Table 3.

PHA accumulation by MMCs under the supplementation of varying substrates.

Substrate	Bioplastic monomer	PHA Accumulation (%DCW)#	References
Crude Glycerol	PHB	49–60% dcw	Dobroth et al., 2011
Fermented Dairy Manure	P(3-HB-co-3-HV)	22.5–90.7% dcw	Coats et al., 2016
Fermented cheese whey with acetate pulse	P(3-HB-co-3-HV)	30%/VSS	Fradinho et al., 2019
Acidified hardwood spent sulfite liquor	P(3-HB-co-3-HV)	44.5% dcw	Pereira et al., 2020
Volatile Fatty acid	P(3-HB-co-3-HV)	44% dcw	Guerra-Blanco et al., 2018
Sucrose	P(3-HB-co-3-HV)	23.8 mg/L/Day	Löwe et al., 2017
Fermented Domestic Wastewater	P(3-HB-co-3-HV)	30.8%/VSS	Almeida et al., 2021

^#%DCW = % Dry Cell Weight.

PHB = Polyhydroxybutyrate, VSS = Volatile suspended solids; and P(3HB-co-3 HV) = poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxy valerate).