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The effect of carbon starvation on growth and poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) utilization in oxygen-limited chemostat cultures of Rhizobium ORS571 was studied. Under oxygen-limited growth conditions PHB was not degraded. When in a nitrogen-fixing oxygen-limited culture, after stopping the medium supply, the dissolved oxygen concentration was maintained at 10 μM, a slow breakdown of PHB was observed. Addition of ammonia and air to a nitrogen-fixing oxygen-limited culture after the medium supply had been stopped, resulted in the simultaneous utilization of PHB and succinate. The possible use of the energy derived from PHB degradation in Rhizobia bacteria and bacteroids is discussed.
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