Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Trends and advances toward biotechnological applications

VC Kalia, SKS Patel, R Shanmugam, JK Lee - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Plastics are an integral part of most of the daily requirements. Indiscriminate usage and
disposal have led to the accumulation of massive quantities of waste. Their non …

Current trends in the production of biodegradable bioplastics: The case of polyhydroxyalkanoates

JMG Alcântara, F Distante, G Storti, D Moscatelli… - Biotechnology …, 2020 - Elsevier
The global pollution caused by plastics and microplastics is stimulating intense research
towards more environmentally friendly materials, preserving the remarkable application …

[HTML][HTML] Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) toward cost competitiveness and functionality

GQ Chen, XY Chen, FQ Wu, JC Chen - Advanced Industrial and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) have been produced by several bacteria as bioplastics in
industrial scales. PHA commercialization has been challenging due to its complexity and the …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates, the bioplastics of microbial origin: Properties, biochemical synthesis, and their applications

S Behera, M Priyadarshanee, S Das - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The rising plastic pollution deteriorates the environment significantly as these petroleum-
based plastics are not biodegradable, and their production requires natural fuels (energy …

Poly (4-hydroxybutyrate): Current state and perspectives

C Utsunomia, Q Ren, M Zinn - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
By the end of 1980s, for the first time polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) copolymers with
incorporated 4-hydroxybutyrate (4HB) units were produced in the bacterium Cupriavidus …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering bacteria for enhanced polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) biosynthesis

GQ Chen, XR Jiang - Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology, 2017 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) have been produced by some bacteria as bioplastics for
many years. Yet their commercialization is still on the way. A few issues are related to the …

In vivo and Post-synthesis Strategies to Enhance the Properties of PHB-Based Materials: A Review

R Turco, G Santagata, I Corrado, C Pezzella… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The transition toward “green” alternatives to petroleum-based plastics is driven by the need
for “drop-in” replacement materials able to combine characteristics of existing plastics with …

The underexplored role of diverse stress factors in microbial biopolymer synthesis

S Obruca, P Sedlacek, M Koller - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are microbial polyesters which, apart from their primary
storage role, enhance the stress robustness of PHA accumulating cells against various …

Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates using dairy processing waste–a review

AD Tripathi, V Paul, A Agarwal, R Sharma… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bio-plastics are eco-friendly biopolymers finding tremendous application in the food and
pharmaceutical industries. Bio-plastics have suitable physicochemical, mechanical …

Recent progress in the utilization of biosynthesized polyhydroxyalkanoates for biomedical applications–review

FI Butt, N Muhammad, A Hamid… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
PHAs (polyhydroxyalkanoates) have emerged as biodegradable plastics more strongly in
the 20th century. A wide range of bacterial species along with fungi, plants, oilseed crops …