Determination of Poly-β-Hydroxyalkanoate in peat

• Main Authors: Dowrick, David J., Md Yusoff, Fatimah, Gough, Rachel, Freeman, Christopher
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61429/1/Determination%20of%20Poly-%CE%B2-hydroxyalkanoate%20in%20peat.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61429/; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00103624.2017.1282506

Poly-β-hydroxyalkanoate (PHA) is a prokaryotic energy reserve material that has been used as an indicator of environmental stress in aquatic bacteria. The following technique has been used to quantify PHA in peatland microorganisms. Peat samples were dried, digested in sulphuric acid to convert PHA...