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Isolation of bacterial strains capable of efficient conversion of n-alkanes into value added products
Includes bibliographical references.
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| author | Mathopa, Byatlela Abel |
| author2 | Reid, Sharon J |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/4294 Isolation of bacterial strains capable of efficient conversion of n-alkanes into value added products Mathopa, Byatlela Abel Reid, Sharon J Cell Biology Includes bibliographical references. Bacteria that are capable of degrading alkane fractions, C12-C13 and C14-C17, were isolated from oil-contaminated soil collected from the petrochemical company, CALTEX Refineries, South Africa. A total of twenty-three environmental strains were isolated. A preliminary procedure, Nile Blue A straining suggested that twelve of the twenty-three environmental strains might accumulate polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) in their cytoplasm, which is a good candidate for biodegradable plastics. The gene that catalyzes PHA polymerization, phaC, was detected using PCR in some of the environmental strains. The strains of interest were identified and characterized biochemically using various techniques and later sequenced by 16S rONA PCR. The environmental isolate 2 showed a 99 % identity to Pseudomonas aeruginosa BHP7 -6 and was for that reason given a name, Pseudomonas aeruginosa MB2SA. P. aeruginosa MB2SA was shown to possess a 0.5 kb internal fragment corresponding to the phaC gene and capable of degrading the alkane fractions, Cn-CI3 and CI4-CI7, effectively. P. aeruginosa MB2SA was shown to grow optimally in the long alkane fraction, Cw C17, and was further grown in pure alkanes, n-dodecane, n-tetradecane, and hexadecane for comparison. In addition, the strain, P. aeruginosa MB2SA, was grown in an appropriate medium for PHA synthesis and high yields of PHA were observed when both the long alkane fraction, Cw CI7, and pure alkane, hexadecane, were employed as sole carbon sources respectively. 2014-07-30T17:40:04Z 2014-07-30T17:40:04Z 2004 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4294 eng application/pdf Department of Molecular and Cell Biology Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Cell Biology Mathopa, Byatlela Abel Isolation of bacterial strains capable of efficient conversion of n-alkanes into value added products |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Isolation of bacterial strains capable of efficient conversion of n-alkanes into value added products |
| title_full | Isolation of bacterial strains capable of efficient conversion of n-alkanes into value added products |
| title_fullStr | Isolation of bacterial strains capable of efficient conversion of n-alkanes into value added products |
| title_full_unstemmed | Isolation of bacterial strains capable of efficient conversion of n-alkanes into value added products |
| title_short | Isolation of bacterial strains capable of efficient conversion of n-alkanes into value added products |
| title_sort | isolation of bacterial strains capable of efficient conversion of n alkanes into value added products |
| topic | Cell Biology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4294 |
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