Abstract
3-hydroxyacids (3HA) are intermediary compounds produced by many organisms, among them are the bacteria from the Pseudomonas genus, which serve as monomers in the metabolic pathway to produce polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), a biopolymer with potential use as bioplastic, as well as rhamonolipids (RL), a biosurfactant. On these pathways, 3HA is found to bound to coenzyme A (CoA) or acyl carrie…