Isolation and Identification of Polyhydroxyalkanoates from two Strains of ClostridiumBifermentans Isolated from the Soil Near the Gas Station in Basrah City

Abstract

Two strains of Clostridium isolated from soilnear the gas stations in Basrah, Iraq, was identified by 16S rRNA sequencing as Clostridium bifermentans strain 0910-0608 and - Clostridium bifermentans strain 0912-02001 Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) production by these strains were investigated. The extracted PHA was characterized by FTIR spectroscopy. It was found that these strains are PHA producers.