Occurrence of non-toxic bioemulsifiers during polyhydroxyalkanoate production by Pseudomonas strains valorizing crude glycerol by-product

Kourmentza, C., Araujo, D., Sevrin, C., Roma-Rodriques, C., Lia Ferreira, J., Freitas, F., Dionisio, M., Baptista, P. V., Fernandes, A. R., Grandfils, C. and Reis, M. A. M. (2019) Occurrence of non-toxic bioemulsifiers during polyhydroxyalkanoate production by Pseudomonas strains valorizing crude glycerol by-product. Bioresource Technology, 281. pp. 31-40. ISSN 0960-8524 doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.02.066

Abstract/Summary

While screening for polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) producing strains, using glycerol rich byproduct as carbon source, it was observed that extracellular polymers were also secreted into the culture broth. The scope of this study was to characterize both intracellular and extracellular polymers, produced by Pseudomonas putida NRRL B 14875 and Pseudomonas chlororaphis DSM 50083, mostly focusing on those novel extracellular polymers. It was found that they fall into the class of bioemulsifiers (BE), as they showed excellent emulsion stability against different hydrocarbons/oils at various pH conditions, temperature and salinity concentrations. Cytotoxicity tests revealed that BE produced by P. chlororaphis inhibited the growth of highly pigmented human melanoma cells (MNT-1) by 50% at concentrations between 150-200 μg/mL, while no effect was observed on normal skin primary keratinocytes and melanocytes. This is the first study reporting mcl-PHA production by P. putida NRRL B-14785 and bioemulsifier production from both P. putida and P. chlororaphis strains.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/82332
Identification Number/DOI	10.1016/j.biortech.2019.02.066
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences > Food Research Group
Publisher	Elsevier
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