1. IDENTIFICACIÓN DE CEPAS NATIVAS CON POTENCIAL PARA OBTENCIÓN DE POLIHIDROXIALCANOATOS -- (PHAs) EN LODOS ACTIVADOS.
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ARROYAVE R., ANA LORENA, CARDONA B., MARIANA, and AGUDELO E., LINA MARÍA
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POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES , *ACTIVATED sludge process , *POLYESTERS , *BIODEGRADABLE plastics , *CARBON dioxide , *AGRICULTURAL wastes , *BIOCHEMICAL substrates - Abstract
Polyhydroxyalkanoates are natural polyesters with excellent characteristics to replace conventional plastics. They are bio-compatibles and biodegradables and in a short time they can be reduced to carbon dioxide and water. They are intracellular synthetized by different bacteria and they can be obtained from a large variety of substrates, including some agriculture wastes. The main target is to identify native strains with potential to produce polyhydroxyalkanoates. A bio-prospection was performed in the sludge of San Fernando's waste water plant (Itagüí-Antioquia). 19 colonies were isolated in a selective agar, and then the colonies with positive oxidase were selected. The activation and cultivation were carried in a liquid minimum salt medium (MSM) to establish the biopolymer accumulation rate. The strains LM-3D, LAR-4D, LAR-5B, LAR-5E exhibited a pHAs accumulation rate of 2, 10, 4, 3% respectively, and the strain LM-3F exhibited a 25% of biopolymer accumulation rate against others. Upon the biochemical analysis it was established that polymer producer strains were Shingomonas paucemobilis, Aeromonas hydrophila and Aeromonas sobria. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013