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Table 2.

Various microbial strains used for the production of biopolymers from dairy wastes.

Source	Microbial strains	Biopolymers	Yield	References
Fermented cheese whey	Activated sludge	PHA	28.2 g L⁻¹	Colombo et al. (2019)
Cheese whey lactose	Xanthomonas campestris and Xanthomonas pelargonii	Xanthan gum	0.42g of xanthan g⁻¹ of lactose; 0.27 g of xanthan g⁻¹ of lactose	Niknezhad et al. (2015)
Cheese whey	Haloferax mediterranei	P(3HB-co-3HV)	9.6 g L⁻¹	Pais et al. (2015)
Whey	Dairy wastewater as innoculum	PHA	0.284 g L⁻¹	Bosco and Chiampo (2010)
Whey supernatant	Thermus thermophilus HB8	PHA	0.57 g L⁻¹	Pantazaki et al. (2009)
Cheese whey	Xanthomonas campestris pv. Mangiferaeindicae IBSF 1230	Xanthan gum	46.8 g L⁻¹ of gum	Mesomo et al. (2009)
Whey permeate	Pseudomonas hydrogenovora	PHA	1.27 g L⁻¹	Koller et al. (2017)
Milk whey	X. campestris pv. campestris – 2149	Xanthan gum	21.91 g L⁻¹	Nery et al. (2008)
Whey lactose	Haloferax mediterranei Pseudomonas hydrogenovora Hydrogenophaga pseudoflava	PHA	5.5 g L⁻¹ 1.3 g L⁻¹ 2.7 g L⁻¹	Koller et al. (2017)
Whey and corn steep liquor	Recombinant Escherichia coli	PHB	6.12 g L⁻¹	Nikel et al. (2005)
Lactose and whey permeate	Sinorhizobium 41 meliloti, Hydrogenophage pseudoflava DSM 1034	PHA	Sinorhizobium 41 meliloti: 0.483 g L⁻¹ Hydrogenophage pseudoflava: 0.375 g L⁻¹	Povolo and Casella (2003)
Whey	Ralstonia eutropha	PHB	0.17 g L⁻¹	Marangoni et al. (2002)