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Plastics from Bacteria

Natural Functions and Applications

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Editors:
  1. George Guo-Qiang Chen

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

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Part of the book series: Microbiology Monographs (MICROMONO, volume 14)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  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

    • Guo-Qiang Chen
    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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About this book

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.

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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)

Editors and Affiliations

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

    George Guo-Qiang Chen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Plastics from Bacteria

  • Book Subtitle: Natural Functions and Applications

  • Editors: George Guo-Qiang Chen

  • Series Title: Microbiology Monographs

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03287-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-03286-8Published: 04 February 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26219-7Published: 04 May 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-03287-5Published: 02 December 2009

  • Series ISSN: 1862-5576

  • Series E-ISSN: 1862-5584

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 450

  • Number of Illustrations: 145 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Bacteriology, Applied Microbiology, Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering

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