ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Eco-Friendly Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) Synthesis
from Textile Wastewater and Its Process
Optimization
Mojtaba Taran1, Somayeh Bagheri1, Salar Bakhtiyari2, 3
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1Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
2Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Paramedicine, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
3Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2012;21(5):1413-1416
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ABSTRACT
The textile industry is one of the biggest industries in the world and its wastewater is one of the most
important threats to the environment and human health. In this study, the ability of Haloarcula sp. IRU1 to
produce poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) was investigated using a basal salts medium. Different factors like
textile wastewater, yeast extract, and KH2PO4 (as carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus sources, respectively)
were optimized to achieve maximum synthesis of PHB by Haloarcula sp. IRU1. Under the optimal conditions
of textile wastewater 30% (v/v), yeast extract 0.2% (w/v) and KH2PO4 0.008% (w/v), the highest PHB synthesis
(1.54 g/L) occurred in a shake-flask culture. The results provided evidence that Haloarcula sp. IRU1
could be a potential microorganism for production of PHB from textile wastewater in different conditions.