Industrial-scale production of biopolymers is restricted by its elevated production costs in comparison with those associated with synthetic (no-biodegradable and no-biocompatible) polymers. In this study we tested for the first time two low-cost carbon substrates (i.e. carob pulp and fique juice) for lab-scale production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) with Bacillus megaterium. PHA detection and...

Past studies have repeatedly demonstrated the technical feasibility to produce polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) using bacterial biomass of mixed microbial cultures (MMCs). Commercial quality grades poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate), PHBV, can be produced with control average monomer composition. However, demonstration PHBV production and recovery molecular weight (MW) distribution has been...

Due to the rapid depletion of crude oil and serious environmental pollution, synthesis polymers from renewable resource is becoming more important. Up now, a great variety biomass bio-based platform compounds have been taken prepare polymers. However, as two representative thermosetting resins, epoxy benzoxazine resin derived feedstocks only obtain limited attention compared with popular plasti...