Table 2.
List of wild-type and recombinant cyanobacterial strains used for the production of polymers.
| Cyanobacterial strains | PHB content (% DCW) | Substrate and culture conditions | PHA composition | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spirulina platensis | 6.0 | CO2 | PHB | Campbell and Balkwill, 1982 |
| Spirulina maxima | 7–9 | CO2, N and P limitation | PHB | De Philippis et al., 1992 |
| Synechocystis PCC 7942 | 3.0 | CO2, N limitation | PHB | Takahashi et al., 1998 |
| 25.6 | Acetate, N limitation | |||
| Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 | 38 | Phosphate deficiency, gas exchange limitation, acetate, fructose | PHB | Panda and Mallick, 2007 |
| 9.5 | Photoautotrophic, N-limitation | |||
| 11.2 | Photoautotrophic, P-limitation | |||
| Arthrospira platensis UMACC 161 | 1.0 | CO2 | PHB | Toh et al., 2008 |
| 10 | Acetate, CO2, N starvation | |||
| Nostoc moscorum Agardh | 60 | Acetate and Valerate, N deficiency | PHB-co-PHV | Bhati and Mallick, 2012 |
| Nostoc moscorum | 22 | CO2, P starvation | PHB | Haase et al., 2012 |
| Aulosira fertilissima CCC444 | 85 | Citrate and Acetate, P deficiency | PHB | Samantaray and Mallick, 2012 |
| Aulosira fertilissima CCC 444 | 76.9 | Fructose, Valerate | P (3HB-co-3HV) | Samantaray and Mallick, 2014 |
| 65.7 | Fructose, Valerate, P deficiency | |||
| Caltorix scytonemicola TISTR 8095 | 25 | CO2, N deficiency | PHB | Kaewbai-Ngam et al., 2016; Monshupanee et al., 2016 |
| Synechocystis sp. PCC 6714 | 16 | CO2, N and P limitation | PHB | Kamravamanesh et al., 2017 |
| Synechococcus elongates | 17.2 | CO2, sucrose, N deficiency | Not specified | Mendhulkar and Laukik, 2017 |
| Synechocystis sp. CCALA192 | 12.5 | CO2, N limitation | PHB | Troschl et al., 2018 |
| Recombinant cyanobacterial strains used for the production of the polymer | ||||
| Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 | 25.6 | Acetate, nitrogen limitation | PHB | Takahashi et al., 1998 |
| Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 | 11 | Acetate, nitrogen limitation | PHB | Sudesh et al., 2002 |
| Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 | 1.0 | CO2 | PHB | Suzuki et al., 2010 |
| Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 | 14 | Direct photosynthesis | PHB | Lau et al., 2014 |
| Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 | 7.0 | CO2 | PHB | Hondo et al., 2015 |
| Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 | ~4.5% | Light, CO2 (photoautotrophy) | P (3HB-co-4HV) | Zhang et al., 2015 |
| Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 | 26 | CO2, N deprivation, photoautotrophic | PHB | Khetkorn et al., 2016 |
| 35 | Acetate, N deficiency | |||
| Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 | 12 | CO2, photoautotrophic | PHB | Carpine et al., 2017 |
| Synechocystis sp. | 35 | CO2 | PHB | Wang et al., 2018 |