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Poly-beta-hydroxybutyric acid in staphylococci.

E Szewczyk·J Mikucki
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Poly-beta-hydroxybutyric acid (PHB) was extracted from various species of staphylococci isolated from different sources. IR and UV spectrophotometry and NMR analysis revealed that the compound consisted only of the beta-hydroxybutyrate. The PHB level in the richest strain among investigated staphylococci is about 64-fold less than in bacilli. The intrinsic viscosity number of this polymer is more than twice greater in the case of the staphylococcal product than that of bacilli.

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E Szewczyk, J Mikucki. 1989-10-15. Poly-beta-hydroxybutyric acid in staphylococci.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-1097(89)90211-5

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