A
biotechnological process for producing PHA is described, comprising the steps of: subjecting an initial mixture containing a mixed bacterial
mass to a biological selection process, so as to obtain a first intermediate mixture containing mainly selected
bacteria able to store a carbonaceous source (for example VFA) in the form of PHA; introducing said first intermediate mixture in a tank reactor (120, 215) operating under anoxic con-ditions; introducing in said tank reactor (120, 215) also an aqueous
nutrient solution, containing both the carbonaceous source (for example VFA) and nutrients, so as to ob-tain within said tank reactor (120, 215) a second intermediate mixture comprising PHA-containing
bacteria; treating said second intermediate mixture with a
solid-liquid separa-tion apparatus (125, 220), for example a
vertical axis centrifuge, a decanter
centrifuge or any other device adapted to execute a
centrifugal separation of the second interme-diate mixture, so as to obtain a final mixture having a higher solids concentration with respect to that of the second intermediate mixture; subjecting the final mixture to a PHA extraction process.