Optimization of microbial poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) recover using dispersions of sodium hypochlorite solution and chloroform.

Optimization was carried out for the recovery of microbiol poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) from Alcaligenes eutrophus using a dispersion made of sodium hypochlorite solution and chloroform to take advantage of both differential digestion by hypoch chlorite and solvent extraction by chloroforms.