Over the past few decades, the term polymer has been repeatedly used in several industries
for their immense characteristics in different applications. Polymers and their composites …

Various bacterial species accumulate intracellular polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) granules
as energy and carbon reserves inside their cells. PHAs are biodegradable, environmentally …

Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is an attractive substitute for petrochemical plastic due to its
similar properties, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. The cost of scaled-up PHB …

This book focuses on food, non-food, and industrial packaging applications of polymers,
blends, nanostructured materials, macro, micro and nanocomposites, and renewable and …

The practicality of using sugarbeet juice as medium to grow Alcaligenes latus (ATCC 29714)
for production of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), a biodegradable plastic, was explored in this …

Abstract Poly (3-hydroxybutyrate)(PHB) belongs to the family of polyhydroxyalkanoates,
biopolymers used for agricultural, industrial, or even medical applications. However, scaling …

Mathematical Modelling as a Tool for Optimized PHA Production Page 1 M. NOVAK et al.,
Mathematical Modelling as a Tool for Optimized PHA Production, Chem. Biochem. Eng. Q., 29 …

In this contribution a mechanistic model describing the production of polyhydroxybutyrate
(PHB) through pure-culture fermentation was developed, calibrated and validated for two …

Economic production technology for a biodegradable polymer (poly‐β‐hydroxybutyrate,
PHB) is urgently required to replace conventional polymers, which have an inherent …

Bacteria control the expression of specific genes by Quorum Sensing (QS). This works using
small signaling molecules called Autoinducers (AIs), for example, the Autoinducer-2 (AI-2) …