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Ishak KA, Annuar MSM, Ahmad N. Optimization of Water/Oil/Surfactant System for Preparation of Medium-Chain-Length Poly-3-Hydroxyalkanoates (mcl-PHA)-Incorporated Nanoparticles via Nanoemulsion Templating Technique. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2017; 183:1191-1208. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-017-2492-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Peprah BA, Ramsay JA, Ramsay BA. Dense stable suspensions of medium-chain-length poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) nanoparticles. Eur Polym J 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2016.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Koller M, Niebelschütz H, Braunegg G. Strategies for recovery and purification of poly[(R)-3-hydroxyalkanoates] (PHA) biopolyesters from surrounding biomass. Eng Life Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201300021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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- Martin Koller
- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering; Graz University of Technology; Graz Austria
- ARENA Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Ressourcenschonende & Nachhaltige Technologien; Graz Austria
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- ARENA Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Ressourcenschonende & Nachhaltige Technologien; Graz Austria
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Kessler B, Witholt B. Synthesis, recovery and possible application of medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates: A short overview. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/masy.19981300122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Wampfler B, Ramsauer T, Rezzonico S, Hischier R, Köhling R, Thöny-Meyer L, Zinn M. Isolation and Purification of Medium Chain Length Poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) (mcl-PHA) for Medical Applications Using Nonchlorinated Solvents. Biomacromolecules 2010; 11:2716-23. [DOI: 10.1021/bm1007663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- B. Wampfler
- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland, and Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH, Research and Development, Industriestrasse 25, CH-9471 Buchs, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland, and Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH, Research and Development, Industriestrasse 25, CH-9471 Buchs, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland, and Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH, Research and Development, Industriestrasse 25, CH-9471 Buchs, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland, and Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH, Research and Development, Industriestrasse 25, CH-9471 Buchs, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland, and Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH, Research and Development, Industriestrasse 25, CH-9471 Buchs, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland, and Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH, Research and Development, Industriestrasse 25, CH-9471 Buchs, Switzerland
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland, and Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH, Research and Development, Industriestrasse 25, CH-9471 Buchs, Switzerland
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Ihssen J, Magnani D, Thöny-Meyer L, Ren Q. Use of extracellular medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoate depolymerase for targeted binding of proteins to artificial poly[(3-hydroxyoctanoate)-co-(3-hydroxyhexanoate)] granules. Biomacromolecules 2009; 10:1854-64. [PMID: 19459673 DOI: 10.1021/bm9002859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), which are produced by many microorganisms, are promising polymers for biomedical applications due to their biodegradability and biocompatibility. In this study, we evaluated the suitability of medium chain length (mcl) PHA as surface materials for immobilizing proteins. Self-stabilized, artificial mcl-PHA beads with a size of 200-300 nm were fabricated. Five of six tested proteins adsorbed nonspecifically to mcl-PHA beads in amounts of 0.4-1.8 mg m(-2) bead surface area. The binding capacity was comparable to similar-sized polystyrene particles commonly used for antibody immobilization in clinical diagnostics. A targeted immobilization of fusion proteins was achieved by using inactive extracellular PHA depolymerase (ePHA(mcl)) from Pseudomonas fluorescens as the capture ligand. The N-terminal part of ePhaZ(MCL) preceding the catalytic domain was identified to comprise the substrate binding domain and was sufficient for mediating the binding of fusion proteins to mcl-PHA. We suggest mcl-PHA to be prime candidates for both nonspecific and targeted immobilization of proteins in applications such as drug delivery, protein microarrays, and protein purification.
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- Julian Ihssen
- Laboratory of Biomaterials, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (EMPA), CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland
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Interactions between a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) terpolyester and human keratinocytes. Biomaterials 2008; 29:3807-14. [PMID: 18597841 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2008.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2008] [Accepted: 06/10/2008] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A new member of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) family, namely, a terpolyester abbreviated as PHBVHHx consisting of 3-hydroxybutyrate (HB), 3-hydroxyvalerate (HV) and 3-hydroxyhexanoate (HHx) that can be produced by recombinant microorganisms, was found to have proper thermo- and mechanical properties for possible skin tissue engineering, as demonstrated by its strong ability to support the growth of human keratinocyte cell line HaCaT. In this study, HaCaT cells showed the strongest viability and the highest growth activity on PHBVHHx film compared with PLA, PHB, PHBV, PHBHHx and P3HB4HB, even the tissue culture plates were grown with less HaCaT cells compared with that on PHBVHHx. To understand its superior biocompatibility, PHBVHHx nanoparticles ranging from 200 to 350nm were prepared. It was found that the nanoparticles could increase the cellular activities by stimulating a rapid increase of cytosolic calcium influx in HaCaT cells, leading to enhanced cell growth. At the same time, 3-hydroxybutyrate (HB), a degradation product and the main component of PHBVHHx, was also shown to promote HaCaT proliferation. Morphologically, under the same preparation conditions, PHBVHHx film showed the most obvious surface roughness under atomic force microscopy (AFM), accompanied by the lowest surface energy compared with all other well studied biopolymers tested above. These results explained the superior ability for PHBVHHx to grow skin HaCaT cells. Therefore, PHBVHHx possesses the suitability to be developed into a skin tissue-engineered material.
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Orts WJ, Nobes GA, Kawada J, Nguyen S, Yu GE, Ravenelle F. Poly(hydroxyalkanoates): Biorefinery polymers with a whole range of applications. The work of Robert H. Marchessault. CAN J CHEM 2008. [DOI: 10.1139/v08-050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This review describes the characterization and application of poly(hydroxyalkanoates), PHAs, a remarkable family of natural polyesters with a wide array of useful properties and potential applications. It places specific emphasis on the work of Robert H. Marchessault and his many colleagues outlining how Marchessault’s body of work both shaped the field and complemented the work of his contemporaries. Particular attention will focus on the “rediscovery” of poly(β-hydroxybutyrate), PHB, the first PHA to be discovered, from the late 1950s onward, highlighting some of the historical aspects of PHA’s path toward commercial applications. It will also cover why this class of materials is so unique, including PHA structure–properties relationships, its unique crystalline behaviour, in vivo – in vitro synthesis and degradation, and PHA-graft-copolymers.Key words: poly(hydroxyalkanoate), PHA, poly(β-hydroxybutyrate), PHB, biopolymers, bacterial polyester, random copolymers, polymer single crystals, graft copolymers.
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Jendrossek D. Peculiarities of PHA granules preparation and PHA depolymerase activity determination. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2007; 74:1186-96. [PMID: 17318541 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-007-0860-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2006] [Revised: 01/22/2007] [Accepted: 01/24/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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An extensive amount of knowledge on biochemistry of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoic acid) (PHA) synthesis and on its biodegradation has accumulated during the last two decades. Numerous genes encoding enzymes involved in the formation of PHA and in PHA degradation (PHA depolymerases) were cloned and characterized from many microorganisms. A large variety of methods exists for determination of PHA depolymerase activity and for preparation of the polymeric substrate (PHA). Unfortunately, results obtained with these different methods cannot be compared directly because they highly depend on the assay method applied and on the history of PHA granules preparation. In this contribution, the peculiarities, advantages, disadvantages and limitations of existing PHA depolymerase assay methods are described.
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- Dieter Jendrossek
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Universität Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany.
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Furrer P, Panke S, Zinn M. Efficient recovery of low endotoxin medium-chain-length poly([R]-3-hydroxyalkanoate) from bacterial biomass. J Microbiol Methods 2007; 69:206-13. [PMID: 17316850 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2006] [Revised: 12/16/2006] [Accepted: 01/05/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) is an attractive biopolyester for medical applications due to its biocompatibility. However, inappropriate extraction of PHA from bacterial biomass results in contamination by pyrogenic compounds (e.g. lipopolysaccharides) and thus influences medical testing. This problem was solved by a temperature-controlled method for the recovery of poly(3-hydroxyoctanoate-co-3-hydroxyhexanaote) (PHO) from Pseudomonas putida GPo1. In contrast to other methods, precipitation of PHO was triggered by cooling the hot solution to a particular temperature. N-hexane and 2-propanol were found to be optimal solvents for such procedure. Quantitative extraction with n-hexane took place at 50 degrees C and optimal precipitation occurred between 0 and 5 degrees C. The purity was >97% (w/w) and the endotoxicity between 10 and 15 EU/g PHO. Additional re-dissolution in 2-propanol at 45 degrees C and precipitation at 10 degrees C resulted in a purity of close to 100% (w/w) and the minimal endotoxicity of 2 EU/g PHO. The polydispersity (M(w)/M(n)) of PHO was decreased from 2.0 to 1.5 for this optimized procedure.
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- Patrick Furrer
- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Laboratory for Biomaterials, CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland
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Effect of poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyhexanoate) microparticles on growth of murine fibroblast L929 cells. Polym Degrad Stab 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2006.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Gebauer B, Jendrossek D. Assay of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) depolymerase activity and product determination. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 72:6094-100. [PMID: 16957234 PMCID: PMC1563597 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01184-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Two methods for accurate poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) depolymerase activity determination and quantitative and qualitative hydrolysis product determination are described. The first method is based on online determination of NaOH consumption rates necessary to neutralize 3-hydroxybutyric acid (3HB) and/or 3HB oligomers produced during the hydrolysis reaction and requires a pH-stat apparatus equipped with a software-controlled microliter pump for rapid and accurate titration. The method is universally suitable for hydrolysis of any type of polyhydroxyalkanoate or other molecules with hydrolyzable ester bonds, allows the determination of hydrolysis rates of as low as 1 nmol/min, and has a dynamic capacity of at least 6 orders of magnitude. By applying this method, specific hydrolysis rates of native PHB granules isolated from Ralstonia eutropha H16 were determined for the first time. The second method was developed for hydrolysis product identification and is based on the derivatization of 3HB oligomers into bromophenacyl derivates and separation by high-performance liquid chromatography. The method allows the separation and quantification of 3HB and 3HB oligomers up to the octamer. The two methods were applied to investigate the hydrolysis of different types of PHB by selected PHB depolymerases.
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- Birgit Gebauer
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Universität Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany
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Polyesters such as poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) or other polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) have attracted commercial and academic interest as new biodegradable materials. The ability to degrade PHA is widely distributed among bacteria and fungi and depends on the secretion of specific extracellular PHA depolymerases (e-PHA depolymerases), which are carboxyesterases (EC 3.1.1.75 and EC 3.1.1.76), and on the physical state of the polymer (amorphous or crystalline). This contribution provides a summary of the biochemical and molecular biological characteristics of e-PHA depolymerases and focuses on the intracellular mobilization of storage PHA by intracellular PHA depolymerases (i-PHA depolymerases) of PHA-accumulating bacteria. The importance of different assay systems for PHA depolymerase activity is also discussed.
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- Dieter Jendrossek
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Allmandring 31, D-70550 Stuttgart, Germany.
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Jendrossek D. Microbial degradation of polyesters. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2001; 71:293-325. [PMID: 11217416 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-40021-4_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Polyesters, such as microbially produced poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid] [poly(3HB)], other poly[(R)-hydroxyalkanoic acids] [poly(HA)] and related biosynthetic or chemosynthetic polyesters are a class of polymers that have potential applications as thermoplastic elastomers. In contrast to poly(ethylene) and similar polymers with saturated, non-functionalized carbon backbones, poly(HA) can be biodegraded to water, methane, and/or carbon dioxide. This review provides an overview of the microbiology, biochemistry and molecular biology of poly(HA) biodegradation. In particular, the properties of extracellular and intracellular poly(HA) hydrolyzing enzymes [poly(HA) depolymerases] are described.
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- D Jendrossek
- Institut für Mikrobiologie der Universität Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
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Kessler B, Weusthuis R, Witholt B, Eggink G. Production of microbial polyesters: fermentation and downstream processes. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2001; 71:159-82. [PMID: 11217411 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-40021-4_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) (PHAs) constitute a large and versatile family of polyesters produced by various bacteria. PHAs are receiving considerable attention because of their potential as renewable and biodegradable plastics, and as a source of chiral synthons since the monomers are chiral. Industrial PHA production processes have been developed for poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (poly(3HB)) and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-valerate) (poly(3HB-co-3HV). More than 100 other poly(3HAMCL)s, characterized by monomers of medium chain length, have been identified in the past two decades. These monomers typically contain 6-14 carbon atoms, are usually linked via-3-hydroxy ester linkages, but can occasionally also exhibit 2-, 4-, 5-, or 6-hydroxy ester linkages. Such polyesters are collectively referred to as medium chain length PHAs poly(3HAMCL)s. The vast majority of these interesting biopolyesters have been studied and produced only on the laboratory scale. However, there have been several attempts to develop pilot scale processes, and these provide some insight into the production economics of poly(3HAMCL)s other than poly(3HB) and poly(3HB-co-3HV). These processes utilize diverse fermentation strategies to control the monomer composition of the polymer, enabling the tailoring of polymer material properties to some extent. The best studied of these is poly(3-hydroxyoctanoate) (poly(3HO)), which contains about 90% 3-hydroxyoctanoate. This biopolyester has been produced on the pilot scale and is now being used in several experimental applications.
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- B Kessler
- Institute of Biotechnology, ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg HPT, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Song JJ, Yoon SC, Yu SM, Lenz RW. Differential scanning calorimetric study of poly(3-hydroxyoctanoate) inclusions in bacterial cells. Int J Biol Macromol 1998; 23:165-73. [PMID: 9777703 DOI: 10.1016/s0141-8130(98)00046-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoates, MCL-PHAs, produced by bacteria as inclusion bodies or granules were analyzed in situ by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) without isolation from the cells. The kinetic DSC study of PHA granules, which contained mostly 3-hydroxyoctanoate units (PHO), in Pseudomonas putida BM01 cells showed that the polymer within the granules existed in an amorphous state, but it crystallized after dehydration of the cells under freeze-drying condition (below -50 degrees C) followed by annealing at ambient temperature. In this manner, PHO within the cells readily crystallized to the maximum degree of crystallinity within 24 h at room temperature, which was much faster than for the same polymer isolated by solvent extraction. This observation suggests that the polymer within the cellular granules may be well organized. The DSC endothermic melting peak areas for the room-temperature annealed polymers within the cells were directly proportional to the amount of polymer in the cell, and the results from this type of quantitative analysis were essentially identical to those obtained by gas chromatographic and gravimetric analysis of the polymers. X-Ray diffraction analysis of the polymer in the freeze-dried, whole cells and of the isolated, fully crystallized polymer showed that the two types of PHO samples had similar crystal structures, but the polymer in the granules exhibited better side-chain packing and higher crystallinity.
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- J J Song
- Biomacromolecules Research Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Gyeongsang National University, Chinju, South Korea
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Dufresne A, Samain E. Preparation and Characterization of a Poly(β-hydroxyoctanoate) Latex Produced byPseudomonasoleovorans. Macromolecules 1998. [DOI: 10.1021/ma980508a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Koning G, Kellerhals M, Meurs C, Witholt B. Poly(hydroxyalkanoates) from fluorescent pseudomonads in retrospect and prospect. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02070693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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de Koning G, Witholt B. A biodegradable rubber from bacteria, poly(hydroxyalkanoate) from Pseudomonads. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/0928-4931(96)00136-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- C Sasikala
- Department of Botany, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
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