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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2005
Takeshi Imamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Etsuko Sugawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Yano, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nomoto, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Honma, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Kenmoku, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuki Fukui, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Imamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Etsuko Sugawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Yano, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nomoto, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Honma, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Kenmoku, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuki Fukui, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A polyhydroxyalkanoate is disclosed which has in the molecule a unit represented by Chemical Formula (1). wherein R is arbitrarily selected from a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, CN, NO, COOR', SOR″, CH, CH, CH, C(CH)H and C(CH); where R′ is H, Na, K, CHor CH, and R″ is OH, ONa, OK, a halogen atom, OCHor OCH; and x is an integer arbitrarily selected from 1 to 8; with the proviso that a polyhydroxyalkanoate is excluded which has a hydrogen atom as R and x in all the units is 2 or 4. Also disclosed is a process for producing the polyhydroxyalkanoate by the use of a microorganism having the ability to produce the polyhydroxyalkanoate and accumulate it in the bacterial body.