Patents
This invention provides a strain Bacillus mycoides RLJ B-017 which cab accumulate polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) at higher levels and which can utilize minimal medium containing sucrose for growing conditions. This invention also provides a method of agglomerating PHB granules from lysed Bacillus mycoides RLJ B-017 cells using a solution of sodium hypochlorite,calcium hypochlorite or any metal hypochlorite in chloroform or any polyhalogenated hydrocarbon solvent.