Challenges and Opportunities for Customizing Polyhydroxyalkanoates

Indian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 235-249

  Singh, Mamtesh ^a   Kumar, Prasun ^b   Ray, Subhasree ^b   Kalia, Vipin C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioplastic; Co polymers; PHA synthases; Strategies; Thermo mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930632590     PISSN: 00468991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12088-015-0528-6     Document Type: Review

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