Use of poly(ethylene glycol)s to regulate poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) molecular weight during Alcaligenes eutrophus cultivations

Macromolecules

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 7753-7758

  Shi, Fengying ^a,b   Ashby, Richard ^a   Gross, Richard A ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ETHERS; FERMENTATION; FRUCTOSE; GROWTH KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYESTERS;

ALCALIGENES EUTROPHUS; FERMENTATION POLYMERIZATION;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 0030284650     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma960805k     Document Type: Article

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