Fulltext

Biodegradation of different formulations of polyhydroxybutyrate films in soil

Altaee N 1 , El-Hiti GA 2 , Fahdil A 3 , Sudesh K 4 , Yousif E 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, 10001 Iraq ; Department of Horticulture and Garden Engineering, College of Agriculture, Al-Qasim Green University, Babil, Al-Qasim 51002 Iraq
  • 2 Cornea Research Chair, Department of Optometry, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 10219, Riyadh, 11433 Saudi Arabia
  • 3 Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, 10001 Iraq
  • 4 School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia
  • 5 Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, 64021 Iraq
Springerplus, 2016;5(1):762.
PMID: 27386248 DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-2480-2

Abstract

Petroleum polymers contribute to non-degradable waste materials and it would therefore be desirable to produce ecofriendly degradable materials. Biodegradation of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) in the presence of oligomer hydrolase and PHB depolymerase gave 3-hydroxybutyric acid which could be oxidized to acetyl acetate. Several bacteria and fungi can degrade PHB in the soil.

* Title and MeSH Headings from MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Similar publications