Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Much More than Biodegradable Plastics

Advances in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 93, Issue , 2015, Pages 73-106

  López, Nancy I ^a   Pettinari, M Julia ^a   Nikel, Pablo I ^b   Méndez, Beatriz S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bacterial ecology; Central metabolism; Global regulation; Polyhydroxyalkanoates

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC; GLYCOGEN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYMER; PROTEIN GACA; PROTEIN GACS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; COLD TOLERANCE; DEGRADATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLANT GROWTH; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID GENE; PSEUDOMONAS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; SURVIVAL; SYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 84945539347     PISSN: 00652164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.aambs.2015.06.001     Document Type: Article

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