Polyhydroxybutyrate: An intriguing biopolymer
Open Access
- 1 December 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Bioscience Reports
- Vol. 8 (6), 537-547
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01117332
Abstract
The microbial polymer poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) and related poly-hydroxyalkanoates, such as poly-3-hydroxyvalerate and poly-3-hydroxyoctanoate, are unique biodegradable thermoplastics of considerable commercial importance. The structure, properties and regulation of synthesis and degradation of PHB are reviewed and the microbial production of copolymers of 3-hydroxybutyrate and 3-hydroxyvalerate, with properties varying according to copolymer composition, is discussed.Keywords
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