| Title: | Marine sponge-associated bacteria as a potential source for polyhydroxyalkanoates |
| Author(s): | Sathiyanarayanan G; Saibaba G; Kiran GS; Yang YH; Selvin J; |
| Address: | "a Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering , Konkuk University , Seoul , South Korea. b Centre for Pheromone Technology, Department of Animal Science, School of Life Sciences , Bharathidasan University , Tiruchirappalli , India. c Department of Food Science and Technology , Pondicherry University , Kalapet , India. d Microbial Carbohydrate Resource Bank , Konkuk University , Seoul , South Korea. e Department of Microbiology , Pondicherry University , Kalapet , India" |
| DOI: | 10.1080/1040841X.2016.1206060 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1549-7828 (Electronic) 1040-841X (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Marine sponges are filter feeding porous animals and usually harbor a remarkable array of microorganisms in their mesohyl tissues as transient and resident endosymbionts. The marine sponge-microbial interactions are highly complex and, in some cases, the relationships are thought to be truly symbiotic or mutualistic rather than temporary associations resulting from sponge filter-feeding activity. The marine sponge-associated bacteria are fascinating source for various biomolecules that are of potential interest to several biotechnological industries. In recent times, a particular attention has been devoted to bacterial biopolymer (polyesters) such as intracellular polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) produced by sponge-associated bacteria. Bacterial PHAs act as an internal reserve for carbon and energy and also are a tremendous alternative for fossil fuel-based polymers mainly due to their eco-friendliness. In addition, PHAs are produced when the microorganisms are under stressful conditions and this biopolymer synthesis might be exhibited as one of the survival mechanisms of sponge-associated or endosymbiotic bacteria which exist in a highly competitive and stressful sponge-mesohyl microenvironment. In this review, we have emphasized the industrial prospects of marine bacteria for the commercial production of PHAs and special importance has been given to marine sponge-associated bacteria as a potential resource for PHAs" |
| Keywords: | Animals Bacteria/*metabolism Biotechnology/methods Polyhydroxyalkanoates/chemistry/*metabolism Porifera/*microbiology Marine sponge biopolymers polyhydroxyalkanoates polyhydroxybutyrate sponge-associated bacteria; |
| Notes: | "MedlineSathiyanarayanan, Ganesan Saibaba, Ganesan Kiran, George Seghal Yang, Yung-Hun Selvin, Joseph eng Review England 2016/11/09 Crit Rev Microbiol. 2017 May; 43(3):294-312. doi: 10.1080/1040841X.2016.1206060. Epub 2016 Nov 8" |
