Improvement of Hydroxyvalerate Fraction in Poly(β-HydroxybutyrateCo-β-Hydroxyvalerate) by a Mutant Strain of Alcalisenes eutrophus

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 255-258

  Lee, In Young ^a   Kim, Guk Jin ^a   Choi, Dae Keon ^a   Yeon, Bo Kyoung ^a   Park, Young Hoon ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hydroxyvalerate; Mutant; P(HB co HV)

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0029921227     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0922-338X(96)82217-3     Document Type: Article

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