Pseudomonas putida–based cell factories

Pseudomonas putida is a metabolically versatile bacterium grown in various habitats that have been intensively studied with regard to its potential to produce various products of industrial relevance. Due to its special features like robust metabolism, a broad tolerance to toxic compounds and oxidative stress, and easiness of genetic modification, this bacterium is becoming microbial efficient cell factories for many natural products with diverse biological functions. This chapter provides an overview of P. putida as a host microorganism for the recombinant synthesis of applicable bioproducts such as polyhydroxyalkanoates, surfactants, terpenoids, and prodigiosin. This overview of bioproducts that could be produced by heterologous gene expression and strain engineering confirms P. putida potential to be a workhorse for industrial applications being a good provider of the molecular machinery.