Bacterial Biopolymers PDF

Bacterial biopolymers are a competitive new area of research with potential applications in agriculture, petroleum exploration, and use as biodegradable plastics. This new volume provides comprehensive coverage of bacterial biopolymers. The book elucidates the main classes of bacterial biopolymers—polysaccharides and polyesters or polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs)—along with their definition, classification, detection, extraction, characterization, fermentation process, structure and properties, applications and uses, functions, and more.

The volume covers

Detection, extraction, and characterization of bacterial biopolymers

Molecular identification of bacterial isolates

The fermentation process

Structure and properties of PHAs

Biochemical characterization of the PHA-producing bacterial strains

In vitro biodegradation study of PHA film by soil microorganisms

PHAs for enhancing the stability of colloidal silver nanoparticles (SNP)

This volume is an important source of information on the concerned bacteria, the biochemical characteristics of biopolymers, and their potential use.

Author: Bolin Kumar Konwar