Strain Carbon Source Used Polymer Yield References
Aeromonas sp. Municipal waste water 11.11% [27]
Palm oil mill effluent 22.97%
Glycerol 19.82%
Molasses 20.09%
Alcaligenes sp. Municipal waste water 41.11% [27]
Palm oil mill effluent 11.69%
Glycerol 2.33%
Molasses 0.00%
Bacillus sp. 1:1 mixture of WBH and RBH 59% [28]
Municipal waste water 43.95% [27]
Palm oil mill effluent 58.925%
Glycerol 25.00%
Molasses 48.01%
Bacillus cereus Municipal waste water 38.07% [27]
Palm oil mill effluent 64.09%
Glycerol 0.00%
Molasses 23.94%
Bacillus licheniformis Municipal waste water 40.97% [27]
Palm oil mill effluent 62.96%
Glycerol 1.69%
Molasses 43%
B. subtilis Municipal waste water 46.71% [27]
Palm oil mill effluent 50.00%
Glycerol 18.92%
Molasses 16.13%
Bacillus megaterium Sugarcane molasses 43% [15]
Burkholderia cepaca Glycerol 31.35% [29]
Chromobacterium sp. Municipal waste water 25.00% [27]
Palm oil mill effluent 40.89%
Glycerol 11.86%
Molasses 27.85%
Cupriavidus taiwanensis Gluconic acid 72% [26]
Escherichia coli Xylose 59 ± 4% [30]
Sodium butyrate 7.81 ± 0.21% [31]
Hydrogenophaga pseudoflava Lactose 29.8 ± 3.0% [13]
Haloarcula hispanica (previously deposited as Halobacterium hispanicum) YE/Glucose 2.4% [32]
Haloarcula marismortui YE/Glucose 21% [33]
Haloarcula sp. Glucose 63% [34]
Haloarcula japonica Glucose 0.5% [35]
Halobiforma haloterrestri Butyric acid 40% [36]
H. haloterrestris YE 15% [36]
Haloferax mediterranei YE/Glucose 17% [32]
H. mediterranei Starch 6.48g/L [37]
Haloferax gibbonsii YE/Glucose 1.2% [32]
Haloferax volcanii YE/Glucose 7% [32]
Haloterrigena hispanica YE/Casamino acids 0.14% [38,39]
Halopiger aswanensis YE/Na acetate/Butyric acid 34% [40,41]
Pseudomona oleovorans Gluconic acid 0.9±0.1% [26]
Pseudomonas putrefaciens Corn cob 66.67% [14]
Pseudomonas sp. Municipal Waste Water 61.05% [27]
Palm oil mill effluent 60.08%
Glycerol 62.08%
Molasses 60.04%
Proteus mirabilis Municipal Waste Water 0.00% [27]
Palm oil mill effluent 0.00%
Glycerol 0.00%
Molasses 0.00%
Ralstonia eutropha Glucose 0.058 [42]
Sodium gluconate 87.03% [43]
Table 2: Data for carbon sources used by microorganisms for scl-PHA production.