Table 3. Polydispersity index and average Mm for the recovered P(3HB).

Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) of the aeration and agitation treatment for the R. solanacearum RS inoculum incubated for 24 h at 32°C in YM culture medium using sucrose as the carbon source.

Treatments	Polydispersity (Mm/Mn)	Average Molar Mass (Da)
		Mn	Mm
1	2.14	3.5 × 105	7.5 × 105
2	4.03	8.7 × 104	3.5 × 105
3	4.17	3.7 × 104	1.5 × 105
4	2.98	1.1 × 105	3.4 × 105
5	2.07	2.8 × 105	5.8 × 105
6	3.84	1.4 × 105	5.4 × 105
7	4.32	1.1 × 105	5.0 × 105
8	5.30	7.5 × 104	3.9 × 105
9	5.38	6.8 × 104	3.6 × 105
10	5.67	3.9 × 104	2.2 × 105
11	6.00	5.2 × 104	3.1 × 105

Mn, Number average molecular weight; Mm, Weight average molecular weight