Plastics from Bacteria: Natural Functions and Applications

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of Bacterial Plastics PHA, PLA, PBS, PE, PTT, and PPP.- Plastics Completely Synthesized by Bacteria: Polyhydroxyalkanoates.- Natural Functions of Bacterial Polyhydroxyalkanoates.- Towards Systems Metabolic Engineering of PHA Producers.- Microbial PHA Production from Waste Raw Materials.- Industrial Production of PHA.- Unusual PHA Biosynthesis.- Metabolic Engineering of Plants for the Synthesis of Polyhydroxyalkanaotes.- Biosynthesis of Medium-Chain-Length Poly[(R)-3-hydroxyalkanoates].- Nodax (TM) Class PHA Copolymers: Their Properties and Applications.- Manufacturing of PHA as Fibers.- Degradation of Natural and Artificial Poly[(R)-3-hydroxyalkanoate]s: From Biodegradation to Hydrolysis.- Microbial Lactic Acid, Its Polymer Poly(lactic acid), and Their Industrial Applications.- Microbial Succinic Acid, Its Polymer Poly(butylene succinate), and Applications.- Microbial Ethanol, Its Polymer Polyethylene, and Applications.- Microbial 1,3-Propanediol, Its Copolymerization with Terephthalate, and Applications.- Microbial cis-3,5-Cyclohexadiene-1,2-diol, Its Polymer Poly(p-phenylene), and Applications.