Revisiting the single cell protein application of Cupriavidus necator H16 and recovering bioplastic granules simultaneously.

Cupriavidus necator H16 (formerly known as Hydrogenomonas eutropha) was famous as a potential single cell protein (SCP) in the 1970s. The drawback however was the undesirably efficient accumulation of non-nutritive polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) storage compound in the cytoplasm of this bacterium. Eventu...

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Main Authors: Balakrishnan Kunasundari, Vikneswaran Murugaiyah, Gurjeet Kaur, Frans H J Maurer, Kumar Sudesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3813445?pdf=render