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  • Biopolymer Degradation
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  • Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) biodegradation research often focuses on single strains or enzymes.
  • Limited comparative studies exist on the interaction of various PHB depolymerase (PhaZ)-producing bacterial strains with PHB biopolymers.
  • Understanding microbial degradation of PHB is crucial for bioplastic applications and environmental fate assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the effectiveness of nine bacterial strains (five with demonstrated and four with predicted PhaZ activity) in degrading PHB film.
  • To evaluate the specific activity of PHB-degrading bacteria and their performance under different conditions (e.g., pH).
  • To assess the consistency between predicted and experimentally verified PHB-degrading capabilities of bacterial strains.

Main Methods:

  • Selected nine bacterial strains with known or predicted polyhydroxybutyrate depolymerase (PhaZ) activity.
  • Incubated bacterial strains with PHB film as the sole carbon source and measured mass loss over time.
  • Analyzed extracellular fractions for degradation of PHB film and particles in agar suspensions.
  • Investigated PHB degradation by Ralstonia sp. at low pH values.

Main Results:

  • All five bacterial strains with demonstrated PhaZ activity degraded PHB film, with mass losses ranging from 12% (Paucimonas lemoignei) to 90% (Cupriavidus sp.).
  • Marinobacter algicola DG893, with predicted PhaZ activity, achieved 11% PHB film mass loss over two weeks.
  • Ralstonia sp. exhibited the highest specific activity, requiring less biomass for degradation and maintaining activity at pH 3.3-3.7.
  • Comamonas testosteroni, Cupriavidus sp., and Ralstonia sp. readily degraded PHB film and particles via extracellular fractions.
  • Experimental validation failed to confirm PHB-degrading ability for three of four strains predicted to have PhaZ activity.

Conclusions:

  • Whole cell cultures and extracellular enzyme fractions exhibit varying levels of PHB degradation activity.
  • The selection of bacterial strains with high specific activity and broad operational conditions (like low pH tolerance) is important for PHB applications.
  • Genome-based predictions of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) depolymerase functionality require experimental validation due to potential inaccuracies.