Characterization of polyhydroxyalkanoates synthesized from microbial mixed cultures and of their nanobiocomposites with bacterial cellulose nanowhiskers

New Biotechnology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 364-376

  Martínez Sanz, Marta ^a   Villano, Marianna ^b   Oliveira, Catarina ^c,d   Albuquerque, Maria G E ^c,d   Majone, Mauro ^b   Reis, Maria ^c,d   Lopez Rubio, Amparo ^a   Lagaron, Jose M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA EXPERIMENTAL E TECNOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CHARACTERIZATION; FILLERS; NANOWHISKERS;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; BACTERIAL CELLULOSE; BARRIER PROPERTIES; LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; MOISTURE SENSITIVITY; NANO-BIOCOMPOSITES; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; POLYMERIC MATRICES;

LOADING;

ACETONE; BACTERIAL CELLULOSE NANOWHISKER; CELLULOSE; CHLOROFORM; NANOCOMPOSITE; OXYGEN; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRATE CO 3 HYDROXYVALERATE) 40; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRATE CO 3 HYDROXYVALERATE) 7; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; SULFURIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISPERSION; ENTHALPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; HUMIDITY; MELTING POINT; MIXED CELL CULTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RIGIDITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER VAPOR; BACTERIA; BIOREACTOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CELLULOSE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMIDITY; LACTIC ACID; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXYGEN; PERMEABILITY; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; POLYMERS; PROTON MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WATER;

EID: 84901649063     PISSN: 18716784     EISSN: 18764347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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