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Table 6 Overview of studies reporting PHA production from solid agro-industrial by-products

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 Bacillus subtilis 1A304 (105 MU331)

P(3HB)

Batch

12

0.06

2.5

[40]

Azotobacter vinelandii UWD (ATCC 53799)

P(3HB-co-3HV)

Batch

48

0.43

37

[34]

18

5.48

58.3

C. necator (R. eutropha)

P(3HB-co-3HV)

Batch

45

1.13

40.8

[84]

Batch

48

1.2

34.1

[26]

Fed-batch

73

16.5

72.6

[85]

Activated sludge

P(3HB)

Batch

96

2.7

67

[87]