Research Article
Isolation and Screening of Polyhydroxyalkanoates Producing Bacteria from Pulp, Paper, and Cardboard Industry Wastes
Table 1
List of PHA accumulating bacteria with source of isolation.
| | Name of isolate | Source of isolate | Gram reaction | PHA concentration (g/L) | PHA content (%) |
| | NAP11 | Pulp industry sludge | +ve | 5.236 | | | NAP4 | Pulp industry sludge | +ve | 3.682 | | | NAW2 | Waste water from cardboard manufacturing industry | −ve | 4.012 | | | NAW24 | Waste water from cardboard manufacturing industry | +ve | 4.018 | | | NAW19 | Waste water from cardboard manufacturing industry | +ve | 3.824 | | | NAW23 | Waste water from cardboard manufacturing industry | +ve | 3.63 | | | NAW27 | Waste water from cardboard manufacturing industry | −ve | 2.966 | | | NAW34 | Waste water from cardboard manufacturing industry | +ve | 1.61 | | | NAC1 | Waste sludge from cardboard manufacturing industry | −ve | 4.042 | | | NAC24 | Waste sludge from cardboard manufacturing industry | +ve | 4.006 | | | NAC10 | Waste sludge from cardboard manufacturing industry | −ve | 3.97 | | | NAC9 | Waste sludge from cardboard manufacturing industry | +ve | 3.802 | 70.92 ± 0.13 | | NAC12 | Waste sludge from cardboard manufacturing industry | +ve | 3.682 | | | NAK8 | Kraft industry sludge | +ve | 3.83 | | | NAK31 | Kraft industry sludge | +ve | 3.366 | | | NAK17 | Kraft industry sludge | +ve | 3.184 | | | Ralstonia eutropha MTCC no. 1473 | MTCC | −ve | 2.974 | |
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