Plastics from Bacteria

1. Introduction of Bacterial Plastics PHA, PLA, PBS, PE, PTT, and PPP
Guo-Qiang Chen

2. Plastics Completely Synthesized by Bacteria: Polyhydroxyalkanoates
Guo-Qiang Chen

3. Natural Functions of Bacterial Polyhydroxyalkanoates
Susana Castro-Sowinski, Saul Burdman, Ofra Matan, Yaacov Okon

4. Towards Systems Metabolic Engineering of PHA Producers
Yu Kyung Jung, Sang Yup Lee, Tran Thanh Tam

5. Microbial PHA Production from Waste Raw Materials
Martin Koller, Aid Atlić, Miguel Dias, Angelika Reiterer, Gerhart Braunegg

6. Industrial Production of PHA
Guo-Qiang Chen

7. Unusual PHA Biosynthesis
Elías R. Olivera, Mario Arcos, Germán Naharro, José M. Luengo

8. Metabolic Engineering of Plants for the Synthesis of Polyhydroxyalkanaotes
Yves Poirier, Stevens M. Brumbley

9. Biosynthesis of Medium-Chain-Length Poly[(R)-3-hydroxyalkanoates]
Manfred Zinn

10. Nodax™ Class PHA Copolymers: Their Properties and Applications
Isao Noda, S. Blake Lindsey, Daniel Caraway

11. Manufacturing of PHA as Fibers
Tadahisa Iwata, Toshihisa Tanaka

12. Degradation of Natural and Artificial Poly[(R)-3-hydroxyalkanoate]s: From Biodegradation to Hydrolysis
Philippe Guérin, Estelle Renard, Valérie Langlois

13. Microbial Lactic Acid, Its Polymer Poly(lactic acid), and Their Industrial Applications
K. Jim Jem, Johan F. Pol, Sicco Vos

14. Microbial Succinic Acid, Its Polymer Poly(butylene succinate), and Applications
Jun Xu, Bao-Hua Guo

15. Microbial Ethanol, Its Polymer Polyethylene, and Applications
He Huang

16. Microbial 1,3-Propanediol, Its Copolymerization with Terephthalate, and Applications
Hongjuan Liu, Xianjin Ou, Sheng Zhou, Dehua Liu

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

Keywords: Life Sciences, Bacteriology, Applied Microbiology, Biotechnology