title: Methanogenic degradation of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates).
abstract: Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and the copolymer poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) were fermented to methane and carbon dioxide within 16 days by an anaerobic sewage sludge consortium. The cultures adapted quickly to metabolize these polymeric compounds, and between 83 and 96% of the substrate carbon was transformed to methane and carbon dioxide.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Budwill
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Fedorak
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Page