5">Decanoic acid is an ideal substrate for the synthesis of MCL-PHA, but its use for this purpose had only been studied in shake-flasks.
A fed-batch fermentation process was developed for the production of MCL-PHA from decanoic acid using Pseudomonas putida KT2440.
5">Decanoic acid was kept in liquid form by heating or by mixing with acetic acid.
Different ratios of decanoic acid:acetic acid:glucose (DA:AA:G) were fed.
5">75 g L−1 biomass containing 74% PHA were produced with each gram of PHA requiring only 1.16 g of decanoic acid.