• Polyhydroxyalkanoate Production from Food Waste Using Bacillus megaterium

  • Humera Arshad# , Farrukh Jamil# , Rana Umer Hayat, Muhammad Qaisar Hafeez, Amna Kousar, Muhammad Ibrahim, and Muhammad Asif Rasheed†

  • Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal Campus, Sahiwal 57000, Pakistan

  • Bacillus megaterium를 활용한 음식물 쓰레기에서 Polyhydroxyalkanoate 제조

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This Article

  • 2026; 50(1): 60-68

    Published online Jan 25, 2026

  • 10.7317/pk.2026.50.1.60
  • Received on Jun 11, 2025
  • Revised on Sep 12, 2025
  • Accepted on Sep 15, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Muhammad Asif Rasheed

  • Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal Campus, Sahiwal 57000, Pakistan

  • E-mail: asif.rasheed@cuisahiwal.edu.pk