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Table 4 Overview of studies reporting PHA production from whey-based culture media

From: Integrated systems for biopolymers and bioenergy production from organic waste and by-products: a review of microbial processes

Strain

Type of PHA

Operation mode

Time to PHAmax [h]

PHA concentration [g l−1]

PHA content [%]

References

Recombinant E. coli (C. necator genes)

P(3HB)

Batch

49

5.2

81.3

[42]

Recombinant E. coli (C. necator genes) GCSC 6576

P(3HB)

Fed-batch with oxygen limitation

52

25

80

[35]

Fed-batch without oxygen limitation

35

32

57

Pseudomonas hydrogenovora DSM 1749

P(3HB)

Fed-batch

41

1.27

12

[29]

P(3HB-co-3HV)

31

1.44

12

Recombinant E. coli K24 K (Azotobacter spp. genes)

P(3HB)

Fed-batch

24

51.1

72.9

[43]

Recombinant E. coli CGSC 4401

P(3HB)

Fed-batch

36.5

96.2

80.5

[12]

Recombinant E. coli CGSC 4401 (A. latus genes)

P(3HB)

Fed-batch 30-l bioreactor

26

35.5

70

[44]

Fed-batch 300-l bioreactor

20

20

67