Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Characteristics, production, recent developments and applications

ZA Raza, S Abid, IM Banat - International Biodeterioration & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biopolyesters, stored within cells as energy storage
materials by various microorganisms. Due to their biocompatibility and biodegradability …

Engineered living materials: prospects and challenges for using biological systems to direct the assembly of smart materials

PQ Nguyen, NMD Courchesne… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Vast potential exists for the development of novel, engineered platforms that manipulate
biology for the production of programmed advanced materials. Such systems would possess …

Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA): properties and modifications

V Sharma, R Sehgal, R Gupta - Polymer, 2021 - Elsevier
There are a wide range of biopolymers produced by a number of different microorganisms.
Polyhydroxyalkanoates are also a diverse group among these biopolymers. In recent times …

Microbial production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) and its copolymers: A review of recent advancements

A Anjum, M Zuber, KM Zia, A Noreen, MN Anjum… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Traditional mineral oil based plastics are important commodity to enhance the comfort and
quality of life but the accumulation of these plastics in the environment has become a major …

Microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs): efficient replacement of synthetic polymers

F Muneer, I Rasul, F Azeem, MH Siddique… - Journal of Polymers and …, 2020 - Springer
Microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biopolyesters produced by microorganisms as
intracellular granules under nutrient stress. Due to non-toxic and biodegradable behavior …

[HTML][HTML] Additive manufacturing of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) biopolymers: Materials, printing techniques, and applications

M Mehrpouya, H Vahabi, M Barletta, P Laheurte… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing (AM) is recently imposing as a fast, reliable, and highly flexible
solution to process various materials, that range from metals to polymers, to achieve a broad …

Enhanced polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) production by newly isolated rare actinomycetes Rhodococcus sp. strain BSRT1-1 using response surface methodology

C Trakunjae, A Boondaeng, W Apiwatanapiwat… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) is a biodegradable polymer, synthesized as carbon
and energy reserve by bacteria and archaea. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first …

Improving biological production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) co-polymer: a critical review

G Policastro, A Panico, M Fabbricino - Reviews in Environmental Science …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Although poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate)(PHBV) is the most
promising biopolymer for petroleum-based plastics replacement, the low processes …

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 …

Polyhydroxybutyrate production from crude glycerol using a highly robust bacterial strain Halomonas sp. YLGW01

B Kim, SJ Oh, JH Hwang, HJ Kim, N Shin… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Petrochemical-based plastics are hardly biodegradable and a major cause of environmental
pollution, and polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is attracting attention as an alternative due to its …