Salt-inducible bionylon polymer from Bacillus megaterium.
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چکیده
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.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Applied and environmental microbiology
دوره 73 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007