UTILIZATION OF THE NOVEL, ENVIRONMENTAL ISOPSEUDOMONAS SP. IPB-A36 FOR THE EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF MCL.LCL-PHAS AND SPECIALTY-PHAS

摘要

The present application is directed at a microorganism of the genus Pseudomonas as deposited under DSM26198 with the Leibnitz Institute DSMZ. The present application is further directed at a process for the production of medium- and long-chain PHAs, comprising cultivating said microorganism in a culture medium comprising a carbon source and isolating the PHA from the microorganism. It has been observed that the microorganism allows for PHA production in high yield. In addition, the inventive microorganism possesses the valuable capability to efficiently incorporate unsaturated and/or aromatically modified fatty acids into the resulting PHAs. Accordingly, the inventive microorganism enables the production of chemically diverse PHAs, opening new fields of applications for these materials.