MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641043552 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, on April 6, for 'process for production and characterization of polyhydroxyalkanoates using pseudobacillus badius vit das1and jasmine hydrolysate.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Dhanya. V; Alice Angel S; and Sejal Shashikant Mali.
The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Process for Production and Characterization of Polyhydroxyalkanoates Using PSEUDOBACILLUS BADIUS VIT DAS1 and Jasmine Flower Hydrolysate. The present invention relates to a sustainable microbial process for producing polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) using the bacterial strain Pseudobacillus badius VIT DAS1 and jasmine flower hydrolysate derived from floral biomass waste as a renewable carbon source. The bacterial strain is isolated from contaminated soil and identified through morphological, biochemical, and molecular characterization including 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Jasmine floral waste is subjected to pretreatment followed by dilute acid hydrolysis to obtain fermentable hydrolysate suitable for microbial fermentation. During cultivation, the bacterial strain assimilates carbon compounds present in the hydrolysate and accumulates intracellular polyhydroxyalkanoate granules within the cells under fermentation conditions. The produced polymer is extracted and characterized using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) to confirm polymer structure, composition, and morphology. The invention provides a sustainable approach for converting jasmine floral biomass waste into biodegradable biopolymer materials suitable for environmentally friendly applications."
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