Industrial production of polyhydroxyalkanoates by bacteria: Opportunities and challenges

Minerva Biotecnologica

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 59-74

  Gholami, Ahmad ^a,b   Mohkam, Milad ^a,b   Rasoul Amini, Sara ^a,b   Ghasemi, Younes ^a,b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Industry; Petroleum; Plastics; Polyhydroxyalkanoates

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENGINEERING; FERMENTATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MARKETING; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW;

EID: 84962575285     PISSN: 11204826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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