MICROORGANISM-

DERIVED
BIOPLASTICS

AGUINID, BLESSY JOY

EUGENIO, CHRISS
PINO, CLEOFFE MAE
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polyesters produced by biomass

polymers which are lipid in

nature
usually built from hydroxy-acyl–
CoA derivatives via different
metabolic pathways
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accumulated intracellularly in
microorganisms in the form of
storage granules, with
physicochemical properties
resembling petrochemical
plastics
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POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE
(PHB)

a polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)
bio-derived and biodegradable
plastics
 PHB

Ralstonia Eutropha Bacillus Megaterium

Methylobacterium Rhodesianum
 POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE
(PHB)

microbial synthesis:

condensation reduction of hydroxybuty

of acetyl-CoA acetoacetyl- ryl-CoA PHB
CoA
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for the bulk production :

high production and recovery costs