Non-biodegradable biopolymers from renewable resources: Perspectives and impacts

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 607-613

  Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOSSIL FUELS; POLYESTERS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NATURAL COMPOUNDS; NON-BIODEGRADABLE BIOPOLYMERS; POLYTHIOESTERS;

BIOPOLYMERS;

BIOPOLYMER; COPOLYMER; ISOPRENOID; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYOLEFIN; POLYPHENOL; THIOESTER;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL BOND; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION; FOSSIL; HYDROLYSIS KINETICS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOPOLYMERS; LACTIC ACID; POLYMERS; SULFIDES;

EID: 27844566753     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2005.10.011     Document Type: Review

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