Characterization of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate producing halophilic bacteria and nutrient optimization for its maximum production

An experiment was conducted at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi (2017-18) to report identification of halophilic poly-ß-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) producing bacteria and optimization process parameters for maximum PHB recovery. The phylogenetic analysis classified isolates into bacterial phylum α, γ-Proteobacteria, Firmicutes. Halomonas sp. KB7 Stenotrophomonas maltophila B11 produced in mineral salt media having optimized C N concentration with 10% NaCl. Optimizing increased production from 23.80–73.7% w/w sp 29.5–78.3 % S. maltophila.