Enzymatic degradation of single crystals of bacterial and synthetic poly(β-hydroxybutyrate)

Macromolecules

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2472-2478

  Hocking, Philipps J ^a   Marchessault, Robert H ^a   Timmins, Mark R ^b   Lenz, Robert W ^b   Fuller, R Clinton ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOPOLYMERS; ENZYMES; FUNGI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYESTERS;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATIS; BACTERIAL POLYESTER; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE; PSEUDOMONAS LEMOIGNEI; TACTICITY RESPONSE;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 0030110181     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma951361f     Document Type: Article

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