Chinese Journal of Biology

Review Article

Biotechnological Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates: A Review on Trends and Latest Developments

Table 2

Different types of wastes used as substrate and microorganisms as PHA producers with their respective maximum PHA produced.


Substrate type	Microorganisms	Type and maximum PHA produced	Reference(s)

Food processing wastewater and distillery spentwash	Activated sludge	D.J.G.B.D.S; PHB; 42.3% of CDW	[19]
		R.R.G.B.D.S + DAHP; PHB; 67% of CDW
		F.F.P.I.W; PHB; 39.1% of CDW
Cassava wastewater	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	PHA; 39% of CDW	[60]
Maple sap	Alcaligenes latus	PHB; of CDW	[61]
Domestic wastewater	Enterobacter aerogenes 12Bi strain	PHB; Up to 90% of CDW	[62]
Molasses and dye textile dye	Sphingobacterium sp. ATM	PHD; 64% of CDW	[2]
Fatty wastes	Lipolytic bacterial strains (Acinetobacter sp., Pseudomonas sp., Bacillus sp.)	3HB, 3HV, 3Hx, 3HD, 3HDD, and 3HO; 0.1% to 32.2% of CDW	[63]
Glycerine pitch + 1,4-butanediol (5 g L⁻¹)	Cupriavidus sp. USMAHM13	P(3HB--4HB); 49% of CDW	[64]
Starchy wastewater	Alcaligenes eutrophus ATCC17699	PHB and P(3HB--3HV); 50 g PHA/100 g TOC	[14]
Vinasse	Haloarcula marismortui	PHB; 23% of CDW	[29]
Waste potato starch	Ralstonia eutropha NCIMB 11599	PHB; 94 g L⁻¹	[65]
Textile effluent and mixture of dyes	Sphingobacterium sp. ATM	PHD; 66% of CDW	[4]
Maple hemicellulosic hydrolysate	Burkholderia cepacia ATCC 17759	PHB; 51.4% of CDW	[66]
Whey lactose	Haloferax mediterranei,	P-3(HB--8%-HV); 50% of CDW	[67]
	Pseudomonas hydrogenovora	PHB; 12% of CDW
	Hydrogenophaga pseudoflava	P-3(HB--5%-HV); 40% of CDW
Biodiesel waste water	Novosphingobium sp. THA_AIK7	PHB; 45% of CDW	[5]
Oil palm frond juice	Cupriavidus necator CCUG52238^T	PHB; wt%	[68]

D.J.G.B.D.S: deproteinized jowar grain based distillery spentwash, R.R.G.B.D.S: raw rice grain based distillery spentwash, F.F.P.I.W: filtered food processing industrial wastewater, PHD: polyhydroxydecanoate, H.S: hydrolyzed seed, H.G: hydrolyzed grass, 3Hx: (R)-3-hydroxyhexanoate, 3HO: (R)-3-hydroxyoctanoate, 3HD: (R)-3-hydroxydecanoate, 3HDD: (R)-3-hydroxydodecanoate.