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A wide range of bacterial strains were examined for their ability to accumulate polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from various carbon sources. Strains were selected from those reported to accumulate poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB), related organisms and laboratory stocks. Other strains known to utilize n-alkanes, n-alcohols or n-acids were chosen to investigate their ability to produce long-chain PHAs. Five strains accumulated only PHB, 13 accumulated PHAs containing only C4 and C5 units and 7 accumulated PHAs containing 3-hydroxyacid units in the range C5 to C10.
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Haywood, G.W., Anderson, A.J. & Dawes, E.A. A survey of the accumulation of novel polyhydroxyalkanoates by bacteria. Biotechnol Lett 11, 471–476 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01026644
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