The opportunity for high-performance biomaterials from methane

Microorganisms

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Strong, Peter James ^a   Laycock, Bronwyn ^a   Mahamud, Syarifah Nuraqmar Syed ^a   Jensen, Paul Douglas ^a   Lant, Paul Andrew ^a   Tyson, Gene ^a   Pratt, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biopolymer; Gas fermentation; Methane; PHA; PHB; PHBV; Syngas methanotroph

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975180830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20762607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms4010011     Document Type: Article

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