Chen Guo-Qiang. Plastics from Bacteria: Natural Functions and Applications

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2010. — 453 p.
Гуо-Кьянг Чен. Пластмассы из бактерий: природные функции и применение.The investigation and development of plastics synthesized by bacteria is receiving great attention also due to the raising petroleum prices and many environmental concerns related to plastic pollution. Recent results and studies of the properties and various applications of bio-based plastics are presented in this volume. Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), a biodegradable compound, is treated in several chapters: PHAs as energy and intracellular carbon storage compounds, the metabolic engineering of PHA producers, the development of tailor-made PHAs including uncommon monomers, microbial PHA production from waste raw materials, PHA polyesters produced by both wild-type and recombinant bacteria and the production of medium-chain-length PHAs in pseudomonads. Further microbial plastics discussed are lactic acid and its polymer polylactic acid (PLA), succinic acid and its polymer polybutylene succinate (PBS), ethylene from ethanol and its polymer polyethylene, 1,3-propandiol as well as poly(p-phenylene) (PPP).
Выпуск серии "Монографии по микробиологии" посвящен исследованиям и разработке пластмасс методом синтезирования бактерий. Тема является актуальной с учётом повышения цен на нефть и экологических проблем, связанных с пластиковым загрязнением.Introduction of Bacterial Plastics PHA, PLA, PBS, PE, PTT, and PPP
Plastics Completely Synthesized by Bacteria: Polyhydroxyalkanoates
Natural Functions of Bacterial Polyhydroxyalkanoates
Towards Systems Metabolic Engineering of PHA Producers
Microbial PHA Production from Waste Raw Materials
Industrial Production of PHA
Unusual PHA Biosynthesis
Metabolic Engineering of Plants for the Synthesis of Polyhydroxyalkanaotes
Biosynthesis of Medium-Chain-Length Poly[(R)-3-hydroxyalkanoates]
Nodax Class PHA Copolymers: Their Properties and Applications
Manufacturing of PHA as Fibers
Degradation of Natural and Artificial Poly[(R)-3-hydroxyalkanoate]s: From Biodegradation to Hydrolysis
Microbial Lactic Acid, Its Polymer Poly(lactic acid), and Their Industrial Applications
Microbial Succinic Acid, Its Polymer Poly(butylene succinate), and Applications
Microbial Ethanol, Its Polymer Polyethylene, and Applications
Microbial 1,3-Propanediol, Its Copolymerization with Terephthalate, and Applications
Microbial cis-3,5-Cyclohexadiene-1,2-diol, Its Polymer Poly(p-phenylene), and Applications