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Aug 2026
Animal degradation of microbial storage polyhydroxyalkanoates.
A wide range of microorganisms produce storage biopolymer polyhydroxyalkanoates (sPHAs) as carbon and energy reserves. However, only bacteria and fungi are known to degrade microbial sPHAs, using enzymes called polyhydroxyalkanoate depolymerases (PHADs). Here we show that some animals also have PHADs that can degrade s...
Caroline Zeidler, H. Gruber-Vodicka, D. Michellod et al.
· Nature Ecology & Evolution · 0 citations