• KSBB Journal
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.146-150
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• 2007

Poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) [P(3HB-co-4HB)] 미립구를 용매증발법으로 제조하였다. 3.9 mol% 4HB 조성의 P(3HB-co-4HB)를 Ralstonia eutropha의 유가식 배양으로부터 합성하였다. 계면활성제의 농도 및 종류(Tween 80, sodium dodecylsulfate, polyvinyl alcohol), 분산안정제 (Acacia)의 첨가, 고분자 및 모델 약물 (bovine serum albumin)의 농도 등이 미립구 입자 크기에 미치는 효과 및 in vitro 약물 방출 특성을 조사하였다. 평균 입자크기는 분산 안정제 첨가시 감소하였으며, 계면활성제, 약물 및 고분자의 농도가 증가할수록 증가하였다. 약물 방출량은 입자 크기가 감소할수록 증가하였다.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.277-282
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• 1998

The microbial degradation of $poly-{\beta}-hydroxybutyrate$ (PHB) films was studied in soil microco는 incubated at a constant temperature of 2, 10, 20, 30 and $40^{\circ}C$ for up to 49 days. The degradation rate measured through loss of weight was enhanced by incubation at a higher temperature. At the soil temperature $40^{\circ}C$, $poly-{\beta}-hydroxybutyrate$ was rapidly degraded at a decay rate of 3.5% weight loss per day. The degradation of $poly-{\beta}-hydroxybutyrate$ did not affected significantly the chemical properties of soils such as pH and electric conductivity. However, microbial activity of soil in terms of dehydrogenase activity was increased by the degradation of $poly-{\beta}-hydroxybutyrate$.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.239-243
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• 2010

식물성 오일 또는 glycerol로부터 Ralstonia eutropha 여섯 균주의 polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) 합성 특성을 조사하였다. 탄소원으로 soybean oil, olive oil, 또는 glycerol 만을 공급시 poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) homopolymer가 생성되었으며, $\gamma$-butyrolactone 또는 pentanoic acid를 함께 공급시 poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) 또는 poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) copolymer가 각각 합성되었다. 최종 균체농도 및 PHA 함량면에서 최적인 균주는 R. eutropha KCTC 2662로 결정되었으며, 최적 기질인 soybean oil 20 g/L로부터 72 h에 균체농도 1.7~9.2 g/L, PHA 함량 70~92 wt%를 얻을 수 있었다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.588-592
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• 1995

Fed-batch fermentation was used to produce the high concentrations of poly-$\beta $-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) and poly-$\beta $-(hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyvalerate) (PHB/V). Specific growth rate ($\mu $), yield of cell from glucose (Y$_{x/s}$) were calculated from the two samples in 3 to 5 hours of interval and they were reflected on the determination of glucose feeding rate to maintain the glucose concentration at around 10 g/l in the culture broth. PHB was accumulated after the nitrogen became limited at 60 g/l of dry cell weight by changing ammonia water to 4N-NaOH solution. As results, the final dry cell weight (DCW) of 170 g/l, PHB of 115 g/l were obtained in 50 hours and the overall productivity was 2.4 g/l$\cdot $h. After PHB accumulation, cosubstrate of glucose and propionic acid (PA) was fed to accumulate PHB/V. But, PA feeding rate was decreased from 3 g/l$\cdot $h to 1 g/l$\cdot $h to prevent PA from accumulating to high level in the broth, which is very inhibitory to the cells. As results, DCW, PHB and PHV were 147.5 g/l, 90 g/l and 8 mole % of hydroxyvalerate, respectively.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.358-362
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• 2004

Characteristics of cell growth and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) [P(3HB-co-4HB)] synthesis was investigated through flask and batch cultures of Alcaligenes latus and Comamonas acidovorans. The specific growth rate of C. acidovorans increased with yeast extract concentration and decreased with 1,4-butanediol concentration. Optimum glucose concentration for growth of C. acidovorans was 20 g/L. In one-step flask cultures of C. acidovorans, final dry cell weight and PHA content decreased with the ratio of 1,4-butanediol to glucose, while the 4HB fraction in copolymers gradually increased to 100 $mol\%$ with an initial 1,4-butanediol concentration of 20 g/L as single carbon source. The specific growth rate of A. latus decreased with v-butyrolactone concentration and optimum sucrose concentration for growth was 10 g/L. In batch cultures of A. latus, 4HB fraction increased with initial v-butyrolactone concentration. P(3HB-co-4HB) with 19 $mol\%$ 4HB was obtained when the initial ratio of v-butyloractone (g/L) to sucrose (g/L) was 10 : 10.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.540-542
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• 1998

Five microorganisms capable of degrading an aromatic medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate ($PHA_{MCL}$), poly(3-hydroxy-5-phenylvalerate) (PHPV), were isolated from wastewater-treatment sludge. Among the isolates, JS02 showed degrading activity consistantly during several transfers. The isolate JS02 could hydrolyze another aromatic MCL copolyester, poly(3-hydroxy-5-phenoxyvalerate-co-3-hydroxy-7-phenoxyheptanoate), ［P(5POHV-co-7POHH)］, and other short-chain-length PHAs ($PHA_{SCL}) such as poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) ［P3(HB)］, poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) ［P(3 HB-co-4 HB)］, and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) ［P(3HB-co-3HV)］ with relatively low activity. The culture supernatant of JS02 showed hydrolyzing activity for the p-nitrophenyl esters of fatty acids.

• 폴리머
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.385-392
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• 2007

Poly (N-vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) groups were grafted onto a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroryvalerate) (PHBV) backbone in order to modify its properties and synthesize a novel biocompatible copolymer. The crystallization behavior of PHBV and grafted PHBV was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarized optical microscopy (POM). During the cooling-induced crystallization process, the crystallization temperature and the crystallization rate of the grafted PHBV decreased with increasing PVP weight fraction. On the heating scans of all grafted PHBV samples, a new crystallization exothermic peak appeared at almost the same temperature, suggesting the operation of a recrystallization process, while the melting temperature ($T_m$) and the apparent enthalpy of fusion (${\Delta}H_f$) were not affected by graft modification. During the isothermal crystallization process at the same temperature, the presence of side PVP groups decreased the spherulitic growth rate and the spherulitic band spacing with increasing PVP weight fraction in samples.

• 환경생물
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.249-255
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• 1999

Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)의 표면 형태가 생분해성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 용융 상태의 PHB를 서냉 ($-0.5^{\circ}C$/min)시켰을 때 PHB의 결정화도는 액체질소 속으로 급냉한 후 $90^{\circ}C$에서 2시간 동안 숙성한 PHB의 결정화도보다 높게 나타났으나 전자의 PHB 시료는 미세 균열의 존재로 인하여 후자의 PHB 시료보다 더 빠르게 생분해되었다. 거친 표면을 가진 평판 위에서 hot press하여 표면을 거칠게 만든 PHB film의 생분해는 표면이 평활한 film보다 훨씬 더 빠르게 진행되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.147-149
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• 1996

Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) was synthesized and accumulated intracellularly to a high concentration (7 g/l) by cultivating recombinant Escherichia coli XL1-Blue (pSYLl05) in a complex medium containing 20 g/l glucose. The morphology of PHB granules was examined by transmission electron microscopy. The PHB granules synthesized in recombinant E. coli were much larger than reported values for wild type microorganisms, and were often irregularly shaped. Some cells were apparently extruding PHB into the medium, which suggests that PHB granules maintain some fluidity and cells become fragile due to PHB accumulation.

• Fibers and Polymers
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.195-198
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• 2003

Epoxidized polybutadiene (EPB) was prepared by polybutadiene (PB) with m-chloroperbenzoic acid (MCPBA) in homogeneous solution. EPB was blended with poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) up to 30 wt% by solution-precipitation procedure. The thermal decomposition of PHB/EPB blends was studied by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and differential thermal analysis (DTA). The thermograms of PHB/EPB blends contained a two-step degradation process, while that of pure PHB sample exhibited only one-step degradation process. This degradation behavior of PHB/EPB blends, which have a higher thermal stability as measured by maximum decomposition temperature and residual weight, is probably due to crosslinking reactions of the epoxide groups in the EPB component with the carboxyl chain ends of PHB fragments during the degradation process, and the occurrence of such reactions can be assigned to the exothermic peaks in their DTA thermograms.