Mining biodegradable resource from waste - hunt for PHA microbes

• Main Author: Chong, Wan Ying.
• Other Authors: Wang Jing-Yuan
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering::Waste management
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45020
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This project was conducted to identify microorganisms which are capable of accumulating polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) by utilizing benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, p-xylene and styrene (BTEXS) as substrates. Past research has shown that PHA-accumulating microorganisms have been discovered in activa...