The chapters discuss

• Detection, extraction, and characterization of bacterial biopolymers
• Molecular identification of bacterial isolates
• The fermentation process
• Structure and properties of PHAs
• Biochemical characterization of the PHA-producing bacterial strains
• Applications of PHA
• Biopolymer-producing bacteria and the genes
• In vitro biodegradation study of PHA film by soil microorganisms
• PHAs for enhancing the stability of colloidal silver nanoparticles (SNP)