metabolix Inc. (USA) (Verlinden et al. 2007). Until now, C. necator is still being used widely for bacterial fermentation as it is an efficient strain. Other important strains that have been studied for PHA production are Bacillus spp., Alcaligenes spp.. Pseudomonas spp., Aeromonas hydrophila, Rhodopseudomonas palustris, recombinant Escherichia coli, Burkholderia sacchari, and Halomonas boliviensis (Verlinden et al. 2007). 

Quillaguaman J, Van TD, Guzman H, Guzman D, Martin J, Everest A. Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate from Halomonas boliviensis in fed-batch culture. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2008 78 227-32. 

Halomonas boliviensis LCl was grown on 1 % (w/v) wheat bran hydrolysate, a complex mixture of hexoses and pentoses, as C-source in a 2 L bioreactor operating... 

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