Microbial biopolyester production, performance and processing : bioengineering, characterization, and sustainability / edited by Martin Koller. -- Sharjah : Bentham Science Publishers, 2016. – (58.696/M626b)

Contents

FOREWORD  i

PREFACE  vi

     CHAPTER 1:  viii

     CHAPTER 2:  ix

     CHAPTER 3:  ix

     CHAPTER 4:  ix

     CHAPTER 5:  x

     CHAPTER 6:  x

     CHAPTER 7:  i

     CHAPTER 8:  i

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS  xiii

CHAPTER 1  BACTERIAL POLYESTERS: THE ISSUE OF THEIR MARKET ACCEPTANCE AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS  3

     INTRODUCTION  4

     BACTERIAL POLY[(R)-3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE] (PHB) AND ITS COPOLYMER WITH (R)-3-HYDROXYVALERATE  (PHBHV); OUTLOOK ABOUT THEIR SYNTHESIS, THEIR PROPERTIES AND THEIR POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS  6

     MODIFICATION OF PHB AND PHBHV PROPERTIES BY USING REINFORCING AGENTS AND BLENDS WITH BIODEGRADABLE AND NON-BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS  15

     ODOR CONTROL IN THE END-PRODUCTS: ADDITIVES AND POTENTIAL METHODOLOGIES TO MITIGATE IT  47

     GUIDELINES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ODORLESS, STANDARD AND BIODEGRADABLE PHB AND PHBHV BASED PRODUCTS FOR PACKAGING AND AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS  53

     CONCLUDING REMARKS    54

     CONFLICT OF INTEREST  54

     ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  54

     REFERENCES  54

CHAPTER 2  SUSTAINABILITY AND PLASTICS  75

     WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY?  76

     RESULTS FROM STUDIES OF P&P SUSTAINABILITY  98

    CONCLUDING REMARKS

    CONFLICT OF INTEREST  106

     ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  106

     REFERENCES                                                                    

CHAPTER 3  KINETIC ASPECTS AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF PHA BIOSYNTHESIS 110

     INTRODUCTION  11

     MODELING APPROACHES  113

     METABOLIC PATHWAY ANALYSIS (MPA)  166

     METABOLIC FLUX ANALYSIS (MFA) IN PHA PRODUCTION  170

     FLUX BALANCE METHODS  171

     MINIMAL METBOLIC BEHAVIOURS (MMB)  172

     DYNAMIC SIMULATION & PARAMETER ESTIMATION (DSPE)  172

     SYNTHETIC ACCESSIBILITY (SA)  172

     ELEMENTARY FLUX MODES & MODELING OF MICROBIAL PHA PRODUCTION  173

     CONCLUDING REMARKS  179

     ADDENDUM   182

     CONFLICT OF INTEREST  195

     ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  195

     REFERENCES  195

CHAPTER 4  BIOREACTOR DESIGN AND BIOCHEMICAL CONSIDERATION FOR PHB PRODUCTION: BIOENGINEERING APPROACHES  214

     INTRODUCTION  215

     PHB  216

     BIOREACTORS FOR PHB PRODUCTION  219

     FEEDING STRATEGIES  230

     FERMENTATION SYSTEMS AND FEEDING REGIMES  232

     INHIBITION KINETICS  240

     MATHEMATICAL MODELLING  245

     ECONOMY OF PHB PRODUCTION  252

     CONCLUDING REMARKS  253

     CONFLICT OF INTEREST  254

     ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  254

     REFERENCES  254

CHAPTER 5  RECOVERY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES  266

     INTRODUCTION  267

     PHA BIOSYNTHESIS PATHWAYS  270

     CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROBIAL PI-IA  277

     PHA RECOVERY METHODS  280

     PHA RECOVERY YIELD AND PURITY DETERMINATION  291

     SPECIAL APPLICATIONS OF PHA    292

     CONCLUDING REMARKS    294

     CONFLICT OF INTEREST  294

     ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  294

     REFERENCES    295

CHAPTER 6  CURRENT AND EMERGING ADVANCED ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR BIOPOLYESTERS CHARACTERIZATION  303

     INTRODUCTION  304

     CONCLUDING REMARKS  383

     CONFLICT OF INTEREST  385

     ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  385

     REFERENCES  385

CHAPTER 7  3HB-BASED COPOLYMERS AND UNUSUAL PHA HOMOPOLYMERS  403

     INTRODUCTION  404

     OVERVIEW OF PHB AND PHBHV  404

     BIOSYNTHESIS OF 3HB BASED COPOLYMERS AND MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION  408

     BIOSYNTHESIS OF UNUSUAL PHA HOMOPOLYMERS AND MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION  420

     CONCLUDING REMARKS  426

     CONFLICT OF INTEREST  426

     ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  426

     REFERENCES  426

CHAPTER 8  MICROBIAL BIO-POLYESTERS: CRYSTALLINITY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES  436

     INTRODUCTION  437

     CONCLUDING REMARKS  478

     CONFLICT OF INTEREST  ~  479

     ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  479

     REFERENCES  479

SUBJECT INDEX  491