Paper based packaging material coated with microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates: An approach towards 100% biodegradability
Paper based packaging material coated with microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates: An approach towards 100% biodegradability
Date
2020
Authors
K.R, Sreelakshmi
V, Murugadas.
S, Remya
Raj, Rehana
C.O, Mohan
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Publisher
Aquastar
Abstract
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are the polyesters
produced by microorganisms under limiting
conditions of nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen or
magnesium in the presence of excess of carbon.
Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) was the first discovered
form of PHA in 1926 and is from Bacillus Megaterium.
Today, more than 300 microorganisms are known to
synthesis and accumulate PHA intracellularly. Also genetically
modified microbes and plants are being reported for the
production of PHA. PHA can be of short chain length (3±5
carbon atoms) or medium chain length (6±14 carbon atoms).
Polyhydroxyalkanoates are found to be fully biodegradable.
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Keywords
Polyhydroxyalkanoates, biodegradable, thermoplastic