Start a research on biopolymer polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA): a review

GYA Tan, CL Chen, L Li, L Ge, L Wang, IMN Razaad… - Polymers, 2014 - mdpi.com
With the impending fossil fuel crisis, the search for and development of alternative
chemical/material substitutes is pivotal in reducing mankind's dependency on fossil …

Recent advances in polyhydroxyalkanoate production: Feedstocks, strains and process developments

M Li, MR Wilkins - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2020 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) have been actively studied in academia and industry for
their properties comparable to petroleum-derived plastics and high biocompatibility …

Production of biodegradable plastic by polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) accumulating bacteria using low cost agricultural waste material

A Getachew, F Woldesenbet - BMC research notes, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background Polyhydroxybutyrates (PHBs) are macromolecules synthesized by
bacteria. They are inclusion bodies accumulated as reserve materials when the bacteria …

Production of bioplastic (poly-3-hydroxybutyrate) using waste paper as a feedstock: Optimization of enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation employing Burkholderia …

H Al-Battashi, N Annamalai, S Al-Kindi, AS Nair… - Journal of cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
The global demand for bio-plastic particularly polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) have been
increased in the last few decades as a substitute of petrochemical-based plastic. Utilization …

Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (P3HB) production by bacteria from xylose, glucose and sugarcane bagasse hydrolysate

LF Silva, MK Taciro, ME Michelin Ramos… - Journal of industrial …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Fifty-five bacterial strains isolated from soil were screened for efficient poly-3-
hydroxybutyrate (P3HB) biosynthesis from xylose. Three strains were also evaluated for the …

Recent progress in the utilization of biosynthesized polyhydroxyalkanoates for biomedical applications–review

FI Butt, N Muhammad, A Hamid… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
PHAs (polyhydroxyalkanoates) have emerged as biodegradable plastics more strongly in
the 20th century. A wide range of bacterial species along with fungi, plants, oilseed crops …

Production of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) by Alcaligenes latus using sugarbeet juice

B Wang, RR Sharma-Shivappa, JW Olson… - Industrial crops and …, 2013 - Elsevier
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 …

Rapid detection of polyhydroxyalkanoate-accumulating bacteria isolated from the environment by colony PCR

DS Sheu, YT Wang, CY Lee - Microbiology, 2000 - microbiologyresearch.org
Colony PCR and semi-nested PCR techniques were employed for screening
polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) producers isolated from the environment. Three degenerate …

Increasing PHB production with an industrially scalable hardwood hydrolysate as a carbon source

K Dietrich, ER Oliveira-Filho, MJ Dumont… - Industrial Crops and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, we report an industrially feasible conversion of wood hydrolysate from a pilot-
scale forest biorefinery. The wood hydrolysate was compared to a synthetic hydrolysate with …

Burkholderia sacchari (synonym Paraburkholderia sacchari): An industrial and versatile bacterial chassis for sustainable biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates and …

ER Oliveira-Filho, JGC Gomez, MK Taciro… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
This is the first review presenting and discussing Burkholderia sacchari as a bacterial
chassis. B. sacchari is a distinguished polyhydroxyalkanoates producer strain, with low …