Table 3.

Examples of secondary raw materials and processes for polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production.

PHA production strain	Resource	Resources pretreatment	References
Haloferax mediterranei	Whey	Acidic hydrolysis	Pais et al., 2015
Recombinant E. coli and R. eutropha	Rice bran	Acidic hydrolysis	Oh et al., 2015
Bacillus megaterium	Molasses	Enrichment of molasses with mono and disaccharides	Gouda et al., 2001
Burkholderia sacchari IPT 101	Bagasse	Filtration through activated carbon, acidic hydrolysis	Silva et al., 2004
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 42A2 NCIB40045	Used cooking oil	–	Fernandez et al., 2005
Cupriavidus necator IPT 029 or Bacillus megaterium IPT 429	Crude glycerol	–	Ribeiroa et al., 2016
Haloferax mediterranei	Starch	Hydrolysis	Chen et al., 2006
Burkholderia cepacia ATCC 17759	Wood hydrolysate	Hydrolysis	Pan et al., 2012
Haloferax mediterranei	Rice bran and starch hydrolysate	Enzymatic hydrolysis	Huang et al., 2006