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Haloarchaea as Cell Factories to Produce Bioplastics

Plastic pollution is a worldwide concern causing the death of animals (mainly aquatic fauna) and environmental deterioration. Plastic recycling is, in most cases, difficult or even impossible. For this reason, new research lines are emerging to identify highly biodegradable bioplastics or plastic fo...

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Autores principales: Simó-Cabrera, Lorena, García-Chumillas, Salvador, Hagagy, Nashwa, Saddiq, Amna, Tag, Hend, Selim, Samy, AbdElgawad, Hamada, Arribas Agüero, Alejandro, Monzó Sánchez, Fuensanta, Cánovas, Verónica, Pire, Carmen, Martínez-Espinosa, Rosa María
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8003077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33803653
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md19030159
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author Simó-Cabrera, Lorena
García-Chumillas, Salvador
Hagagy, Nashwa
Saddiq, Amna
Tag, Hend
Selim, Samy
AbdElgawad, Hamada
Arribas Agüero, Alejandro
Monzó Sánchez, Fuensanta
Cánovas, Verónica
Pire, Carmen
Martínez-Espinosa, Rosa María
author_facet Simó-Cabrera, Lorena
García-Chumillas, Salvador
Hagagy, Nashwa
Saddiq, Amna
Tag, Hend
Selim, Samy
AbdElgawad, Hamada
Arribas Agüero, Alejandro
Monzó Sánchez, Fuensanta
Cánovas, Verónica
Pire, Carmen
Martínez-Espinosa, Rosa María
author_sort Simó-Cabrera, Lorena
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description Plastic pollution is a worldwide concern causing the death of animals (mainly aquatic fauna) and environmental deterioration. Plastic recycling is, in most cases, difficult or even impossible. For this reason, new research lines are emerging to identify highly biodegradable bioplastics or plastic formulations that are more environmentally friendly than current ones. In this context, microbes, capable of synthesizing bioplastics, were revealed to be good models to design strategies in which microorganisms can be used as cell factories. Recently, special interest has been paid to haloarchaea due to the capability of some species to produce significant concentrations of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), and polyhydroxyvalerate (PHV) when growing under a specific nutritional status. The growth of those microorganisms at the pilot or industrial scale offers several advantages compared to that of other microbes that are bioplastic producers. This review summarizes the state of the art of bioplastic production and the most recent findings regarding the production of bioplastics by halophilic microorganisms with special emphasis on haloarchaea. Some protocols to produce/analyze bioplastics are highlighted here to shed light on the potential use of haloarchaea at the industrial scale to produce valuable products, thus minimizing environmental pollution by plastics made from petroleum.
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spelling pubmed-80030772021-03-28 Haloarchaea as Cell Factories to Produce Bioplastics Simó-Cabrera, Lorena García-Chumillas, Salvador Hagagy, Nashwa Saddiq, Amna Tag, Hend Selim, Samy AbdElgawad, Hamada Arribas Agüero, Alejandro Monzó Sánchez, Fuensanta Cánovas, Verónica Pire, Carmen Martínez-Espinosa, Rosa María Mar Drugs Review Plastic pollution is a worldwide concern causing the death of animals (mainly aquatic fauna) and environmental deterioration. Plastic recycling is, in most cases, difficult or even impossible. For this reason, new research lines are emerging to identify highly biodegradable bioplastics or plastic formulations that are more environmentally friendly than current ones. In this context, microbes, capable of synthesizing bioplastics, were revealed to be good models to design strategies in which microorganisms can be used as cell factories. Recently, special interest has been paid to haloarchaea due to the capability of some species to produce significant concentrations of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), and polyhydroxyvalerate (PHV) when growing under a specific nutritional status. The growth of those microorganisms at the pilot or industrial scale offers several advantages compared to that of other microbes that are bioplastic producers. This review summarizes the state of the art of bioplastic production and the most recent findings regarding the production of bioplastics by halophilic microorganisms with special emphasis on haloarchaea. Some protocols to produce/analyze bioplastics are highlighted here to shed light on the potential use of haloarchaea at the industrial scale to produce valuable products, thus minimizing environmental pollution by plastics made from petroleum. MDPI 2021-03-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8003077/ /pubmed/33803653 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md19030159 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ).
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García-Chumillas, Salvador
Hagagy, Nashwa
Saddiq, Amna
Tag, Hend
Selim, Samy
AbdElgawad, Hamada
Arribas Agüero, Alejandro
Monzó Sánchez, Fuensanta
Cánovas, Verónica
Pire, Carmen
Martínez-Espinosa, Rosa María
Haloarchaea as Cell Factories to Produce Bioplastics
title Haloarchaea as Cell Factories to Produce Bioplastics
title_full Haloarchaea as Cell Factories to Produce Bioplastics
title_fullStr Haloarchaea as Cell Factories to Produce Bioplastics
title_full_unstemmed Haloarchaea as Cell Factories to Produce Bioplastics
title_short Haloarchaea as Cell Factories to Produce Bioplastics
title_sort haloarchaea as cell factories to produce bioplastics
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8003077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33803653
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md19030159
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