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Biodegradation Studies of Polyhydroxybutyrate and Polyhydroxybutyrate-co-Polyhydroxyvalerate Films in Soil

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023
Due to increased environmental pressures, significant research has focused on finding suitable biodegradable plastics to replace ubiquitous petrochemical-derived polymers.
Jihyeon Kim, Nevin S. Gupta, Lindsey B. Bezek, Jacqueline Linn, Karteek K. Bejagam, Shounak Banerjee, Joseph H. Dumont, S. Nam, Hyun-woo Kang, Chi-Hoon Park, G. Pilania, C. Iverson, B. Marrone, Kwan-Soo Lee   +13 more
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Cytotoxicity Effects of Polyhydroxybutyrate/Chitosan/Bioglass Nanocomposite Scaffolds on Human Osteoblast-like Cells (SAOS-2 Cells)

مجله دانشکده دندانپزشکی اصفهان, 2022
In tissue engineering, a porous material is applied as the extracellular matrix or scaffold for cell growth. Then growth factors are added to this scaffold whose cytotoxicity must be assessed.
Batool Hashemi-Beni, Maryam Khoroushi, Saeed Karbasi, Fariba Heidari, Mohamad Reza Foroughi   +4 more
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Effects of different sodium salts and nitrogen sources on the production of 3-hydroxybutyrate and polyhydroxybutyrate by Burkholderia cepacia

Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 2021
The effects of NaCl, Na2SO4, Na2HPO4, and Na3C6H5O7 on the production of 3-hydroxybutyrate, polyhydroxybutyrate, and by-products by Burkholderia cepacia.
Jianfei Wang, Jiaqi Huang, Huanyu Guo, Shaoming Jiang, Jinyue Qiao, Xingyu Chen, Zixuan Qu, Wanyue Cui, Shijie Liu   +8 more
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Enhanced ascomycin production in Streptomyces hygroscopicus var. ascomyceticus by employing polyhydroxybutyrate as an intracellular carbon reservoir and optimizing carbon addition

Microbial Cell Factories, 2021
Background Ascomycin is a multifunctional antibiotic produced by Streptomyces hygroscopicus var. ascomyceticus. As a secondary metabolite, the production of ascomycin is often limited by the shortage of precursors during the late fermentation phase ...
Pan Wang, Ying Yin, Xin Wang, Jianping Wen   +3 more
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STRUCTURE RESEARCH OF FILM COMPOSITIONS BASED ON CHITOSAN/POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE BLEND BY INFRARED AND X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY [PDF]

Научно-технический вестник информационных технологий, механики и оптики, 2018
The paper considers the preparation of film materials based on the chitosan/polyhydroxybutyrate blend by the casting method. The combination of polysaccharide chitosan and polyester polyhydroxybutyrate gives the possibility to decrease the degradation ...
Glazacheva E.N., Evtyukhova D.O, Uspenskaya M.V.   +2 more
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Green Bionanocomposites Based on Polyhydroxybutyrate and Filled with Cellulose Nanocrystals: Melting Processing and Characterization

Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 2023
This article contributes to the understanding of biobased and biodegradable polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) bionanocomposites melt processed by pre-industrial methods such as extrusion and injection molding and reinforced by weight contents of 1 and 3 wt% of ...
A. Schmidt, Birgit Bittmann-Hennes, B. Montero, B. Wetzel, L. Barral   +4 more
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Polyhydroxybutyrate Metabolism in Azospirillum brasilense and Its Applications, a Review

Polymers, 2023
Gram-negative Azospirillum brasilense accumulates approximately 80% of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) as dry cell weight. For this reason, this bacterium has been characterized as one of the main microorganisms that produce PHB.
Maria de los Angeles Martinez, L. S. Urzúa, Yovani Aguilar Carrillo, Mirian Becerril Ramírez, L. J. M. Morales   +4 more
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Production of Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) and Factors Impacting Its Chemical and Mechanical Characteristics

Polymers, 2020
Plastic pollution is fueling the grave environmental threats currently facing humans, the animal kingdom, and the planet. The pursuit of renewable resourced biodegradable materials commenced in the 1970s with the need for carbon neutral fully sustainable
Blaithín McAdam, Margaret Brennan Fournet, Paul F. McDonald, Marija Mojicevic   +3 more
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Cocoa Bean Shell as Promising Feedstock for the Production of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB)

Applied Sciences, 2023
Cocoa bean shell (CBS), a by-product of the chocolate industry, has been employed as a substrate to obtain poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) by fermentation with Bacillus firmus. With this aim, acid-thermal hydrolysis of CBS (20% w/v) was conducted at 135 °C
Marta Sánchez, Amanda Laca, Adriana Laca, Mario Díaz   +3 more
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Hybrid synthesis of polyhydroxybutyrate bioplastics from carbon dioxide

Green Chemistry, 2023
Global sustainable development has intensified the demand for switching to a renewable economy with a reduced carbon footprint.
J. Zhang, Dingyu Liu, Yuwan Liu, Huanyu Chu, J. Bai, Jian Cheng, Haodong Zhao, Shao-Bing Fu, HUI‐ZHOU Liu, Yue Fu, Yanhe Ma, Huifeng Jiang   +11 more
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