TY - CHAP
T1 - White Biotechnology for Biopolymers
T2 - Hydroxyalkanoates and Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Production and Applications
AU - Chen, Guo Qiang
AU - Zhang, Juanyu
AU - Wang, Ying
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/5/20
Y1 - 2015/5/20
N2 - In this chapter, recent developments on polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are introduced including their applications. Technology has been developed to lower the PHA production cost to improve its competitiveness. At the same time, functional PHA have been made to increase their values. Diversity of PHA has been widened to include not only monomer variations but also microstructure changes such as PHA homopolymers, block copolymers, and functional polymers. Research on application of PHA has been extended to include PHA-based biofuels, implant biomaterials, smart materials, etc. Recent development in synthetic biology will allow engineer the PHA production hosts so that they meet the requirements of ultrahigh PHA production with controllable flocculation properties and high cell density (>200. g/L) growth in a continuous fermentation process using low cost substrates including hydrolyzed cellulose, hydrolyzed sludge, or kitchen waste under unsterile conditions.
AB - In this chapter, recent developments on polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are introduced including their applications. Technology has been developed to lower the PHA production cost to improve its competitiveness. At the same time, functional PHA have been made to increase their values. Diversity of PHA has been widened to include not only monomer variations but also microstructure changes such as PHA homopolymers, block copolymers, and functional polymers. Research on application of PHA has been extended to include PHA-based biofuels, implant biomaterials, smart materials, etc. Recent development in synthetic biology will allow engineer the PHA production hosts so that they meet the requirements of ultrahigh PHA production with controllable flocculation properties and high cell density (>200. g/L) growth in a continuous fermentation process using low cost substrates including hydrolyzed cellulose, hydrolyzed sludge, or kitchen waste under unsterile conditions.
KW - Biofuels
KW - Biomaterials
KW - Biopolyesters
KW - PHB
KW - Polyhydroxyalkanoates
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84976909905&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-444-63453-5.00018-5
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-444-63453-5.00018-5
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84976909905
SN - 9780444634535
SP - 555
EP - 574
BT - Industrial Biorefineries and White Biotechnology
PB - Elsevier
ER -