Properties and biodegradability of ultra-high-molecular-weight poly[(R)- 3-hydroxybutyrate] produced by a recombinant Escherichia coli

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Volumn 25, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 87-94

  Kusaka, Satoshi ^a   Iwata, Tadahisa ^b   Doi, Yoshiharu ^b  

^a H   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodegradability; Electron micrography; Ultra high molecular weight poly(3 hydroxybutyrate)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DEPOLYMERASE; FRESH WATER; GLUCOSE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; RIVER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA EUTROPHA; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0032967013     PISSN: 01418130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-8130(99)00019-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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