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Polyhydroxyalkanoates – what are the uses? Current challenges and perspectives

Farha MasoodDepartment of Biosciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad, Pakistan, ;Department of Microbiology, Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), Islamabad, Pakistan, and Correspondence[email protected]
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Tariq YasinDepartment of Metallurgy and Materials, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad, Pakistan
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Abdul HameedDepartment of Microbiology, Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), Islamabad, Pakistan, and
Pages 514-521 | Received 27 Oct 2013, Accepted 27 Feb 2014, Published online: 25 Jun 2014

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