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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2007, p. 2378-2379, Vol. 73, No. 7
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.02686-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Salt-Inducible Bionylon Polymer from Bacillus megaterium{triangledown}

Kazuki Shimizu, Hisaaki Nakamura, and Makoto Ashiuchi*

Department of Bioresources Science, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8502, Japan

Received 16 November 2006/ Accepted 27 January 2007

Poly-{gamma}-glutamate (PGA) is a chiral polyamide material that possesses a nylon-like backbone, a bionylon polymer. We examined the PGA productivity of Bacillus megaterium and found NaCl-responsive PGA production in the bacterium. In the system of B. megaterium, salt would be significant in controlling the yield, molecular size, and stereochemistry of bionylon.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Bioresources Science, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8502, Japan. Phone: 81-88-864-5215. Fax: 81-88-864-5200. E-mail: ashiuchi{at}cc.kochi-u.ac.jp.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 9 February 2007.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2007, p. 2378-2379, Vol. 73, No. 7
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.02686-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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