Synthesis, Production, and Biotechnological Applications of Exopolysaccharides and Polyhydroxyalkanoates by Archaea

Table 2

PHAs produced by archaeal species.

Microorganism	Carbon source	Type	Yield	Reference
Haloarcula hispanica (previously deposited as Halobacterium hispanicum)	Yeast extract/Glc	PHB	2.4 (% w/w of CDW)	[57]
H. hispanica	Yeast extract/Glc	PHBV	0.58±0.03 (g L^−1)	[58]
Haloarcula marismortui	Yeast extract/Glc	PHB	21 (% w/w of CDW)	[21]
Haloarcula sp. IRU1	Glc	PHB	63 (% w/w of CDW)	[59]
Haloarcula japonica (strain T5)	Glc	PHB	0.5 (% w/w of CDW)	[12]
Halobacterium noricense	Yeast extract/triptone	PHB/PHBV	0.08/0.03 (% w/w of CDW)	[25]
Halobiforma haloterrestris (strain 135^T)	Yeast extract/butyric acid	PHB	40 (% w/w of CDW)	[23]
H. haloterrestris (strain 135^T)	Yeast extract/casamino acids or proteose peptone	PHB	15 (% w/w of CDW)	[23]
Halococcus dombrowskii	Yeast extract/HyCase	PHB/PHBV	0.15/0.01 (% w/w of CDW)	[25]
Halococcus salifodinae	Yeast extract/HyCase	PHB/PHBV	0.05/0.01 (% w/w of CDW)	[25]
Haloferax mediterranei	Yeast extract/Glc	PHB	17 (% w/w of CDW)	[57]
H. mediterranei	Glc	PHBV	23 (g L^−1)	[60]
H. mediterranei	Starch	PHB	6.48 (g L^−1)	[26]
H. mediterranei	Bacto Casamino Acids/yeast extract	PHBV	1.33±0.05 (g L^−1)	[58]
H. mediterranei	Yeast extract/starch	PHBV	1.74±0.04 (g L^−1)	[58]
Haloferax gibbonsii	Yeast extract/Glc	PHB	1.2 (% w/w of CDW)	[57]
Haloferax volcanii	Yeast extract/Glc	PHB	7 (% w/w of CDW)	[57]
Haloterrigena hispanica	Yeast extract/casamino acids	PHB	0.14 (% w/w of CDW)	[28, 61]
Halopiger aswanensis (strain 56)	Yeast extract/sodium acetate/butyric acid	PHB	34 (% w/w of CDW)	[22, 62]
Natronobacterium gregoryi	Yeast extract/casamino acids	PHB/PHBV	0.1/0.03 (% w/w of CDW)	[25]

Abbreviations: CDW: cell dry weight; Glc: glucose; PHB: poly (3-hydroxybutyrate); PHBV: poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate).