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Figure 1: (A) Synthesis of PHBV by bacterial fermentation using glucose derived from crop plants.

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Poirier, Y. Green chemistry yields a better plastic. Nat Biotechnol 17, 960–961 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/13652

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