Chemical characterization of medium-chai
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Yasotha Kathiraser; Mohamed Kheireddine Aroua; Kadathur B Ramachandran; Irene Ki
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Article
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2007
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Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
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English
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## Abstract **BACKGROUND:** Mediumβchainβlength polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biodegradable polyesters accumulated intracellularly as energy resources by bacterial species such as __Pseudomonas putida__. The most popular method for PHA recovery is solvent extraction using trichloromethane (chlor