Fig. 2From: Production of long-chain free fatty acids from metabolically engineered Rhodobacter sphaeroides heterologously producing periplasmic phospholipase A2 in dodecane-overlaid two-phase cultureHeterologous production of PLA2 in the periplasm of Rs-A2 and its FFA productivity. a PhoA activity of Rs-A2-phoA was examined with BCIP/NBT solution, which was dropped onto colonies grown aerobically on Sis minimal medium agar plates and incubated at 30 °C for 5 min (right). Rs-nA2-phoA colonies were used as a control (left). b R. sphaeroides heterologously producing PLA2 in either the cytoplasm (Rs-nA2) or periplasm (Rs-A2) was grown photoheterotrophically and harvested at the exponential growth phase (OD660 of 2.3). The FFA level in the culture supernatant was measured, and the FFA productivity is shown with error bars from three independent experimentsBack to article page