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Table 1 Effect of the initial phosphate concentration in T. thermophilus growth, rhamnolipids production and PHAs production and compositiona

From: Simultaneous polyhydroxyalkanoates and rhamnolipids production by Thermus thermophilus HB8

Phosphate concentration (mM)

Biomass (CDWb) (mg/L)

Rhamnolipids (mg/L)

Yield of Rhamnolipids (% DCW)

PHA (mg/L)

PHA content (% DCW)

monomer composition (%mole)

      

HB (C 4 )

HV (C 5 )

HO (C 8 )

HD (C 10 )

0.5

667

230

34.48

164

24.28

4.4

8.5

26.7

60.4

5

840

204

24.29

258

30.73

4.6

7.9

26.2

61.3

10

911

202

22.17

298

32.70

4.2

8.8

25.9

61.1

25

1040

161

15.48

362

34.81

5.3

8.1

26.8

59.8

50

1120

118

10.54

228

20.36

4.9

8.3

25.4

61.1

  1. a Measures were obtained after 72 h of cultivation.
  2. b CDW: Cell Dry Weight
  3. Note: all experiments were performed twice while all data are means of triplicates determinations.