Biosynthesis, biodegradation, and application of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and its copolymers - natural polyesters produced by diazotrophic bacteria

A.P. Bonartsev, V.L. Myshkina, D.A. Nikolaeva, E.K. Furina, T.A. Makhina, V.A. Livshits, A.P. Boskhomdzhiev, E.A. Ivanov, A.L. Iordanskii, and G.A. Bonartseva Laboratory of biochemistry of nitrogen fixation, A.N.Bach's Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii prosp. 33, 119071 Moscow, Russia Laboratory of transport phenomena in polymers, Joint Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kosygin str. 4, 119991 Moscow, Russia Laboratory of enzyme chemistry, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Leninskie gory 1-12, 119992 Moscow, Russia