| abstract |
The present invention relates to poly-3-hydroxyalkanoate produced by a Pseudomonas sp. RA26 strain (CNCM 1-3358), wherein said poly-3-hydroxyalkanoate comprises as repeating units, formulae (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX), 0.05 to 1 wt% of 3-hydroxy butyrate units having the formula I, 0.5 to 5 wt% of 3-hydroxy hexanoate units having the formula (II), 15 to 45 wt% of 3-hydroxy octanoate units having the formula (III), 25 to 70 wt% of 3-hydroxy decanoate units having the formula (IV), 2 to 20 wt% of 3-hydroxy dodecanoate units having the formula (V), 0 to 10 wt% of 3-hydroxy-10- dodecenoate units having the formula Vl, 0 to 5 wt% of 3-hydroxy tetradecanoate units having the formula (VII), 0 to 30 wt% of 3-hydroxy-12-tetradecenoate units having the formula (VIII), and 0 to 5 wt% of 3-hydroxy-10,12-tetradecadienoate units having the formula (IX), or a stereoisomer, tautomer, racemate, salt, hydrate, or solvate thereof. |