Production and Characterization of Polyhydroxyalkanoates and Native Microorganisms Synthesized from Fatty Waste

Table 1

Fatty acid composition (%) of Jatropha and castor oils [30–32].

% Fatty acids	Oil
	Jatropha		Castor
	[30]	[31]	[32]
Saturated
Myristic C14:0	<0.1	0.1	—
Palmitic C16:0	13.2–13.54	12.11	1.0–2.0
Margaric C17:0	0.1–0.11	—
Stearic C18:0	7.23–7.34	6.02	1.0–1.5
Dihydroxystearic C18:0	—	—	0.7–1.0
Arachidic C20:0	0.2–0.22	—	—
Behenic C22:0	<0.1	—	—
Lignoceric C24:0	<0.1	—	—
Unsaturated
Palmitoleic C16:1	0.76–0.81	0.75	—
Ricinoleic C18:1	—	—	85.0–89.5
Oleic C18:1	47.04–48.17	35.74	3.0–3.5
Eicosenoic 20:1	<0.1	—	0.3–0.5
Linoleic C18:2	29.17–30.41	44.93	3.0–4.2
Linolenic C18:3	0.2–0.22	0.34	0.2–0.8