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Polyhydroxyalkanoates: The Future Bioplastics

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Polyhydroxyalkanoates or PHAs are interesting biodegradable thermoplastics which are usually produced by bacteria intracellularly as an energy storage material under unfavourable growth condition. PHAs are attractive materials that can be developed as a bio-based commodity plastics. PHAs are also known as biocompatible polymers which can be used in various biomedical applications. This book chapter discusses about the production of PHAs by different types of bacteria using renewable resources.

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Gahlawat, G. (2019). Polyhydroxyalkanoates: The Future Bioplastics. In: Polyhydroxyalkanoates Biopolymers. SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33897-8_2

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