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Table 1 Influence of Na-4HB concentrations on P4HB accumulation in E. coli JM109 (pKSSE5.3)

From: Poly(4-hydroxybutyrate) (P4HB) production in recombinant Escherichia coli: P4HB synthesis is uncoupled with cell growth

Na-4HB (g L-1)

OD600max

%P4HB (w w-1)

μ (h-1)

1

1.77 ± 0.08

2 ± 0.1

0.32 ± 0.01

2

1.88 ± 0.02

21 ± 0.4

0.34 ± 0.02

4

1.94 ± 0.04

23 ± 0.7

0.33 ± 0.01

6

1.93 ± 0.06

21 ± 0.9

0.22 ± 0.01

  1. The cells were grown at 37°C for 30 h in shake flasks containing modified E2 medium supplemented with 10 g L-1 glucose, 1 g L-1 NZ-amines and 100 μg mL-1 ampicillin. The standard deviations were obtained from three independent measurements.