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| 1 | Inorganic Polyphosphates
Gerard J. J. Kortstee, Mark C. M. van Loosdrecht | 1 |
| 2 | Metabolism of Natural Polymeric Sulfur Compounds
Christiane Dahl, Alexander Prange, Ralf Steudel | 35 |
| 3 | Polythioesters
Tina Lütke-Eversloh, Alexander Steinbüchel | 63 |
| 4 | Polyhydroxymethionine
Klaus Huthmacher | 81 |
| 5 | Modular Polyketide Synthases
Ralf Dieckmann, Torsten Schwecke | 89 |
| 6 | Natural Polyacetals
Pierre Metzger, Claude Largeau | 113 |
| 7 | Hemozoin: a Biocrystal Synthesized during the Degradation of Hemoglobin
David J. Sullivan Jr. | 129 |
| 8 | Thymine-Containing Styrene Polymers as Environmentally Benign Photoresists
Lisa Lloyd-Kindstrand, John C. Warner | 165 |
| 9 | Biodegradation of Alginate, Xanthan, and Gellan
Wataru Hashimoto, Yumiko Mishima, Osamu Miyake, Hirokazu Nankai, Keiko Momma, Kousaku Murata | 175 |
| 10 | Biodegradable Plastics from Cellulose and Lignocellulosics
Mariko Yoshioka | 201 |
| 11 | Biodegradation of Synthetic Water-Soluble Polymers
Graham Swift | 237 |
| 12 | Biodegradation of Polyethers (Polyethylene Glycol, Polypropylene Glycol, Polytetramethylene glycol, and Others)
Fusako Kawai | 267 |
| 13 | Biodegradation of Polyacrylate
Fusako Kawai, Takaya Hayashi | 299 |
| 14 | Biodegradation of Polyurethanes
Yutaka Tokiwa | 323 |
| 15 | Biodegradation of Poly(vinyl alcohol) and its Copolymers
Shuichi Matsumura | 329 |
| 16 | Biological Susceptibility of Polystyrene
Akio Tsuchii, Yoichi Hiraguri, Yutaka Tokiwa | 363 |
| 17 | Biodegradation of Polyethylene Followed by Assimilation of Degradation Products
Minna Hakkarainen, Farideh Khabbaz, Ann-Christine Albertsson | 369 |
| 18 | Biodegradation of Nylon and other Synthetic Polyamides
Seiji Negoro | 395 |
| 19 | Biodegradation of Polycarbonates
Yutaka Tokiwa | 417 |
| 20 | Biodegradation of Polyanhydrides
Neeraj Kumar, Majeti N. V. Ravikumar, Raia Slivniak, Michal Y. Krasko, Abraham J. Domb | 423 |
| 21 | Biodegradation of Poly(alkylcyanoacrylates)
Christine Vauthier, Patrick Couvreur | 457 |
| 22 | Biodegradation of Polyphosphazenes
Kangjie Zhu, Liyan Qiu | 491 |
| 23 | Biodegradation of Polydioxanone
Haruo Nishida | 523 |
| 24 | Biodegradation of Silicones (Organosiloxanes)
Jerzy Lukasiak, Agnieszka Dorosz, Magdalena Prokopowicz, Pawel Rosciszewski, Bogdan Falkiewicz | 539 |
| | Index | 569 |
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