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Table 6 Characterization of PHA produced in the accumulation stage of Trial 2 compared with commercial PHA88/12

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

Products

HB/HVa (molar ratio)

Mwb (kDa)

Polydispersity

Rhc (nm)

a d

logK d

Commercial reference—PHA88/12

90/10

2∙105

1.3

14

0.70

−3.8

Extracted PHA from Trial 2

53/47

8∙105

1.4

29

0.65

−3.4

  1. aMolar ratio such as detected by NMR
  2. bMolecular weight distribution determined by GPC-TDA
  3. cHydrodynamic Radius determined by GPC-TDA
  4. dMark–Houwink parameters a and logK