The search for alternatives to petrochemical plastics has intensified, with increasing
attention being directed toward bio-based polymers (bioplastics), which are considered …

Hydroxy fatty acids (HFAs) are very important chemicals for versatile applications in
biodegradable polymer materials and cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. They are …

A two step biological process for the conversion of grass biomass to the biodegradable
polymer medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoate (mcl-PHA) was achieved through the …

Unusual polyhydroxyalkanoates (UnPHAs) constitute a particular group of polyoxo (thio)
esters belonging to the PHA family, which are tailored with uncommon monomers. Thus …

Environmental microbes oscillate between feast and famine and need to carefully manage
utilization, storage and conversion of reserve products to exploitable sources of carbon and …

Decanoic acid is an ideal substrate for the synthesis of medium-chain-length poly-3-
hydroxyalkanoate (MCL-PHA), but its use for this purpose has only previously been studied …

Highlights•Bio-based renewable chemical production is becoming increasingly important.•
Engineering of fatty acid catabolism enables microbial production of aliphatic and …

A metagenomic library of 2.1× 106 clones was constructed using oil-contaminated soil from
Gujarat (India). One of the fosmid clones, 40N22, encodes a polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase …

Many heterologous transformation studies have been carried out using the Cupriavidus
necator PHB− 4 strain to investigate the expression characteristics of various …

Biodiesel is oxygenated diesel fuel and a potential alternative made from animal fats and
vegetable oils by conversion of triglycerides into esters via conventional transesterification …