Chemoautotrophic production of gaseous hydrocarbons, bioplastics and osmolytes by a novel Halomonas species.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Production of relatively low value, bulk commodity chemicals and fuels by microbial species requires a step-change in approach to decrease the capital and operational costs associated with scaled fermentation. The utilisation of the robust and halophilic industrial host organisms of the genus Halomonas could dramatically decrease biomanufacturing costs owing to their ability to grow in seawater, using waste biogenic feedstocks, under non-sterile conditions.

Results

We describe the isolation of Halomonas rowanensis, a novel facultative chemoautotrophic species of Halomonas from a natural brine spring. We investigated the ability of this species to produce ectoine, a compound of considerable industrial interest, under heterotrophic conditions. Fixation of radiolabel

SUBMITTER: Faulkner M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10568851 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature