Intracellular Degradation of PHAs (T. Saito & T. Kobayashi).

Extracellular Polyhydroxyalkanoate Depolymerases: The Key Enzymes of PHA Degradation (D. Jendrossek).

Microbial Degradation of Aliphatic Polyesters (Y. Tokiwa).

Molecular and Material Design of Biodegradable Poly(hydroxyalkanoate)s (H. Abe & Y. Doi).

Structure, Composition and Solution Properties of PHAs (N. Yoshie & Y. Inoue).

Crystallization and Material Properties of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (R. Marchessault & G. Yu).

Structure and Hydrolysis of Polyester Single Crystals (T. Iwata & Y. Doi).

Physical and Processing Properties of Polyhydroxyalkanoate Copolymers (M. Satkowski, et al.).

Fermentative Production of Building Blocks for Chemical Synthesis of Polyesters (S. Lee, et al.).

General Methodology for Chemical Synthesis of Polyesters (J. Seppälä, et al.).

Mechanisms of Aliphatic Polyester Formation (A. Duda & S. Penczek).

Chemical Synthesis and Properties of Well-defined Oligomeric Esters (I. Taniguchi & Y. Kimura).

Index.