• Title of article

    The Study on Microbial Polymers: Pullulan and PHB

  • Author/Authors

    -، - نويسنده Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, P.O. Box 11155-9465 Tehran, I.R. IRAN Alemzadeh, Iran

  • Issue Information
    سالنامه با شماره پیاپی 0 سال 2009
  • Pages
    9
  • From page
    13
  • To page
    21
  • Abstract
    -
  • Abstract
    Microbial cells are producers of natural polymers present in plant cells. Production of pullulan (an extracellular microbial polysaccharide) by Aureobasidium pullularia pullulans (P. pullulans) was studied under fermentation conditions, and kinetic parameters were determined. Pullulan formation obeyed a growth and non-growth associated term. PHB (polyhydroxybutyrates) an intracellular biopolymer production by Rastonia eutropha (Alcaligen eutrophus), R. eutropha was studied under different culture media, including synthetic and natural carbon sources. Molasses as a natural carbon source in the culture media presented high efficiency in cell and biopolymer accumulation.
  • Journal title
    Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (IJCCE)
  • Serial Year
    2009
  • Journal title
    Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (IJCCE)
  • Record number

    2151932