<abstract> <p>This study was designed to investigate, at a laboratory scale, the possibility of valorizing the leftover carob fruits to produce the eco-friendly biopolymer polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) by using the bacterial strain <italic>Bacillus paramycoides</italic>, which has been isolated from the botanical garden of Skikda University in Algeria. The PHB production was tested under various conditions: a pH of 3–8, temperature range of 30–44 °C, carob extracted molasses concentration of 2–8% v/v, an incubation time of 24–96 h and an agitation speed of 150–300 rpm. The effects of different nitrogen sources and carob extracted molasses treatment types were also investigated. The PHB concentration was determined quantitatively as crotonic acid by measuring the absorbance at 300 nm. Cell growth was quantified by measuring the density of the culture at 600 nm. The presence of PHB was confirmed by applying high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) using an Aminex HPX-87H and implementing gas chromatography analysis. The best yield of PHB synthesis was obtained by using 6% v/v of 5 M H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> treated with carob molasses as a carbon source, with peptone as a nitrogen source; incubation was conducted at 37 °C for 96 h at an agitation speed of 300 rpm (114.95 mg/L). The HPLC analysis confirmed the synthesis of PHB by <italic>B. paramycoides</italic> to have a chromatogram retention time of 22.5 min. Carob waste was successfully valorized to PHB.</p> </abstract>
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