Polyhydroxyalkanoates comprising a monomer unit having the following chemical formula (2):
(where the reference characters R represents an arbitrarily selected substituent and x represents an integer of 0 to 8) is produced by culturing a microorganism in a culture medium containing a substituted fatty acid ester having the following chemical formula (1):
(where the reference characters R and R' separately denote an optional substituent and x represents an integer of 0 to 8). The microorganism is capable of taking the substituted fatty acid ester into the cells and synthesizing the desired polyhydroxyalkanoate in the culture medium.
聚羟基烷酸酯由具有以下
化学式(2)的单体单元组成:
(其中参考字符 R 代表任意选择的取代基,x 代表 0 至 8 的整数),通过在含有具有以下
化学式(1)的取代
脂肪酸酯的
培养基中培养微
生物而制得:
(其中参考字符 R 和 R'分别表示任选取代基,x 表示 0 至 8 的整数)。微
生物能够将取代
脂肪酸酯带入细胞,并在
培养基中合成所需的聚羟基烷酸酯。