Improved Detergent-Based Recovery of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (Phas).

Extracting polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) polymer from bacterial cells often involves harsh conditions, including use of environmentally harmful solvents. We evaluated different detergents under various conditions to extract PHA from Ralstonia eutropha and Escherichia coli cells. Most detergents t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yang, Yung-Hun, Brigham, Christopher J., Willis, Laura B., Rha, ChoKyun, Sinskey, Anthony J.
Other Authors: Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Springer 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66917
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1015-1270
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6671-5987