[HTML][HTML] Biofertilizers and biocontrol agents for agriculture: How to identify and develop new potent microbial strains and traits

AM Pirttilä, H Mohammad Parast Tabas, N Baruah… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microbiological tools, biofertilizers, and biocontrol agents, which are bacteria and fungi
capable of providing beneficial outcomes in crop plant growth and health, have been …

[HTML][HTML] 3-hydroxybutyrate as a metabolite and a signal molecule regulating processes of living organisms

J Mierziak, M Burgberger, W Wojtasik - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
3-hydroxybutyrate (3-HB) as a very important metabolite occurs in animals, bacteria and
plants. It is well known that in animals, 3-HB is formed as a product of the normal metabolism …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates synthesis by halophiles and thermophiles: towards sustainable production of microbial bioplastics

S Obruča, P Dvořák, P Sedláček, M Koller… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are microbial polyesters produced by numerous prokaryotes.
These materials are generally considered to be renewable and biodegradable alternatives …

Novel unexpected functions of PHA granules

S Obruca, P Sedlacek, E Slaninova, I Fritz… - Applied microbiology …, 2020 - Springer
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), polyesters accumulated by numerous prokaryotes in the form
of intracellular granules, have been for decades considered being predominantly storage …

The protective role of PHB and its degradation products against stress situations in bacteria

M Müller-Santos, JJ Koskimäki… - FEMS microbiology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Many bacteria produce storage biopolymers that are mobilized under conditions of
metabolic adaptation, for example, low nutrient availability and cellular stress …

The underexplored role of diverse stress factors in microbial biopolymer synthesis

S Obruca, P Sedlacek, M Koller - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are microbial polyesters which, apart from their primary
storage role, enhance the stress robustness of PHA accumulating cells against various …

A review of biopolymer (Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate) synthesis in microbes cultivated on wastewater

AA Amadu, S Qiu, S Ge, GND Addico… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The large quantities of non-degradable single use plastics, production and disposal, in
addition to increasing amounts of municipal and industrial wastewaters are among the major …

[HTML][HTML] Polyhydroxybutyrate: A useful product of chlorotic cyanobacteria

M Koch, K Forchhammer - Microbial Physiology, 2021 - karger.com
Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is a carbon polymer with diverse functions, varying greatly on the
organism producing it. This microreview describes the current knowledge about PHB …

[HTML][HTML] PLA/PHB-based materials fully biodegradable under both industrial and home-composting conditions

M Fogašová, S Figalla, L Danišová, E Medlenová… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
In order to make bioplastics accessible for a wider spectrum of applications, ready-to-use
plastic material formulations should be available with tailored properties. Ideally, these kinds …

[HTML][HTML] Towards high-throughput screening (HTS) of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production via Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy of Halomonas sp. R5 …

M Christensen, I Chiciudean, P Jablonski, AM Tanase… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
High-throughput screening (HTS) methods for characterization of microbial production of
polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are currently under investigated, despite the advent of such …