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Table 3 Growth and PHA accumulation in seven Bacillus species in the medium containing 20 g/L glucose

From: Polyhydroxyalkanoate production from rice straw hydrolysate obtained by alkaline pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis using Bacillus strains isolated from decomposing straw

Strains

Initial pH

Final pH

CDW

(g/L)

PHA content (wt%)

PHA conc

(g/L)

RCM

(g/L)

Bacillus sp. VK24

7.0

5.3

2.20 ± 0.05

42.0 ± 0,7

0.92 ± 0.01

1.28 ± 0.04

B. anthracis VK33

7.0

5.2

2.33 ± 0.05

47.2 ± 1.4

1.10 ± 0.05

1.23 ± 0.01

B. anthracis VK38

7.0

5.2

3.02 ± 0.07

63.8 ± 0.9

1.93 ± 0.07

1.09 ± 0.01

B. cereus VK91

7.0

5.2

3.23 ± 0.09

66.9 ± 0.3

2.16 ± 0.05

1.07 ± 0.04

B. cereus VK92

7.0

5.2

3.15 ± 0.16

59.9 ± 0.8

1.89 ± 0.12

1.26 ± 0.04

B. cereus VK98

7.0

5.3

3.32 ± 0.02

73.2 ± 0.1

2.43 ± 0.02

0.89 ± 0.01

B. paranthracis VK164

7.0

5.2

2.47 ± 0.05

56.5 ± 2.5

1.39 ± 0.11

1.07 ± 0.07