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Bacterial Production of Polyesters from Free Fatty Acids Obtained from Natural Oils by Pseudomonas oleovorans

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The carboxylic acids derived from olive oil, hazelnut oil, sesame oil and hamci(anchovy) oil were evaluated as substrates for cell growth and the production of reserve polyesters by Pseudomonas oleovorans. Poly-3-hydroxy alkanoates containing both saturated(mainly 3-hydroxy-octanoate and 3-hydroxy-decanoate) and unsaturated repeating units with 8 to 20 carbon atoms, or more, were produced in 26 to 61% yields based on cell dry weights. The number average molecular weights of these polymers varied from 45,000 to 68,000 Daltons.

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  1. Baki Hazer

    Present address: TÜBİTAK-Marmara Research Center, 41470, Turkey

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, 67100, Zonguldak, Turkey

    Baki Hazer

  2. TÜBİTAK-Marmara Research Center, 41470, Turkey

    Mehlika Borcakli

  3. Department of Chemistry, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080, Trabzon, Turkey

    Oktay Torul

  4. Polymer Science and Engineering Department, Biochemistry Department, Microbiology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 01003

    Robert W. Lenz, R. Clinton Fuller & Steven D. Goodwin

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Hazer, B., Torul, O., Borcakli, M. et al. Bacterial Production of Polyesters from Free Fatty Acids Obtained from Natural Oils by Pseudomonas oleovorans . Journal of Polymers and the Environment 6, 109–113 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022810323067

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