In vivo blending of medium chain length polyhydroxy-alkanoates and polyhydroxybutyrate using recombinant Pseudomonas putida harboring phbCAB operon of Ralstonia eutropha

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 1729-1735

  Shin, Hyun Dong ^a   Lee, Jin Nam ^a   Lee, Yong Hyun ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

in vivo blending; mcl PHA; PHB; phbCAB operon; Pseudomonas putida; Ralstonia eutropha; Recombinant

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RALSTONIA; WAUTERSIA; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0036805151     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020604915657     Document Type: Article

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