Strategies for recovery and purification of poly[(R)-3-hydroxyalkanoates] (PHA) biopolyesters from surrounding biomass

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 549-562

  Koller, Martin ^a,b   Niebelschütz, Horst ^c   Braunegg, Gerhart ^b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b ARENA Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Ressourcenschonende and Nachhaltige Technologien   (Austria)

^c ARGUS Umweltbiotechnologie GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biopolymers; Cell lysis; Downstream processing; Extraction solvents; Polyhy droxyalkanoates

Indexed keywords

CELL LYSIS; DOWNSTREAM-PROCESSING; EXTRACTION SOLVENTS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROORGANISM; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MICROBIAL PRODUCTION; POLYHY-DROXYALKANOATES; RECOVERY AND PURIFICATIONS;

BIOMASS; BIOPOLYMERS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

RECOVERY;

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ENDOTOXIN; HYPOCHLORITE; POLYESTER; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; SOLVENT;

BIOMASS; ESTER; EXTRACTION; LYSIS; PURIFICATION; RECOVERY METHOD; SOLVENT;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL LYSATE; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ENERGY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; PURIFICATION; REVIEW; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

EID: 84887073381     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201300021     Document Type: Review

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