Organic production of cost-effective Biopolymer in a bacterial consortium with varying substrate as sole carbon source

Authors

  • Preeti Kumari School of Biotechnology, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (State Technological University of Madhya Pradesh), Air port road, Bhopal, India 462033
  • Archana Tiwari School of Biotechnology, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (State Technological University of Madhya Pradesh), Air port road, Bhopal, India 462033
  • Mahavir Yadav School of Biotechnology, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (State Technological University of Madhya Pradesh), Air port road, Bhopal, India 462033.

Keywords:

Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), Carbon Source, Bacteria, Biodegradable

Abstract

PHAs are a good replacement for the petroleum-based plastics. Commercialization of PHAs has been limited due to
their overall high production cost. The use of organic wastes, agricultural and dairy by-products and vegetable oils
has been investigated as alternative substrate, for PHA production. Waste frying Soybean oil is considered as the
most suitable and desirable feedstock for PHA production due to their high productivity. Ralstonia eutropha can
accumulate 80% to 85% Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) by dry cell weight with about 8-12 granules of
polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) per cell. The ultimate goal of this research was to investigate PHA production using
waste frying Soybean oil as the sole carbon sources. Moreover, there is no report published for PHA production by
bacterial consortia of Ralstonia eutropha, Cupriavidus necator and Wautersia eutropha.

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Published

2019-11-25

How to Cite

Preeti Kumari, Archana Tiwari, & Mahavir Yadav. (2019). Organic production of cost-effective Biopolymer in a bacterial consortium with varying substrate as sole carbon source. International Journal of Advance Research in Engineering, Science & Technology, 6(11), 8–17. Retrieved from https://ijarest.org/index.php/ijarest/article/view/1958

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 11 (2019): Volume: 06, Issue: 11 - November, 2019.

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