Produção biotecnológica de poli-hidroxialcanoatos para a geração de polímeros biodegradáveis no Brasil Biotechnological production of polyhydroxyalkanoates in brazil for biodegradable polymers

<abstract language="eng">In recent years, several studies have been developed in Brazil to produce biodegradable materials. A particular family of bacterial polymers, the polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), has received special attention. PHAs are thermoplastic, biodegradable, biocompatible...

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Main Authors: Luiziana Ferreira da Silva, José Gregório Cabrera Gomez, Rafael Costa Santos Rocha, Marilda Keico Taciro, José Geraldo da Cruz Pradella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2007-01-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422007000700040