Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) production from palm oil mill effluent (POME) using mixed culture in sequencing batch reactor (SBR)

• Main Authors: Zainal Abideen, Muzaaffar, Ahmad, Mohd. Azlan, Razak, Rohani, Md. Din, Mohd. Fadhil, Ujang, Zaini, Loosdrecht, M.C.M. Van, Ismail, Mohd. Nasir, Husin, Aishah
• Format: Monograph
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Civil Engineering 2006
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/3689/1/74262.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/3689/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are raw materials for production of biodegradable plastics, generated by a range of microbes, cultured under different nutrients and experimental conditions. PHAs usually lipid in nature, are accumulated as storage materials in the form of mobile, amorphous, and liquid g...