Enzyme Engineering
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Division of Microbiology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India

Publications

• Research Article   
  Agro-Industrial Waste as Potential Renewable Feedstock for Biopolymer Poly-hydroxyalkanoates (PHA) Production
  Author(s): Mayur G. Naitam*, Govind Singh Tomar, Rajeev Kaushik, Surender Singh and Lata Nain
  
  Production of bio plastics using bacterially produced biopolymers is gaining momentum because of increasing concerns about environmental pollution caused by petroleum-based plastics, which are recalcitrant to microbial degradation and accumulate in the environment. Attempts to produce bio plastics are being made over the last few decades with little success. The mainstream substrates used for biopolymer production like laboratory-grade sugars, natural starch, and sugars from food crops like maize, vegetable oils, etc. are costly and also compete with food crops that result in a higher cost of production. In contrast, lignocellulosic waste from agriculture and related agro- industries can be used as potential feedstocks for the production of biopolymers and also, and they do not compete with food crops. Utilization of agro-industrial residues like paddy and wheat s.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35841/2329-6674.22.11.190

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