Finding an alternative way for responding to the problems associated with plasticwaste and its effect on the environment, there has been an effort made in the production anddevelopment of biodegradable plastics. Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are polyesters thataccumulate as inclusions in a wide variety of bacteria and were first discovered in
Bacillusmegaterium
(Lemoigne, 1926).
It is a unique intracellular polymer accumulated under stress