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Production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) byPseudomonas acidovorans

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Terpolyesters of 3-hydroxybutyrate (3HB), 4-hydroxybutyrate (4HB) and 3-hydroxyvarelate (3HV) were produced byPseudomonas acidovorans in nitrogen-free culture solutions of 1,4-butanediol and pentanol. When 1,4-butanediol was used as the sole carbon source, a polyester with an unusually high 4HB fraction of 99 mol% was produced.

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  1. Research Laboratory of Resources Utilization, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, 227, Yokohama, Japan

    Hiroshi Kimura, Yoshinori Yoshida & Yoshiharu Doi

  2. Department of Material Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yamagata University, 992, Yonezawa, Japan

    Hiroshi Kimura, Yoshinori Yoshida & Yoshiharu Doi

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Kimura, H., Yoshida, Y. & Doi, Y. Production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) byPseudomonas acidovorans . Biotechnol Lett 14, 445–450 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01023164

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