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Publication: Nature Biotechnology Volume 21 Number 8

Author(s): Dr Goutam Bhattacharyya

Biodegradable plastics have been proposed as environmentally friendly alternatives to synthetic polymers, which often pose problems with disposal and persistence in the filed. Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are a group of biodegradable plastics produced by several microorganisms (e.g., Alcaligenes.