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Polyhdroxybutyrates are produced under low concentration of

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Thermoplastics

Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), which could be used to produce biodegradable plastic, is the most common polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) produced as storage material by bacteria under restricted growth conditions (Senior & Dawes, 1973). PHB is produced from acetyl-CoA by a sequence of three-enzymatic reactions catalysed by β-ketothiolase, acetoacetyl-CoA reductase and PHB synthase (Anderson & Dawes, 1990) (Fig. 4.29). PHA could be exploited to produce a wide range of environmentally friendly industrial polyme