Novel Biodegradable Microbial Polymers

Opening Lecture.- Novel Microbial Polymers: an Introductory Overview.- Polyesters I: Polymer Characteristics and Properties.- Bacterial Polyesters: Past, Present and Future.- Functionalized Poly-?-hydroxyalkanoates Produced by Bacteria.- Production of Biodegradable Copolyesters by Alcaligenes eutrophus.- Microstructure of Bacterial Poly(?-hydroxybutyrate-co-?-hydroxyvalerate) by Fast Atom Bombardment Mass Spectrometry Analysis of their Partial Degradation Products.- Pilot Scale Production of PHB with Alcaligenes latus.- Polyesters II: Polymer Production - Properties.- Culture Substrate Effect in the Production of Poly(?-hydroxybutyrate) by Rhizobium "hedysari".- Physical Properties of Poly(hydroxybutyrate) and Poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyvalerate).- Properties of Poly-?-hydroxyalkanoate Latex: Nascent Morphology, Film Formation and Surface Chemistry.- Industrial Production of Copolymer from Alcaligenes eutrophus.- The Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates from Unrelated Carbon Sources.- Polyesters III: Molecular Biology and Enzymology.- Alcaligenes eutrophus and its Scientific and Industrial Career.- Genetic and Molecular Analysis of the Alcaligenes eutrophus Polyhydroxyalkanoate - Biosynthetic Genes and Accumulation of PHA in Recombinant Bacteria.- Bacterial Poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates).- Molecular Characterization of the Poly-?-hydroxybutyrate Biosynthetic Pathway of Alcaligenes eutrophus H16.- PHB: A Model System for Biopolymer Engineering II.- Polyphosphates.- Some Possible Roles of Polyphosphate in Microorganisms.- Purification of Polyphosphate Glucokinase from Propionibacterium shermanii.- The Physiological Role of Inorganic Polyphosphates in Microorganisms: Some Evolutionary Aspects.- Accumulation of Polyphosphate by Acinetobacter sp.: Physiology, Ecology, and Application.- Natural Distribution of Microbial Polymers and Sulfur.- Environmental Control of Sulfur Deposition in Anoxygenic Purple and Green Sulfur Bacteria.- Polyhydroxyalkanoate Accumulation in Planktonic and Anaerobic Environments.- Polysaccharides I.- Solution and Gelling Properties of Microbial Polysaccharides of Industrial Interest: the Case of Gellan.- Genetic Analyses and Manipulations of Rhizobium meliloti Exopolysaccharides.- A Novel Exopolysaccharide from a Filamentous Cyanobacterium: Production, Chemical Characterization and Rheological Properties.- Physiology of Exopolysaccharide Production.- Polysaccharides II.- Structural Diversity and Functional Versatility of Polysaccharides.- Relation Between Molecular Structure and Physicochemical Properties for Some Microbial Polysaccharides.- Structure of Microbial Polysaccharides using X-Ray Diffraction.- Recent Developments in Rhizobium Polysaccharides.- Panel Discussion.- University, Industry and Government: Future Directions and Priorities in Research and Development - Panel Discussion.- Posters Polyhydroxyalkanoates.- Poly(malic acid), a Functional Poly(?-hydroxy acid)-type Polyester Available from Chemical and Biological Synthesis.- The Degradation of Shampoo Bottles in a Lake.- Production of Poly-?-hydroxybutyrate by Azotobacter vinelandii UWD in Beet Molasses Culture at High Aeration.- Halobacteria as Producers of Poly-?-hydroxyalkanoates.- Acetone as a Substrate for Poly-?-hydroxybutyrate Production by Phototrophic Purple Bacteria.- Poly-?-hydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Accumulation in Rhizobium meliloti Affected in the Dicarboxylate Transport (DCT) Genes.- Occurrence and Role of Poly-hydroxy-alkanoate in the Cyanobacterium Oscillatoria limosa.- Influence of Growth Conditions on Production and Composition of PHA by Pseudomonas oleovorans.- Production of Poly-3-hydroxyalkanoates by P. putida during Growth on Long-chain Fatty Acids.- Formation of poly-3-hydroxyalkanoates) by wild type and recombinant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other fluorescent pseudomonads.- Molecular analysis of the Alcaligenes eutrophus PHB-biosynthetic genes: identification of the NH2-terminus of PHB synthase and identificat