Indigenous microbes for sustainable biopolymer synthesis: a comprehensive optimization and characterization study

Abstract

Impetuous urbanization and population growth are driving increased demand for plastics to formulate impeccable industrial and biomedical commodities. The everlasting nature and excruciating waste management of petroleum-based plastics have catered to numerous challenges for the environment. However, just implementing various end-of-life management techniques for assimilation and recycling plastics is not a comprehensive remedy; instead, the extensive reliance on finite resources needs to be reduced for sustainable production and plastic product utilization. Several environmental and health-related issues are culminating every day due to extensive plastic production and usage, followed by infelicitous end-of-life management (Adane and Diriba 1993). Increasing invasion of plastic in our lives and environment and depleting fossil sources have led us to find an alternative of conventional plastic. One such alternatives can be polyhydroxyalkanoate commonly known as PHAs.