Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Basics, Production and Applications of Microbial Biopolyesters

Bio-Based Plastics: Materials and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 137-170

  Koller, Martin ^a,b   Salerno, Anna ^a   Braunegg, Gerhart ^b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b ARENA Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Ressourcenschonende und Nachhaltige Technologien   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-POLYESTERS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES;

MATERIALS;

EID: 85014664024     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118676646.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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