Plastics from Bacteria

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction of Bacterial Plastics PHA, PLA, PBS, PE, PTT, and PPP

   • Guo-Qiang Chen

   Pages 1-16

3. Plastics Completely Synthesized by Bacteria: Polyhydroxyalkanoates

   • Guo-Qiang Chen

   Pages 17-37

4. Natural Functions of Bacterial Polyhydroxyalkanoates

   • Susana Castro-Sowinski, Saul Burdman, Ofra Matan, Yaacov Okon

   Pages 39-61

5. Towards Systems Metabolic Engineering of PHA Producers

   • Yu Kyung Jung, Sang Yup Lee, Tran Thanh Tam

   Pages 63-84

6. Microbial PHA Production from Waste Raw Materials

   • Martin Koller, Aid Atlić, Miguel Dias, Angelika Reiterer, Gerhart Braunegg

   Pages 85-119

7. Industrial Production of PHA

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   Pages 121-132

8. Unusual PHA Biosynthesis

   • Elías R. Olivera, Mario Arcos, Germán Naharro, José M. Luengo

   Pages 133-186

9. Metabolic Engineering of Plants for the Synthesis of Polyhydroxyalkanaotes

   • Yves Poirier, Stevens M. Brumbley

   Pages 187-211

10. Biosynthesis of Medium-Chain-Length Poly[(R)-3-hydroxyalkanoates]

    • Manfred Zinn

    Pages 213-236

11. Nodax™ Class PHA Copolymers: Their Properties and Applications

    • Isao Noda, S. Blake Lindsey, Daniel Caraway

    Pages 237-255

12. Manufacturing of PHA as Fibers

    • Tadahisa Iwata, Toshihisa Tanaka

    Pages 257-282

13. Degradation of Natural and Artificial Poly[(R)-3-hydroxyalkanoate]s: From Biodegradation to Hydrolysis

    • Philippe Guérin, Estelle Renard, Valérie Langlois

    Pages 283-321

14. Microbial Lactic Acid, Its Polymer Poly(lactic acid), and Their Industrial Applications

    • K. Jim Jem, Johan F. van der Pol, Sicco de Vos

    Pages 323-346

15. Microbial Succinic Acid, Its Polymer Poly(butylene succinate), and Applications

    • Jun Xu, Bao-Hua Guo

    Pages 347-388

16. Microbial Ethanol, Its Polymer Polyethylene, and Applications

    • He Huang

    Pages 389-404

17. Microbial 1,3-Propanediol, Its Copolymerization with Terephthalate, and Applications

    • Hongjuan Liu, Xianjin Ou, Sheng Zhou, Dehua Liu

    Pages 405-425

18. Microbial cis-3,5-Cyclohexadiene-1,2-diol, Its Polymer Poly(p-phenylene), and Applications

    • Guo-Qiang Chen

    Pages 427-446

19. Back Matter

    Pages 447-450

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Due to the possibility that petroleum supplies will be exhausted in the next decades to come, more and more attention has been paid to the production of bacterial pl- tics including polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), polylactic acid (PLA), poly(butylene succinate) (PBS), biopolyethylene (PE), poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (PTT), and poly(p-phenylene) (PPP). These are well-studied polymers containing at least one monomer synthesized via bacterial transformation. Among them, PHA, PLA and PBS are well known for their biodegradability, whereas PE, PTT and PPP are probably less biodegradable or are less studied in terms of their biodegradability. Over the past years, their properties and appli- tions have been studied in detail and products have been developed. Physical and chemical modifications to reduce their cost or to improve their properties have been conducted. PHA is the only biopolyester family completely synthesized by biological means. They have been investigated by microbiologists, molecular biologists, b- chemists, chemical engineers, chemists, polymer experts, and medical researchers for many years. PHA applications as bioplastics, fine chemicals, implant biomate- als, medicines, and biofuels have been developed. Companies have been est- lished for or involved in PHA related R&D as well as large scale production. It has become clear that PHA and its related technologies form an industrial value chain in fermentation, materials, feeds, and energy to medical fields.

• Biodegradability
• Biofuels
• Bioplastics
• Polybutylene succinate
• Polyhydroxyalkanoates
• Polylactic acid
• bacteria
• biofuel
• polymer
• genetic engineering

From the reviews:

“The editor and the authors have produced an excellent up-to date compendium on biopolymers that will undoubtedly attract a large audience. This excellent text book will be extremely useful for students, young and senior researchers in the field of life sciences … . useful reference for scientists of all branches of microbiological sciences … . It should be on the shelves of all libraries at universities, research institutes and biotechnological companies and is further strongly recommended to all those who are interested in life science.” (Uta Breuer, Biotechnology Journal, Vol. 5, 2010)

• Dept. Biological Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, People's Republic

  George Guo-Qiang Chen

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