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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2000, p. 113-117, Vol. 66, No. 1
0099-2240/0/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

The ntrB and ntrC Genes Are Involved in the Regulation of Poly-3-Hydroxybutyrate Biosynthesis by Ammonia in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7

Jun Sun,1 Xuan Peng,2 Jan Van Impe,2 and Jos Vanderleyden1,*

F. A. Janssens Laboratory of Genetics1 and Bioprocess Technology and Control,2 K.U. Leuven, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium

Received 6 July 1999/Accepted 10 October 1999

Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 and its ntrA (rpoN), ntrBC, and ntrC mutants have been evaluated for their capabilities of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) accumulation in media with high and low ammonia concentrations. It was observed that the ntrBC and ntrC mutants can produce PHB in both low- and high-C/N-ratio media, while no significant PHB production was observed for the wild type or the ntrA mutant in low-C/N-ratio media. Further investigation by fermentation analysis indicated that the ntrBC and ntrC mutants were able to grow and accumulate PHB simultaneously in the presence of a high concentration of ammonia in the medium, while little PHB was produced in the wild type and ntrA (rpoN) mutant during active growth phase. These results provide the first genetic evidence that the ntrB and ntrC genes are involved in the regulation of PHB synthesis by ammonia in A. brasilense Sp7.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: F.A. Janssens Laboratory of Genetics, K.U. Leuven, Kardinaal Mercierlaan 92, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium. Phone: 0032-16-329679. Fax: 0032-16-321966. E-mail: jozef.vanderleyden{at}agr.kuleuven.ac.be.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2000, p. 113-117, Vol. 66, No. 1
0099-2240/0/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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