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    Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is a polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), a polymer belonging to the polyesters class that are of interest as bio-derived and biodegradable...
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    a PhD in 1996 for work on the crystallization and degradation of polyhydroxybutyrate, a biodegradable plastic. Sykes helped to create and co-directs Cheltenham...
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  • dictionary. PHB may refer to: Per-hop behaviour, in the DiffServ world Polyhydroxybutyrate, a biopolymer Prohibitin, a human gene Pedestrian hybrid beacon,...
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    conjunction with fluorescence microscopy to stain for the presence of polyhydroxybutyrate granules in prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells. Boiling a solution of...
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    granules of energy-storage materials such as starch, glycogen, or polyhydroxybutyrate. A particularly widespread example are lipid droplets, which are...
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    1925: Polyhydroxybutyrate was isolated and characterised by French microbiologist Maurice Lemoigne 1926: Maurice Lemoigne invents polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)...
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    Cultivating B. pertussis in this medium resulted in some production of polyhydroxybutyrate but no excretion of β-hydroxybutyrate, indicating a more efficient...
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  • first isolated from oil brine in Japan. It is able to synthesise polyhydroxybutyrate homopolymer (a polyester) from medium chain length fatty acids. Based...
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    polyhydroxyalanoic or polyhydroxyalkanoates 86 PHB polyhydroxybutyric acid or polyhydroxybutyrate 87 PHBV poly-(hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyvalerate) 88 PI polyimide...
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  • Plasticicumulans lactativorans is a polyhydroxybutyrate-accumulating bacterium in the genus Plasticicumulans, which has been isolated from a sewage treatment...
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    potential uses in biotechnology: Quantitative accumulation of PHB (polyhydroxybutyrate) precursors in the cell for the production of bioplastic. Production...
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    pollution. Haloarchaea are able to produce polyhydroxyalkanote (PHA), polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) and polyhydroxyvalerate (PHV), when exposed to certain conditions...
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    scientists have genetically modified switchgrass to enable it to produce polyhydroxybutyrate, which accumulates in beadlike granules within the plant's cells...
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    mechanical properties Processing difficulty Polyhydroxyalkanoates Polyhydroxybutyrate Biodegradable plastics "Poly(3-hydroxybutyric acid-co-3-hydroxyvaleric...
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    presents itself. Cheater strains may hoard plant resources such as polyhydroxybutyrate for the benefit of their own reproduction without fixing an appreciable...
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    Hesham AE (July 2022). "Production and optimization of bioplastic (Polyhydroxybutyrate) from Bacillus cereus strain SH-02 using response surface methodology"...
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  • consist of amide functional groups. Examples of biopolyesters include polyhydroxybutyrate and polylactic acid. Even though biodegradable polymers have numerous...
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    of nitrogen in the medium triggers intracellular accumulation of polyhydroxybutyrate, a reserve polymer. A genome-scale metabolic model exists for this...
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  • increases to 50%. Once assimilated, some of the carbon may be stored as polyhydroxybutyrate. Given enough nutrients, H2, O2 and CO2, many knallgas bacteria can...
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    addition to sulfur granules, Beggiatoa cells often contain granules of polyhydroxybutyrate and polyphosphate. Large marine vacuolated Beggiatoa commonly have...
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  • with Xanthobacter autotrophicus bacteria to create a plastic called polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB). PHB supplies energy to the bacteria's natural enzymes which...
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  • in the cytosol and are believed to be glycogen storage vesicles; polyhydroxybutyrate and polyphosphate granules are also identified in the cytoplasm....
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  • recombinant proteins: intein-mediated protein purification using in vivo polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) matrix association". Protein Sci. 14 (6): 1387–95. doi:10.1110/ps...
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  • program. The centerpiece of the Metabolix's plant technology is polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), the simplest member of the broad polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)...
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    substitute made from hemp fibers and a biodegradable plastic resin called polyhydroxybutyrate. This wood-and-plastic substitute has the potential to save trees...
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  • viennensis through their nitrification ability and PHA (putatively polyhydroxybutyrate) production along with other elements. As a chemolithoautotroph,...
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    more effort to dispose of. One of the bioplastics of interest is Polyhydroxybutyrate, abbreviated to PHB. PHB is a biodegradable bioplastic that has applications...
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  • PMID 36191769. Asiri F, Kim J, Chu KH (2022-12-15). "Chitosan-harvested polyhydroxybutyrate-rich Zobellella denitrificans ZD1 as a multifunction feed for aquaculture"...
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  • Yoshiharu; Saito, Terumi (March 2006). "The Crystal Structure of Polyhydroxybutyrate Depolymerase from Penicillium funiculosum Provides Insights into...
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  • consortium of cyanobacteria and heterotrophic bacteria enables stable polyhydroxybutyrate production". Metabolic Engineering. 44 (1): 236–245. doi:10.1016/j...
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