Utilization of palm oil and palm oil effluent as a carbon source for the production of polyhydroxybutyrate co-polyhydroxyhexanoate P(HB-co-HHx) a biopolymer in bacillus sp
IF 2.8 4区 生物学Q3 BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
Biodegradable polymers are gaining a reputation as demand is increasing globally. Amongst these Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are attracting market attention as a consequence of their properties similar to those of conventional plastics. PHA is a natural polyester that is stored as an intracellular carbon (C) energy reserve of bacteria. This biopolymer can be extracted and used in place of petrochemical plastic. Medium chain-length (mcl) PHA, specifically poly hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyhexanoate P (HB-co-HHx) copolymer produced by Bacillus, has gained practical attention owing to its superior physicochemical properties compared to the commonly synthesized PHB homopolymer. Co-polymer production is dependent on C sources provided in the growth medium. In the present study we have employed palm oil and palm oil effluent as C source.
RESULTS
In the current study, it was observed that a significant amount of PHA and biomass was produced when the effluent was prepared at a concentration of 100% instead of water for preparing the growth medium. The production of biomass and PHA showed a range of 4.8–8and 1.5–4 g L−1, respectively. This means that the PHA yield obtained using the effluent was 50–80% of the control, whereas the control yielded only 40–50%.
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