Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) production from aerobicmixed cultures

• Main Authors: Md. Din, Mohd. Fadhli, Ujang, Zaini, Loosdrecht, Mark Van, Mohd. Yunus, Salmiati, Ahmad, Mohd. Azlan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2006
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/8407/1/8407.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/8407/; http://portal.psz.utm.my/psz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=128&Itemid=305&PHPSESSID=2c3b333a6ad0213a14710cb6a410bb1b
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This study assessed the optimal conditions for PHA production using saponified fatty acid, derived from sunflower oil (SO). A fed-batch reactor was used to produce PHA. A mixture of sewage and semi-treated oil palm effluent from a facultative pond was cultured for six months to obtain a steady-stat...