The application discloses a method for producing PHA by fermenting
photosynthetic bacteria with CO2. The method comprises inoculating phototrophic
bacteria into a
photobioreactor containing an inorganic salt medium with CO2 as the sole
carbon source, and performing photosynthetic autotrophic culture under illumination and CO2
aeration to proliferate the phototrophic
bacteria to the stable
growth phase. Then, the phototrophic
bacteria are induced to secrete
extracellular sugar through salt stress, and the culture is performed until the
extracellular sugar concentration reaches a predetermined threshold. Then,
heterotrophic bacteria are inoculated into the culture to form a co-culture
system with the phototrophic bacteria, and the culture is continuously performed under illumination and CO2
aeration, so that the
heterotrophic bacteria synthesize and accumulate PHA by using the
extracellular sugar. Finally, the bacterial cells are collected, and
intracellular PHA is extracted. The method separates and couples the growth and
sugar production of the phototrophic bacteria and the PHA accumulation of the
heterotrophic bacteria in time and function, realizes the
biosynthesis of PHA with CO2 as the sole
carbon source, solves the metabolic contradiction that a single
microorganism cannot simultaneously and efficiently fix carbon and synthesize PHA, and can stably operate in a 5L and 20L
photobioreactor.