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Table 2 Chemical composition of the substrates used in the MMC selection and PHA accumulation processes

From: Enhanced polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste by using mixed microbial culture

Substrate

COD (mg L−1)

N-NH4 + (mg L−1)

P tot (mg L−1)

C (mmol L−1)

N-NH4 + (mmol L−1)

P (mmol L−1)

Organic acids composition (%, weight basis, HB precursors/HV precursors)

OFMSW-supernatantin 1

1304 ± 10aa

46.7 ± 4.9a

3.1 ± 0.3a

34.4 ± 0.3a

2.6 ± 0.3a

0.1 ± 0a

59.7/40.3

OFMSW-supernatantin 2

1322 ± 37°

56.2 ± 7.5a

3.6 ± 0.4a

34.9 ± 1a

3.1 ± 0.4a

0.12 ± 0.01a

51.2/48.8

OFMSW-supernatantin 3

1231 ± 63a

58.4 ± 8.1a

5.6 ± 0.6b

32.5 ± 1.7a

3.2 ± 0.5a

0.18 ± 0.02b

67.8/32.2

OFMSW-supernatantacc. 1

7591 ± 54a

28 ± 4a

16.9 ± 2.3a

200 ± 2a

1.6 ± 0.2a

0.55 ± 0.07a

57.2/42.8

OFMSW-supernatantacc. 2

7879 ± 87a

29.1 ± 2a

19.8 ± 3a

207.8 ± 2.3a

1.6 ± 0.1a

0.64 ± 0.11a

52/48

OFMSW-supernatantacc. 3

7253 ± 98a

26.8 ± 3a

31.1 ± 5.2b

191.3 ± 2.6a

1.5 ± 0.2a

1 ± 0b

65.1/34.9

  1. aBy separating OFMSW-supernatantsin from OFMSW-supernatantsacc., values in the same column followed by the same letter are not statistically different (ANOVA, Tukey test, p < 0.05)