Table 5.

Haloferax mediterranei with PHA-accumulating ability using different substrates.

Carbon source	Product*	Yield	Ref.
Extruded starch	P(3HB-co-10.4 mol% 3HV)	50.8% (wt)	(Don et al., 2006)
25% pre-treated vinasse	P(3HB-co-12.36 mol% 3HV)	70% (wt)	(Bhattacharyya et al., 2012)
50% pre-treated vinasse	P(3HB-co-14.09 mol% 3HV)	66% (wt)	(Bhattacharyya et al., 2012)
Olive mill wastewater	P(3HB-co-6.5 mol% 3HV)	43% (wt)	(Alsafadi & Al-Mashaqbeh, 2017)
Enzymatic hydrolysate of cheese whey	P(3HB-co-6 mol% 3HV)	72.8% (wt)	(Koller et al., 2007)
Chemical hydrolysate of cheese whey	P(3HB-co-1.5 mol% 3HV)	53% (wt)	(Pais, Serafim, Freitas, & Reis, 2016)
Waste stillage	P(3HB-co-15.4 mol% 3HV)	71% (wt)	(Bhattacharyya et al., 2014)
Waste stillage	P(3HB-co-17.9 mol% 3HV)	63% (wt)	(Bhattacharyya et al., 2015)
Crude glycerol	P(3HB-co-10 mol% 3HV)	76% (wt)	(Hermann-Krauss et al., 2013)
Ulva sp. hydrolysate	P(3HB-co-8 mol% 3HV)	55% (wt)	(Ghosh, 2019)
Whey sugars, sodium valerate and γ-butyrolactone	P(3HB-co-21.8 mol% 3HVco-5.1 mo% 4HB)	87.5% (wt)	(Koller et al., 2007)
Date waste	PHBV (3 HV- 18.0 mol%)	25% (wt)	(Alsafadi, Ibrahim, Alamry, Hussein, & Mansour, 2020)

^*-P(3HB-co-3HV)- (poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate)) PHB with inserting hydroxyvalerate units (HV) between polymeric chain and obtained as a co-polymer.