The chemomechanical properties of microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates

B Laycock, P Halley, S Pratt, A Werker, P Lant - Progress in polymer …, 2013 - Elsevier
Microbially produced polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are fully biodegradable biopolyesters
that have attracted much attention recently as alternative polymeric materials that can be …

Review of the developments of bacterial medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates (mcl-PHAs)

VUN Reddy, SV Ramanaiah, MV Reddy, YC Chang - Bioengineering, 2022 - mdpi.com
Synthetic plastics derived from fossil fuels—such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl
chloride, and polystyrene—are non-degradable. A large amount of plastic waste enters …

Recent developments in short-and medium-chain-length Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Production, properties, and applications

R Muthuraj, O Valerio, TH Mekonnen - International Journal of Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Developing renewable resource-based plastics with complete biodegradability and a
minimal carbon footprint can open new opportunities to effectively manage the end-of-life …

Chemical and biochemical engineering approaches in manufacturing polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolyesters of tailored structure with focus on the diversity of …

M Koller - Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly, 2018 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) constitute prokaryotic storage materials not only
harnessing microbial cells with benefits for survival under challenging environmental …

Biosynthesis and characteristics of aromatic polyhydroxyalkanoates

M Ishii-Hyakutake, S Mizuno, T Tsuge - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are polyesters synthesized by bacteria as a carbon and
energy storage material. PHAs are characterized by thermoplasticity, biodegradability, and …

Preparation and characterization of polyhydroxyalkanoate bioplastic-based green renewable composites from rice husk

CS Wu - Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 2014 - Springer
The biodegradability, morphology, and mechanical properties of composite materials
consisting of acrylic acid-grafted poly (hydroxyalkanoate)(PHA-g-AA) and rice husk (RH) …

Fractionation of medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthesized by pilot-scale production for improving material properties

A Panaksri, N Tanadchangsaeng - Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2023 - Elsevier
Medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate (MCL-PHA), a biodegradable and
biocompatible material, is a biopolyester that obtains great attention, especially in the …

Biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates containing 2-hydroxy-4-methylvalerate and 2-hydroxy-3-phenylpropionate units from a related or unrelated carbon source

S Mizuno, Y Enda, A Saika, A Hiroe, T Tsuge - Journal of bioscience and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The discovery of the lactate-polymerizing enzyme (LPE) enabled the biosynthesis of a
polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) containing 2-hydroxyalkanoate (2HA). Amino acids are …

Isolation and characterization of polyhydroxyalkanoate-degrading bacteria in seawater at two different depths from Suruga Bay

SI Hachisuka, T Sakurai, S Mizuno… - Applied and …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) is a biopolymer used as a plastic material. PHA can be a
panacea for global plastic pollution as being susceptible to biodegradation in seawater …

Biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoates with a different set of valerate monomers: Chemical structure and physicochemical properties

TG Volova, NO Zhila, EG Kiselev, AG Sukovatyi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The properties, features of thermal behavior and crystallization of copolymers containing
various types of valerate monomers were studied depending on the set and ratio of …