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Table 5.2 (continued)
Feedstock
Strains
System
Polyhydroxyalkanoate
content (%)
Monomer content Hydroxybutyra
te:hydroxyvalerate
References
Beet molasses
Azotobacter vinelandii
60
N.a.
Page (1989)
Fermented molasses
Microbial mixed culture
Pulse feeding
56
85:15
Albuquerque
et al. (2011)
Paper mill effluents
Glycogen-accumulating
organisms – Defluviicoccus
vanus – Candidatus
Competibacter phosphatis
Anaerobic/
aerobic
42
6:47:47 (hydroxymethylvalerate) Bengtsson et al.
(2008)
Aerobic
22
51:35:14
(hydroxymethylvalerate)
Wastewater
Microbial mixed culture
Anaerobic/
aerobic
53
50:30
Coats et al.
(2007)
Calophyllum
inophyllum oil cake
Enterobacter aerogenes
Rhodobacter sphaeroides
Photo/dark
fermentation
60.3
100:0
Arumugam et al.
(2014)
Waste frying oil
Cupriavidus necator
No limitation
62.5
N.a.
Kahar et al.
(2004)
Burkholderia thailandensis
Batch
fermentation
60
100:0
Kourmentza et al.
(2018)
Textile dye direct red
5B
Sphingobacterium
Fermentation
64
3-Hydroxyhexadecanoate
Tamboli et al.
(2010)
Cornstarch and
soybean oil waste
Escherichia coli
No limitation
5.9
0.5% polyhydroxybutyrate
44.9% PHHx
54.6% 3-hydroxyoctanoate
Fonseca and
Antonio (2006)
Palm kernel oil
Cupriavidus necator
Batch
fermentation
87
95% polyhydroxybutyrate
5% PHHx
Loo et al. (2005)
Sugarcane bagasse
waste
Cupriavidus necator
Nitrogenlimiting
53.7%
70:30
Yu and Stahl
(2008)
S. Sali and H. R. Mackey