date:Sep 05, 2012
ned with low production costs would enable it to be used more widely used and compete with petroleum-based plastics.
Use as a starting material
The University of Wolverhampton researchers found waste cooking oil as a starting material reduced production costs and produced more PHB.
The bacteriumRalstonia eutrophaH16 grew better in the oil over 48 hours and produced three times more PHB than current glucose methods, the UK-based team found.
Dr Iza Radecka, senior lecturer in microbiology at t