Synthesis and degradation of polyhydroxyalkanoates

Pseudomonas

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 397-428

  Prieto, María A ^a   Eugenio, Laura I De ^a   Galàn, Beatriz ^a   Luengo, José M ^b   Witholt, Bernard ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6097-7_14     Document Type: Chapter

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