Erratum to: Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) synthesis from glycerol by a recombinant Escherichia coli arcA mutant in fed-batch microaerobic cultures

Abstract

The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. Materials and methods section, 2nd heading "Culture media and growth conditions": The first sentence was published with an error. The correct version is given here. Culture media and growth conditions SGA medium was the same as the previously described SMAG medium (Nikel et al. 2006b) except that 30 g l-1 glycerol was used instead of glucose, and 50 mg l-1 kanamycin was added for plasmid maintenance.

Valorization of glycerol through the production of biopolymers: The PHB case using Bacillus megaterium

“…Moreover, when agroindustrial wastes are used as substrates for the production of PHB, their direct final disposal is avoided thus solving an environmental problem. A wide variety of substrates such as whey, lignocellulosic materials and glycerol (obtained from the biodiesel production) have been used with different microorganisms to improve the yields and production of PHBs (Nath et al, 2008;Koller et al, 2008Koller et al, , 2005Pantazaki et al, 2009;Kim, 2000;Silva et al, 2004;Yu and Stahl, 2008;Cavalheiro et al, 2009;Bormann and Roth, 1999;Nikel et al, 2008).…”

“…These microorganisms can be wild strains such as Cupriavidus necator (Cavalheiro et al, 2009), Methylobacterium rhodesianum (Borman et al, 1999 or recombinant microorganisms such as Escherichia coli CT1061 (Nikel et al, 2008). Both Gram positive and Gram negative bacterial strains are in the group of PHB producing bacteria.…”

Biodegradability studies of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) film produced by a marine bacteria using Jatropha biodiesel byproduct as a substrate

“…(Ibrahim and Steinbüchel 2009). Nikel et al (2008) have analysed PHB synthesis under microaerobic conditions in a recombinant Escherichia coli arcA mutant using glycerol as main source and obtained PHB content up to 51%.…”

Biodiesel Industry Waste: A Potential Source of Bioenergy and Biopolymers

“…are well known for their PHA producing abilities [50,57], which ranges from 27 to 40 % w/w with glycerol as feed [58][59][60]. Methylobacterium rhodesienum and E. coli have been shown to produce 30-51 % w/w of PHA on glycerol [61].…”