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table 3. (Continued)

Substrate Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)

Gram-Positive Reference Gram-Negative Reference

Lactose Lactobacillus

Streptococcus

Yuksekdag and Beyatli,
2004

Comamonas
Hydrogenophaga
Methylobacterium
Paracoccus
Pseudomonas
Sinorhizobium

Lee et al., 2004
Povolo and Casella, 2003
Yellore and Desai, 1998
Povolo and Casella, 2003
Young et al., 1994
Povolo and Casella, 2003

Fatty acids Bacillus Valappil et al., 2007,

Valappil et al., 2007

Brachymonas
Comamonas

Shi et al., 2007
Lee et al. , 2004;
Zakaria et al., 2008
Ashby et al., 2003
Jau et al., 2005
Chien et al., 2007

Pseudomonas
Spirulina
Vibrio

Maltose Comamonas

Protomonas

Lee et al., 2004
Suzuki et al., 1986

Methanol Pseudomonas Young et al., 1994

Starch Azotobacter

Haloferax

Kim and Chang, 1998
Lillo and Rodriguez,
1998

Glycerol E. Coli

Methylobacte-
rium
Ralstonia
Vibrio

Nikel et al., 2008
Bormann and Roth, 1999
Bormann and Roth,
1999
Chien et al., 2007

Xylose Burkholderia

Methylobacte-
rium

Silva et al., 2004
Kim et al., 1996

Agricultural
Waste

Bacillus Kumar et al., 2009

Valappil et al., 2007;
Wu et al., 2001;
Vijayendra et al., 2007
Wang et al., 2007

Alcaligenes
Azotobacter
Burkholderia
Escherichia
Haloferax
Klebsiella
Ralstonia

Wang et al., 2007,
Page and Cornish, 1993
Silva et al., 2004
Liu et al., 1998
Huang et al., 2006
Zhang et al., 1994
Haas et al., 2008

Staphylococcus

Dairy Products Escherichia Liu et al., 1998,

Vijayendra et al., 2007
Povolo and Casella,
2003
Yellore and Desai, 1998
Jiang et al., 2008
Povolo and Casella,
2003

Hydrogenophaga
Methylobacte-
rium
Pseudomonas
Sinorhizobium

Oily Waste Ralstonia Kahar et al., 2004