Results 11 to 20 of about 17,850 (231)
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022 Microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are biodegradable and biocompatible bio-based polyesters, which are used in various applications including packaging, medical and coating materials.
Khouloud Hammami +12 more
doaj +1 more source
A Phasin with Many Faces: Structural Insights on PhaP from Azotobacter sp. FA8 [PDF]
, 2014 Phasins are a group of proteins associated to granules of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs). Apart from their structural role as part of the PHA granule cover, different structural and regulatory functions have been found associated to many of them, and ...
Bucci, Hernán Andrés +5 more
core +11 more sources
Bioplastic design using multitask deep neural networks
Communications Materials, 2022 Biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoates are promising replacements for non-degradable plastics. Here, neural network property predictors are applied to a search space of approximately 1.4 million candidates, identifying 14 polyhydroxyalkanoates that could ...
Christopher Kuenneth +5 more
doaj +1 more source
Biodegradation of polyhydroxyalkanoates [PDF]
FEMS Microbiology Letters, 1992 Degradation of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and copolymers with 3-hydroxyvaleric acid was investigated in natural environments, and the microorganisms involved were isolated and identified. The influence of abiotic and biotic factors on the degradation is discussed.
J, Mergaert +4 more
openaire +3 more sources
Synthesis of Polyhydroxyalkanoates from Oleic Acid by Cupriavidus necator B-10646 [PDF]
Журнал Сибирского федерального университета: Серия Биология, 2020 Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are polymers of hydroxy derived fatty acids synthesized by various organisms. These polymers can be effectively used as a biocompatible and biodegradable alternative to the chemically synthesized plastic.
Natalia O. Zhila +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021 Production of medium chain-length poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) [PHA] polymers with tightly defined compositions is an important area of research to expand the application and improve the properties of these promising biobased and biodegradable materials ...
Ryan A. Scheel +8 more
doaj +1 more source
Camelina Oil as a Promising Substrate for mcl-PHA Production in Pseudomonas sp. Cultures
Applied Food Biotechnology, 2019 Background and objective: Polyhydroxyalkanoates are biodegradable polyesters synthesized by some prokaryotic organisms from renewable sources. Medium-chain-length Polyhydroxyalkanoates show interesting properties as elastic and adhesive specialty ...
Daniel Bustamante +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022 Short- and medium-chain fatty acids (SMCFAs) derived from the acidogenic anaerobic mixed culture fermentation of acid whey obtained from a crude cheese production line and their synthetic mixture that simulates a real SMCFA-rich stream were evaluated for
Karolina Szacherska +4 more
doaj +1 more source
Polyhydroxyalkanoates as biomaterials [PDF]
MedChemComm, 2017 Polyhydroxyalkanoates are being explored exponentially for biomedical application. The collative reported information on polyhydroxyalkanoates may serve as a guide to attain novel biomaterials.
Bhagyashri S. Thorat Gadgil +2 more
openaire +2 more sources
Fast method for the determination of short-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates (scl-PHAs) in bacterial samples by In Vial-Thermolysis (IVT) [PDF]
, 2017 none8siA new method based on the GC–MS analysis of thermolysis products obtained by treating bacterial samples at a high temperature (above 270 C) has been developed.
Abbondanzi, F. +7 more
core +1 more source