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Practical guide to microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates [electronic resource] / Kumar Sudesh, Hideki Abe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kumar, Sudesh.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Microbial polymers.
- Plastics--Microbiology.
- Plastics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (160 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Shawbury, Shropshire : iSmithers, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are plastic-like polymers produced naturally by many types of bacteria. PHA are among the most promising next generation plastics because they are biodegradable and can be produced using renewable resources. This Practical Guide to Microbial Polyhroxyalkanoates provides detailed information on the various microbial aspects that govern the design and synthesis of commercially useful PHA. Unlike chemical polymerisation processes, the microbial system involves multiple biological catalysts that convert renewable carbon sources into monomers and finally high molecular w
- Contents:
- 1 Background; 2 Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) Types; 3 Microbiology of Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Synthesis; 4 Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA); 5 Extraction and Purification of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from Microbial Cells; 6 Crystalline and Solid-State Structures of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA); 7 Physical Properties of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA); 8 Intracellular degradation (mobilisation) of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA); 9 Extracellular Degradation of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA); References; Abbreviations; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-56324-6
- 9786612563249
- 1-61583-451-6
- 1-84735-119-0
- OCLC:
- 609863681
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