Environmental life cycle comparison of polyhydroxyalkanoates produced from renewable carbon resources by bacterial fermentation

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 183-194

  Akiyama, Minoru ^a   Tsuge, Takeharu ^a   Doi, Yoshiharu ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bio based polymers; CO2 emissions; Life cycle inventory; Polyhydroxyalkanoates; Production cost; Renewable carbon sources

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FERMENTATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GENES; GLUCOSE; PETROCHEMICALS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

BACTERIAL FERMENTATION;

BIOPOLYMERS;

EID: 0037275056     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-3910(02)00400-7     Document Type: Article

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