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Polyhydroxyalkanoates or PHAs are
polyesters produced in
nature by
numerous microorganisms,
including through bacterial fermentation of
sugars or lipids...
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Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is a
polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), a
polymer belonging to the
polyesters class that are of
interest as bio-derived and biodegradable...
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species that only
degrade polyhydroxyalkanoate.
Species that
cannot produce polyhydroxyalkanoate but are
capable of
polyhydroxyalkanoate degradation initiate...
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production in
microorganisms or
genetically modified plants (e.g.,
polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA). One
advantage of
bioplastics is
their independence from fossil...
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contain one
ester linkage per
repeat unit of the polymer, as in
polyhydroxyalkanoates like
polylactic acid, or they may have two
ester linkages per repeat...
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believe that
bioplastics will not
solve problems as
others expect.
Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) was
first observed in
bacteria in 1888 by
Martinus Beijerinck...
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polylactide (PLA), is a
plastic material. As a
thermoplastic polyester (or
polyhydroxyalkanoate) it has the
backbone formula (C 3H 4O 2) n or [–C(CH 3)HC(=O)O–]...
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nutrient storage granules, such as glycogen, polyphosphate,
sulfur or
polyhydroxyalkanoates.
Bacteria such as the
photosynthetic cyanobacteria,
produce internal...
- Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate),
commonly known as PHBV, is a
polyhydroxyalkanoate-type polymer. It is biodegradable, nontoxic,
biocompatible plastic...
- reductase, also
known as PhaB, in a
pathway that
produces polyester polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA). The
reduction of acetoacetyl-coA by Pha
creates (R)-3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA...
