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Kora E, Antonopoulou G, Zhang Y, Yan Q, Lyberatos G, Ntaikou I. Investigating the efficiency of a two-stage anaerobic-aerobic process for the treatment of confectionery industry wastewaters with simultaneous production of biohydrogen and polyhydroxyalkanoates. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 248:118526. [PMID: 38395334 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
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The scope of the current study was to investigate the efficiency of a two-stage anaerobic-aerobic process for the simultaneous treatment and valorization of selective wastewater streams from a confectionary industry. The specific wastewater (confectionary industry wastewater, CIW) was a mixture of the rinsing eluting during washing of the cauldrons in which jellies and syrups were produced, and contained mainly readily fermentable sugars, being thus of high organic load. The first stage of the process was the dark fermentation (DF) of the CIW in continuous, attached-biomass systems, in which the effect on hydrogen yields and distribution of metabolites were studied for different packing materials (ceramic or plastic), hydraulic retention times, HRTs (12 h-30 h) and feed substrate concentration (20 g COD/L- 50 g COD/L). In the second stage, the effectiveness of the aerobic treatment of the DF effluents was evaluated in terms of the reduction of the organic load and the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) through an enriched mixed microbial culture (MMC). The MMC was developed in a continuous draw and fill system, in which the accumulation potential of PHAs was studied. It was shown that the hydrogen production rates decreased for increasing substrate concentration and HRTs, with a maximum of 12.70 ± 0.35 m3 H2/m3 initial CIW achieved for the lowest HRT and feed concentration and using ceramic beads as packing material. Butyrate, acetate and lactate were the main metabolites generated in all cases, in different ratios. The distribution of metabolites during DF was shown to highly affect the efficiency of the second process in terms of both the reduction of organic load and the PHAs yields. The highest removal of organic load achieved after 48 h of aerobic treatment was 84.0 ± 0.9 %, whereas the maximum PHAs yield was 21.46 ± 0.13 kg PHAs/m3 initial CIW.
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- Elianta Kora
- Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology, 26504, Patras, Greece; Department of Sustainable Agriculture, University of Patras, 2 Seferi St., 30100, Agrinio, Greece
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- Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology, 26504, Patras, Greece; Department of Sustainable Agriculture, University of Patras, 2 Seferi St., 30100, Agrinio, Greece
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, 2105 Songhu Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, China
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- School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology, 26504, Patras, Greece; School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780, Athens, Greece
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- Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology, 26504, Patras, Greece; Department of Civil Engineering, University of Patras, 26500, Patras, Greece.
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Shi C, Quinn EC, Diment WT, Chen EYX. Recyclable and (Bio)degradable Polyesters in a Circular Plastics Economy. Chem Rev 2024; 124:4393-4478. [PMID: 38518259 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/24/2024]
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Polyesters carrying polar main-chain ester linkages exhibit distinct material properties for diverse applications and thus play an important role in today's plastics economy. It is anticipated that they will play an even greater role in tomorrow's circular plastics economy that focuses on sustainability, thanks to the abundant availability of their biosourced building blocks and the presence of the main-chain ester bonds that can be chemically or biologically cleaved on demand by multiple methods and thus bring about more desired end-of-life plastic waste management options. Because of this potential and promise, there have been intense research activities directed at addressing recycling, upcycling or biodegradation of existing legacy polyesters, designing their biorenewable alternatives, and redesigning future polyesters with intrinsic chemical recyclability and tailored performance that can rival today's commodity plastics that are either petroleum based and/or hard to recycle. This review captures these exciting recent developments and outlines future challenges and opportunities. Case studies on the legacy polyesters, poly(lactic acid), poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate)s, poly(ethylene terephthalate), poly(butylene succinate), and poly(butylene-adipate terephthalate), are presented, and emerging chemically recyclable polyesters are comprehensively reviewed.
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- Changxia Shi
- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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Liang J, Zhang P, Zhang R, Chang J, Chen L, Zhang G, Wang A. Bioconversion of volatile fatty acids from organic wastes to produce high-value products by photosynthetic bacteria: A review. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 242:117796. [PMID: 38040178 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2023] [Revised: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/24/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023]
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Anaerobic fermentation of organic waste to produce volatile fatty acids (VFAs) production is a relatively mature technology. VFAs can be used as a cheap and readily available carbon source by photosynthetic bacteria (PSB) to produce high value-added products, which are widely used in various applications. To better enhance the VFAs obtained from organic wastes for PSB to produce high value-added products, a comprehensive review is needed, which is currently not available. This review systematically summarizes the current status of microbial proteins, H2, poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB), coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), and 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) production by PSB utilizing VFAs as a carbon resource. Meanwhile, the metabolic pathways involved in the H2, PHB, CoQ10, and 5-ALA production by PSB were deeply explored. In addition, a systematic resource utilization pathway for PSB utilizing VFAs from anaerobic fermentation of organic wastes to produce high value-added products was proposed. Finally, the current challenges and priorities for future research were presented, such as the screening of efficient PSB strains, conducting large-scale experiments, high-value product separation, recovery, and purification, and the mining of metabolic pathways for the VFA utilization to generate high value-added products by PSB.
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- Jinsong Liang
- School of Energy & Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- School of Energy & Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China.
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Parchami M, Uwineza C, Ibeabuchi OH, Rustas BO, Taherzadeh MJ, Mahboubi A. Membrane bioreactor assisted volatile fatty acids production from agro-industrial residues for ruminant feed application. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023; 170:62-74. [PMID: 37549528 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2023.07.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/29/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) supplementation in ruminants' diet as a source of energy and chemical precursors and their effect on animal's physiology and well-being has long been of scientific interest. Production of VFAs through anaerobic digestion of agro-industrial residues not only creates value but also presents an alternative sustainable approach for ruminant feed supplementation. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the bioconversion of agro-industrial residues produced in large quantities such as apple pomace (AP), thin stillage (Ts), and potato protein liquor (PPL) to VFAs, fully complying to regulations set for ruminant feed supplement production. In this regard, batch acidogenic fermentation assays (pH 6-10) and semi-continuous immersed membrane bioreactor (iMBR) were applied. In batch assays, at pH 10 the co-digestion of Ts and PPL produced the highest VFAs concentration (14.2 g/L), indicating a yield of 0.85 g CODVFAs/g volatile solids (VS)added. The optimum batch condition was then applied in the iMBR for in situ fermentation and recovery of VFAs at different organic loading rates (OLR). With increasing the OLR to 3.7 gVS/L.day, the highest VFAs concentration of 28.6 g/L (1,2 g CODVFAs /gVSadded) was achieved. Successful long-term (114 days) membrane filtration was conducted in a media with a maximum of 40 g/L of total solids (TS), facing irreversible membrane fouling in the final stages. Acidogenic fermentation using an iMBR has the potential to play an important role in the future of feed additive provision through the biorefining of agro-industrial wastes via the carboxylate platform, given the role of VFAs production from organic residues.
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- Milad Parchami
- Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, 501 90 Borås, Sweden
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- Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, 501 90 Borås, Sweden
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- Department of Animal Nutrition and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7024, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, 501 90 Borås, Sweden.
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Elgarahy AM, Eloffy MG, Alengebawy A, El-Sherif DM, Gaballah MS, Elwakeel KZ, El-Qelish M. Sustainable management of food waste; pre-treatment strategies, techno-economic assessment, bibliometric analysis, and potential utilizations: A systematic review. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 225:115558. [PMID: 36842700 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Revised: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Food waste (FW) contains many nutritional components such as proteins, lipids, fats, polysaccharides, carbohydrates, and metal ions, which can be reused in some processes to produce value-added products. Furthermore, FW can be converted into biogas, biohydrogen, and biodiesel, and this type of green energy can be used as an alternative to nonrenewable fuel and reduce reliance on fossil fuel sources. It has been demonstrated in many reports that at the laboratory scale production of biochemicals using FW is as good as pure carbon sources. The goal of this paper is to review approaches used globally to promote turning FW into useable products and green energy. In this context, the present review article highlights deeply in a transdisciplinary manner the sources, types, impacts, characteristics, pre-treatment strategies, and potential management of FW into value-added products. We find that FW could be upcycled into different valuable products such as eco-friendly green fuels, organic acids, bioplastics, enzymes, fertilizers, char, and single-cell protein, after the suitable pre-treatment method. The results confirmed the technical feasibility of all the reviewed transformation processes of FW. Furthermore, life cycle and techno-economic assessment studies regarding the socio-economic, environmental, and engineering aspects of FW management are discussed. The reviewed articles showed that energy recovery from FW in various forms is economically feasible.
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- Ahmed M Elgarahy
- Environmental Chemistry Division, Environmental Science Department, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt; Egyptian Propylene and Polypropylene Company (EPPC), Port-Said, Egypt.
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- National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Cairo, Egypt.
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- College of Engineering, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, PR China.
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- National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Cairo, Egypt.
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- National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Cairo, Egypt; College of Engineering (Key Laboratory for Clean Renewable Energy Utilization Technology, Ministry of Agriculture), China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, PR China.
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- Environmental Chemistry Division, Environmental Science Department, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt.
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- Water Pollution Research Department, National Research Centre, El Buhouth St., Dokki, 12622, Cairo, Egypt.
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Kora E, Patrinou V, Antonopoulou G, Ntaikou I, Terkelekopoulou AG, Lyberatos G. Dark fermentation of expired fruit juices for biohydrogen production followed by treatment and biotechnological exploitation of effluents towards bioplastics and microbial lipids. Biochem Eng J 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2023.108901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/22/2023]
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Production efficiency and properties of poly(3hydroxybutyrate-co-3hydroxyvalerate) generated via a robust bacterial consortium dominated by Zoogloea sp. using acidified discarded fruit juices as carbon source. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 226:1500-1514. [PMID: 36511266 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.11.262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Revised: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In the current study, a mixed microbial culture (MMC) of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) producers was developed under nutrient stress and was assessed as biocatalyst for the production of high-yielding PHAs from fermented (acidified) discarded fruit juices (DFJ). The structure of the MMC was analyzed periodically to determine its microbial dynamics, revealing that Zoogloae sp. dominated throughout the operation of the system. The efficiency of PHAs production from the MMC was further optimized in batch mode by altering the ratio of C to N, the ratio of carbon sources (propionate and butyrate), and the initial pH, and subsequently different fermentation mixtures of acidified DFJ were assessed as substrates at optimal conditions. Upon solvent extraction, the properties of recovered PHAs were analyzed, showing that in all cases P(3HB-co-3HV) was produced, with Tm ranging from 90.5 to 168.8 °C, and maximum obtained yields 54.61 ± 4.31 % and 43.27 ± 2.13 %, from synthetic substrates and DFJ, respectively. Overall, it was shown that the developed MMC can be efficiently applied as biocatalyst for the exploitation of sugary wastewaters, such as DFJ, towards bio-based and biodegradable plastics bearing the required properties to substitute fossil plastics, into the concept of a circular economy.
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Ene N, Savoiu VG, Spiridon M, Paraschiv CI, Vamanu E. The General Composition of Polyhydroxyalkanoates and Factors that Influence their Production and Biosynthesis. Curr Pharm Des 2023; 29:3089-3102. [PMID: 38099526 DOI: 10.2174/0113816128263175231102061920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) have been a current research topic for many years. PHAs are biopolymers produced by bacteria under unfavorable growth conditions. They are biomaterials that exhibit a variety of properties, including biocompatibility, biodegradability, and high mechanical strength, making them suitable for future applications. This review aimed to provide general information on PHAs, such as their structure, classification, and parameters that affect the production process. In addition, the most commonly used bacterial strains that produce PHAs are highlighted, and details are provided on the type of carbon source used and how to optimize the parameters for bioprocesses. PHAs present a challenge to researchers because a variety of parameters affect biosynthesis, including the variety of carbon sources, bacterial strains, and culture media. Nevertheless, PHAs represent an opportunity to replace plastics, because they can be produced quickly and at a relatively low cost. With growing environmental concerns and declining oil reserves, polyhydroxyalkanoates are a potential replacement for nonbiodegradable polymers. Therefore, the study of PHA production remains a hot topic, as many substrates can be used as carbon sources. Both researchers and industry are interested in facilitating the production, commercialization, and application of PHAs as potential replacements for nonbiodegradable polymers. The fact that they are biocompatible, environmentally biodegradable, and adaptable makes PHAs one of the most important materials available in the market. They are preferred in various industries, such as agriculture (for bioremediation of oil-polluted sites, minimizing the toxicity of pollutants, and environmental impact) or medicine (as medical devices). The various bioprocess technologies mentioned earlier will be further investigated, such as the carbon source (to obtain a biopolymer with the lowest possible cost, such as glucose, various fatty acids, and especially renewable sources), pretreatment of the substrate (to increase the availability of the carbon source), and supplementation of the growth environment with different substances and minerals). Consequently, the study of PHA production remains a current topic because many substrates can be used as carbon sources. Obtaining PHA from renewable substrates (waste oil, coffee grounds, plant husks, etc.) contributes significantly to reducing PHA costs. Therefore, in this review, pure bacterial cultures (Bacillus megaterium, Ralstonia eutropha, Cupriavidus necator, and Pseudomonas putida) have been investigated for their potential to utilize by-products as cheap feedstocks. The advantage of these bioprocesses is that a significant amount of PHA can be obtained using renewable carbon sources. The main disadvantage is that the chemical structure of the obtained biopolymer cannot be determined in advance, as is the case with bioprocesses using a conventional carbon source. Polyhydroxyalkanoates are materials that can be used in many fields, such as the medical field (skin grafts, implantable medical devices, scaffolds, drug-controlled release devices), agriculture (for polluted water cleaning), cosmetics and food (biodegradable packaging, gentle biosurfactants with suitable skin for cosmetics), and industry (production of biodegradable biopolymers that replace conventional plastic). Nonetheless, PHA biopolymers continue to be researched and improved and play an important role in various industrial sectors. The properties of this material allow its use as a biodegradable material in the cosmetics industry (for packaging), in the production of biodegradable plastics, or in biomedical engineering, as various prostheses or implantable scaffolds.
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- Nicoleta Ene
- Department of Industrial Biotechnology, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest, Romania
- Department of Pharmacology, National Institute for Chemical Pharmaceutical Research and Development- ICCF, Vitan Avenue 112, Bucharest 031299, Romania
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute For Chemical Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Bucharest 031299, Romania
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute For Chemical Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Bucharest 031299, Romania
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- Department of Chemistry, National Institute for Chemical Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Bucharest 031299, Romania
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- Department of Industrial Biotechnology, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest, Romania
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Hathi ZJ, Haque MA, Priya A, Qin ZH, Huang S, Lam CH, Ladakis D, Pateraki C, Mettu S, Koutinas A, Du C, Lin CSK. Fermentative bioconversion of food waste into biopolymer poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) using Cupriavidus necator. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 215:114323. [PMID: 36115419 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Revised: 08/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Dependency on plastic commodities has led to a recurrent increase in their global production every year. Conventionally, plastic products are derived from fossil fuels, leading to severe environmental concerns. The recent coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has triggered an increase in medical waste. Conversely, it has disrupted the supply chain of personal protective equipment (PPE). Valorisation of food waste was performed to cultivate C. necator for fermentative production of biopolymer poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV). The increase in biomass, PHBV yield and molar 3-hydroxy valerate (3HV) content was estimated after feeding volatile fatty acids. The fed-batch fermentation strategy reported in this study produced 15.65 ± 0.14 g/L of biomass with 5.32 g/L of PHBV with 50% molar 3HV content. This is a crucial finding, as molar concentration of 3HV can be modulated to suit the specification of biopolymer (film or fabric). The strategy applied in this study addresses the issue of global food waste burden and subsequently generates biopolymer PHBV, turning waste to wealth.
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- Zubeen J Hathi
- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Ave, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Ave, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Ave, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Ave, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Ave, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Ave, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Chemical and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
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- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, United Kingdom
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Ave, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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Westlie AH, Quinn EC, Parker CR, Chen EYX. Synthetic biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs): Recent advances and future challenges. Prog Polym Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2022.101608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mutsvene B, Chetty M, Kumari S, Bux F. Biohydrogen production from brewery wastewater in an Anaerobic Baffled Reactor. A preliminary techno-economic evaluation. SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sajce.2022.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/07/2022] Open
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Bhatia SK, Gurav R, Kim B, Kim S, Cho DH, Jung H, Kim YG, Kim JS, Yang YH. Coproduction of exopolysaccharide and polyhydroxyalkanoates from Sphingobium yanoikuyae BBL01 using biochar pretreated plant biomass hydrolysate. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 361:127753. [PMID: 35944863 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Sphingobium yanoikuyae BBL01 can produce exopolysaccharides (EPS) and polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs). The effect of side products (furfural, hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), vanillin, and acetate) produced during pretreatment of biomass was evaluated on S. yanoikuyae BBL01. It was observed that a certain concentration range (0.01-0.03 %) of these compounds can improve growth, EPS production, and polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) accumulation. The addition of HMF increases glucose and xylose utilization while other side products have a negative effect. The C/N of 5 favors EPS production (3.24 ± 0.05 g/L), while a higher C/N ratio of 30 promotes PHB accumulation (38.7 ± 0.08 % w/w), when commercial sugar is used as a carbon source. Pine biomass-derived biochar was able to remove 40 ± 2.1 % of total phenolic. Various biomass hydrolysates were evaluated and the use of detoxified pine biomass hydrolysate (DPH) as a carbon source resulted in the higher coproduction of EPS (2.83 ± 0.03 g/L) and PHB (40.8 ± 2.4 % w/w).
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- Shashi Kant Bhatia
- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea; Institute for Ubiquitous Information Technology and Applications, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Soongsil University, Seoul 06978, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul 05355, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea; Institute for Ubiquitous Information Technology and Applications, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea.
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García-Depraect O, Lebrero R, Rodriguez-Vega S, Börner RA, Börner T, Muñoz R. Production of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) from five commercial bioplastics via acidogenic fermentation. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 360:127655. [PMID: 35870672 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2022] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The feasibility of producing volatile fatty acids (VFAs) from five commercial bioplastics via acidogenic fermentation by a non-pretreated anaerobic sludge was investigated. Mesophilic, anaerobic, acidogenic batch assays at 1, 10 and 20 g/L feed concentrations revealed the feasibility of producing VFAs from polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), i.e., PHB and PHBV, but not from PBS, PCL and PLA under the test conditions and time. However, only high PHA substrate concentrations (10-20 g/L) resulted in organic overloading and decreasing the pH of the culture broth down to 4-5, which in turn induced the accumulation of VFAs via kinetic imbalance between acidogenesis and methanogenesis. Gaseous carbon (C-CO2 and C-CH4) accounted for 8-35% of the total initial carbon, while C-VFAs represented 10-18%, mainly as acetate and butyrate. This study represents the first systematically assessed proof-of-concept to produce VFAs from PHA, which is key for the design of bioplastic-to-bioplastic recycling (bio)technologies.
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- Octavio García-Depraect
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, School of Industrial Engineering, University of Valladolid, Dr. Mergelina, s/n, 47011 Valladolid, Spain; Institute of Sustainable Processes, Dr. Mergelina s/n, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, School of Industrial Engineering, University of Valladolid, Dr. Mergelina, s/n, 47011 Valladolid, Spain; Institute of Sustainable Processes, Dr. Mergelina s/n, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, School of Industrial Engineering, University of Valladolid, Dr. Mergelina, s/n, 47011 Valladolid, Spain; Institute of Sustainable Processes, Dr. Mergelina s/n, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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- Nestlé Research, Société des Produits Nestlé S.A, Route du Jorat 57, 1000 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Nestlé Research, Société des Produits Nestlé S.A, Route du Jorat 57, 1000 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, School of Industrial Engineering, University of Valladolid, Dr. Mergelina, s/n, 47011 Valladolid, Spain; Institute of Sustainable Processes, Dr. Mergelina s/n, 47011 Valladolid, Spain.
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Intensification of Acidogenic Fermentation for the Production of Biohydrogen and Volatile Fatty Acids—A Perspective. FERMENTATION-BASEL 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/fermentation8070325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Utilising ‘wastes’ as ‘resources’ is key to a circular economy. While there are multiple routes to waste valorisation, anaerobic digestion (AD)—a biochemical means to breakdown organic wastes in the absence of oxygen—is favoured due to its capacity to handle a variety of feedstocks. Traditional AD focuses on the production of biogas and fertiliser as products; however, such low-value products combined with longer residence times and slow kinetics have paved the way to explore alternative product platforms. The intermediate steps in conventional AD—acidogenesis and acetogenesis—have the capability to produce biohydrogen and volatile fatty acids (VFA) which are gaining increased attention due to the higher energy density (than biogas) and higher market value, respectively. This review hence focusses specifically on the production of biohydrogen and VFAs from organic wastes. With the revived interest in these products, a critical analysis of recent literature is needed to establish the current status. Therefore, intensification strategies in this area involving three main streams: substrate pre-treatment, digestion parameters and product recovery are discussed in detail based on literature reported in the last decade. The techno-economic aspects and future pointers are clearly highlighted to drive research forward in relevant areas.
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Plastic Waste Management in India: Challenges, Opportunities, and Roadmap for Circular Economy. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14084425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Plastic waste (PW) is one of the most rapid-growing waste streams in municipal solid waste all over the world. India has become a global player in the plastic value chain. Despite low consumption, domestic generation and imports create a significant burden on the overall waste management system, which requires in-depth understanding of the scenario and pathways that can mitigate the crisis. Although Indian researchers have widely researched technology-related issues in academic papers, a substantial knowledge gap exists in understanding the problem’s depth and possible solutions. This review article focuses on current plastic production, consumption, and waste generation in India. This review article mainly analyzes data and information regarding Indian PW management and highlights some critical issues such as reverse supply chain, effective PW management, source-specific recovery, and PW rules in India. Comprehensively, this review will help to identify implementable strategies for policymakers and research opportunities for future researchers in holistic PW management and recycling in India, focusing on the circular economy and sustainable development goals.
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Wen Q, Liu S, Lin X, Liu B, Chen Z. Rapid recovery of mixed culture polyhydroxyalkanoate production system from EPS bulking using azithromycin. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 350:126944. [PMID: 35247561 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Revised: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The long-term stable operation of the mixed culture polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) enrichment stage is the guarantee for the continuous synthesis of PHA, however extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) sludge bulking occurred from time to time may cause the operation fail. In order to solve this problem, as a quencher of signal molecules and antibiotic, azithromycin (AZM) was used in the two systems with different modes to recover the sedimentation capacity of the sludge. The results showed that AZM addition resulted in the reduction of polysaccharide /protein (PS/PN) ratio in EPS and significant improvement of the sedimentation capacity of the sludge. Quorum quenching of AZM or aiiA gene maintained the sedimentation ability of the sludge in a relay mode. By adding AZM, the growth of Thauera and Flavobacterium, which caused sludge bulking, was inhibited. Paracoccus, a strong PHA producer, has been enriched to ensure that the maximum PHA synthesis of the system.
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- Qinxue Wen
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, PR China.
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Harirchi S, Wainaina S, Sar T, Nojoumi SA, Parchami M, Parchami M, Varjani S, Khanal SK, Wong J, Awasthi MK, Taherzadeh MJ. Microbiological insights into anaerobic digestion for biogas, hydrogen or volatile fatty acids (VFAs): a review. Bioengineered 2022; 13:6521-6557. [PMID: 35212604 PMCID: PMC8973982 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2022.2035986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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In the past decades, considerable attention has been directed toward anaerobic digestion (AD), which is an effective biological process for converting diverse organic wastes into biogas, volatile fatty acids (VFAs), biohydrogen, etc. The microbial bioprocessing takes part during AD is of substantial significance, and one of the crucial approaches for the deep and adequate understanding and manipulating it toward different products is process microbiology. Due to highly complexity of AD microbiome, it is critically important to study the involved microorganisms in AD. In recent years, in addition to traditional methods, novel molecular techniques and meta-omics approaches have been developed which provide accurate details about microbial communities involved AD. Better understanding of process microbiomes could guide us in identifying and controlling various factors in both improving the AD process and diverting metabolic pathway toward production of selective bio-products. This review covers various platforms of AD process that results in different final products from microbiological point of view. The review also highlights distinctive interactions occurring among microbial communities. Furthermore, assessment of these communities existing in the anaerobic digesters is discussed to provide more insights into their structure, dynamics, and metabolic pathways. Moreover, the important factors affecting microbial communities in each platform of AD are highlighted. Finally, the review provides some recent applications of AD for the production of novel bio-products and deals with challenges and future perspectives of AD.
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- Sharareh Harirchi
- Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, 50190 Borås, Sweden
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- Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, 50190 Borås, Sweden
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- Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, 50190 Borås, Sweden
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- Microbiology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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- Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, 50190 Borås, Sweden
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- Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, 50190 Borås, Sweden
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- Paryavaran Bhavan, Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Bioresource and Agriculture and, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Taicheng Road 3#, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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Rajesh Banu J, Ginni G, Kavitha S, Yukesh Kannah R, Kumar V, Adish Kumar S, Gunasekaran M, Tyagi VK, Kumar G. Polyhydroxyalkanoates synthesis using acidogenic fermentative effluents. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 193:2079-2092. [PMID: 34774601 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.11.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2021] [Revised: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are natural polyesters synthesized by microbes which consume excess amount of carbon and less amount of nutrients. It is biodegradable in nature, and it synthesized from renewable resources. It is considered as a future polymer, which act as an attractive replacement to petrochemical based polymers. The main hindrance to the commercial application of PHA is the high manufacturing cost. This article provides an overview of different cost-effective substrates, their characteristics and composition, major strains involved in economical production of PHA and biosynthetic pathways leading to accumulation of PHA. This review also covers the operational parameters, various fermentative modes including batch, fed-batch, repeated fed-batch and continuous fed-batch systems, along with advanced feeding strategies such as single pulse carbon feeding, feed forward control, intermittent carbon feeding, feast famine conditions to observe their effects for improving PHA synthesis and associated challenges. In addition, it also presents the economic analysis and future perspectives for the commercialization of PHA production process thereby making the process sustainable and lucrative with the possibility of commercial biomanufacturing.
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- J Rajesh Banu
- Department of Life Sciences, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Neelakudi, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu 610005, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Amrita College of Engineering and Technology, Amritagiri, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, 629901, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University Regional Campus, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, 627007, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University Regional Campus, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, 627007, India; Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, 620015, India
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- School of Water, Energy and Environment, Cranfield University, Cranfield MK43 0AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University Regional Campus, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, 627007, India
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- Department of Physics, Anna University Regional Campus, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, 627007, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea; Institute of Chemistry, Bioscience and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Stavanger, Box 8600 Forus, 4036 Stavanger, Norway.
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Li D, Ma X, Li J, Sun B. Insights into enhanced polyhydroxyalkanoate production by the synergistic use of waste wood hydrolysate and volatile fatty acids by mixed microbial cultures. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 337:125488. [PMID: 34320767 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The feasibility of producing polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) from pretreated waste wood hydrolysate and volatile fatty acids (VFAs) from sewage fermented products as co-substrate feedstock through mixed microbial cultures (MMCs) process was explored. The results showed that the addition of co-substrate shortened the cycle of PHA reaching the maximum and increased the proportion of 3-hydroxyvalerate (3HV) monomer. Compared with N-excess supply, almost 1.6 times increased PHA accumulation was realized under N-limitation, and simultaneously the highest proportion of 3HV monomer with 51% was also obtained. Additionally, PHA production in S1400 reactor reached a maximum value of about 3088 mg COD/L with culture time to 36 h. The microbial community also displayed a high diversity, which was composed of 65 bacterial genera. It is a novel attempt to accumulate PHA from pretreated waste wood hydrolysate and VFAs co-substrate through MMCs, providing an effective green approach to reduce its expensive cost and achieve mass production.
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- Dongna Li
- College of Light Industry Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, PR China
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- College of Light Industry Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, PR China.
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- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resource Utilization of Rubber Tree/State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Cultivation & Physiology for Tropical Crops, Rubber Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Danzhou 571737, PR China
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- College of Light Industry Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, PR China
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Strazzera G, Battista F, Andreolli M, Menini M, Bolzonella D, Lampis S. Influence of different household Food Wastes Fractions on Volatile Fatty Acids production by anaerobic fermentation. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 335:125289. [PMID: 34015569 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2021] [Revised: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 05/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This research investigated for the first time the influence of the single fractions (proteins, lipids, starch, cellulose, fibers and sugars) composing Household Food Wastes on Volatile Fatty Acids (VFA). A production at different pH (uncontrolled, 5.5 and 7.0): both the amount and profile of VFA were investigated. It was found that fractions rich in proteins and starch led to the greatest VFA productions (12-15 g/L), especially at neutral pH condition. On the contrary, fractions rich in cellulose, fibers, and sugars showed a very low VFA production (<2 g/L). The chemical nature of HFW influenced the speciation of the microbial communities too. Lactobacillaceae family was highly represented in proteins-, starch-, fibers and sugars-rich substrates and Atopobiaceae, Eggerthellaceae, Acidaminococcaceae and Veillonellaceae displayed positive correlation to VFAs production. Instead, Comamonadaceae showed high relative abundance in lipids- and cellulose-rich fraction and was negatively correlated to the VFAs generation.
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- Giuseppe Strazzera
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Via Strada Le Grazie 15, 37134, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Via Strada Le Grazie 15, 37134, Italy.
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Via Strada Le Grazie 15, 37134, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Via Strada Le Grazie 15, 37134, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Via Strada Le Grazie 15, 37134, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Via Strada Le Grazie 15, 37134, Italy
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A continuous increase in global population is demanding more development and industrialization, which leads to the production of various waste such as municipal wastewater, agricultural waste, industrial waste, medical waste, electronic wastes, etc [...]
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De Donno Novelli L, Moreno Sayavedra S, Rene ER. Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production via resource recovery from industrial waste streams: A review of techniques and perspectives. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 331:124985. [PMID: 33819906 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.124985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Revised: 03/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The problem of waste generation in the form of wastewater and solid wastes has caused an urgent, yet persisting, global issue that calls for the development of sustainable treatment and resource recovery technologies. The production of value-added polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) from industrial waste streams has attracted the attention of researchers and process industries because they could replace traditional plastics. PHAs are biopolymers with high degradability, with a variety of applications in the manufacturing sector (e.g. medical equipment, packaging). The aim of this review is to describe the techniques and industrial waste streams that are applied for PHA production. The different enrichment and accumulation techniques that employ mixed microbial communities and carbon recovery from industrial waste streams and various downstream processes were reviewed. PHA yields between 7.6 and 76 wt% were reported for pilot-scale PHA production; while, at the laboratory-scale, yields from PHA accumulation range between 8.6 and 56 wt%. The recent advances in the application of waste streams for PHA production could result in more widely spread PHA production at the industrial scale via its integration into biorefineries for co-generation of PHAs with other added-value products like biohydrogen and biogas.
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- Laura De Donno Novelli
- Department of Water Supply, Sanitation and Environmental Engineering, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Westvest 7, 2611AX Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Water Supply, Sanitation and Environmental Engineering, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Westvest 7, 2611AX Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Water Supply, Sanitation and Environmental Engineering, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Westvest 7, 2611AX Delft, The Netherlands.
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Yadav S, Singh D, Mohanty P, Sarangi PK. Biochemical and Thermochemical Routes of H
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Production from Food Waste: A Comparative Review. Chem Eng Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ceat.202000526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Sanjeev Yadav
- Shiv Nadar University Department of Chemical Engineering 201314 Gr. Noida India
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- Shiv Nadar University Department of Chemical Engineering 201314 Gr. Noida India
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- Govt. of India Department of Science and Technology 110016 New Delhi India
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Franco-León JDJ, Arriola-Guevara E, Suárez-Hernández LA, Toriz G, Guatemala-Morales G, Corona-González RI. Influence of supplemented nutrients in tequila vinasses for hydrogen and polyhydroxybutyrate production by photofermentation with Rhodopseudomonas pseudopalustris. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 329:124865. [PMID: 33639381 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.124865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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There is a great interest for replacing petroleum-derived chemical processes with biological processes to obtain fuels and plastics from industrial waste. Accordingly, Rhodopseudomonas species are capable of producing hydrogen and polyhydroxybutyrate. Culture conditions for production of both hydrogen and polyhydroxybutyrate with Rhodopseudomonas pseudopalustris (DSM 123) from tequila vinasses were analyzed. The production of hydrogen using tequila vinasses was higher with respect to two synthetic media. Replacing the headspace with N2 increased the production of hydrogen with respect to Argon, while a higher concentration of polyhydroxybutyrate was achieved using Argon as compared to N2. A higher concentration of phosphates increased the production of hydrogen (250 mL), while the highest concentration of polyhydroxybutyrate (305 mg/L) was accomplished when the bacteria were cultivated only with phosphates contained in tequila vinasses. This study revealed that the culture conditions for Rhodopseudomonas pseudopalustris (DSM 123) for production of hydrogen are the opposite of those for production of polyhydroxybutyrate.
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- Johsueé de Jesús Franco-León
- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, CUCEI-Universidad de Guadalajara, Blvd. M. García Barragán 1421, C.P. 44430 Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, CUCEI-Universidad de Guadalajara, Blvd. M. García Barragán 1421, C.P. 44430 Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, CUCEI-Universidad de Guadalajara, Blvd. M. García Barragán 1421, C.P. 44430 Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico
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- Departamento de Madera Celulosa y Papel, Universidad de Guadalajara, Km. 15.5 carretera Guadalajara-Nogales, C.P. 45110 Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Unidad de Tecnología Agroalimentaria, Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco, A.C. (CIATEJ), A.C. Av. Normalistas 800, Colinas de la Normal, C.P. 44270 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, CUCEI-Universidad de Guadalajara, Blvd. M. García Barragán 1421, C.P. 44430 Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico.
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Chalima A, de Castro LF, Burgstaller L, Sampaio P, Carolas AL, Gildemyn S, Velghe F, Ferreira BS, Pais C, Neureiter M, Dietrich T, Topakas E. Waste-derived volatile fatty acids as carbon source for added-value fermentation approaches. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2021; 368:6283741. [PMID: 34036336 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnab054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The establishment of a sustainable circular bioeconomy requires the effective material recycling from biomass and biowaste beyond composting/fertilizer or anaerobic digestion/bioenergy. Recently, volatile fatty acids attracted much attention due to their potential application as carbon source for the microbial production of high added-value products. Their low-cost production from different types of wastes through dark fermentation is a key aspect, which will potentially lead to the sustainable production of fuels, materials or chemicals, while diminishing the waste volume. This article reviews the utilization of a volatile fatty acid platform for the microbial production of polyhydroxyalkanoates, single cell oil and omega-3 fatty acids, giving emphasis on the fermentation challenges for the efficient implementation of the bioprocess and how they were addressed. These challenges were addressed through a research project funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme entitled 'VOLATILE-Biowaste derived volatile fatty acid platform for biopolymers, bioactive compounds and chemical building blocks'.
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- Angelina Chalima
- Industrial Biotechnology and Biocatalysis Group, Biotechnology Laboratory, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechniou Str., Zografou Campus, 15780 Athens, Greece
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- TECNALIA, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Parque Tecnológico de Álava, Leonardo Da Vinci 1, 01510 Miñano, Álava, Spain
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- Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Department of Agrobiotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Konrad-Lorenz-Str. 20, 3430 Tulln, Austria
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- Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology (CBMA), Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.,Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability (IB-S), University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- Biotrend SA - Biocant Park, Núcleo 04, Lote 2, 3060-197 Cantanhede, Portugal
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- Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology (CBMA), Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.,Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability (IB-S), University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Department of Agrobiotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Konrad-Lorenz-Str. 20, 3430 Tulln, Austria
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- TECNALIA, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Parque Tecnológico de Álava, Leonardo Da Vinci 1, 01510 Miñano, Álava, Spain
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- Industrial Biotechnology and Biocatalysis Group, Biotechnology Laboratory, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechniou Str., Zografou Campus, 15780 Athens, Greece
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Velghe F, De Wilde F, Snellinx S, Farahbakhsh S, Belderbos E, Peral C, Wiedemann A, Hiessl S, Michels J, Pierrard MA, Dietrich T. Volatile fatty acid platform - a cornerstone for the circular bioeconomy. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2021; 368:6283740. [PMID: 34036338 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnab056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Annually, the EU produces more than 100 million tonnes of urban biowaste, which is largely under-valorized and in some cases even still landfilled without any energy or material recovery. If Europe wants to be ready for the future, it will need to make better use of this large biomass potential within a circular economy approach. The research project funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme entitled 'VOLATILE-Biowaste derived volatile fatty acid platform for biopolymers, bioactive compounds and chemical building blocks' aimed to produce volatile fatty acids (VFAs) from biowaste for reprocessing into products, materials or substances to close the material loop. During the project, the partners were able to obtain average volatile fatty acid yields of 627 g COD/kg organic matter (OM) for food waste, 448 g COD/kg OM for separately collected vegetable, garden and fruit waste (VGF) and 384 g COD/kg OM for the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OF-MSW) at concentrations ranging from 12 to 48 g/L, 6 to 40 g/L and 13 to 26 g/L, respectively. A membrane filtration cascade consisting of micro-, ultra- and nano-filtration followed by reverse osmosis was identified as a feasible way to purify and concentrate the VFA effluent, making them a suitable carbon source for further fermentation processes. Besides technical optimization, socio-economic and legal aspects associated with this platform technology were also studied and show that although this technology is still in development, it is providing an answer to changing societal and market expectations both regarding organic waste treatment and bio-based production strategies. Based on the current technological, economic and market evolutions, it is expected that the VFAP will play an important role in organic waste treatment in the coming years.
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- F Velghe
- OWS nv, Dok-Noord 5, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Social Sciences Unit, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Burg. Van Gansberghelaan 115 Bus 2, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Social Sciences Unit, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Burg. Van Gansberghelaan 115 Bus 2, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Social Sciences Unit, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Burg. Van Gansberghelaan 115 Bus 2, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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- TECNALIA, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Parque Tecnológico de Álava, Leonardo Da Vinci 1, 01510 Miñano, Álava, Spain
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- Wiedemann GmbH, Rieblinger Str. 25, 86479 Aichen, Germany
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- DECHEMA e.V., Theodor-Heuss-Allee 25, 60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- DECHEMA e.V., Theodor-Heuss-Allee 25, 60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- IDELUX Environnement, drève de l'arc-en-ciel 98, 6700 arlon, Belgium
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- TECNALIA, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Parque Tecnológico de Álava, Leonardo Da Vinci 1, 01510 Miñano, Álava, Spain
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Srivastava N, Srivastava M, Abd Allah EF, Singh R, Hashem A, Gupta VK. Biohydrogen production using kitchen waste as the potential substrate: A sustainable approach. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 271:129537. [PMID: 33450424 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 12/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This review explores the sustainable feasibility of kitchen wastes to implement as an effective substrate for biohydrogen production through dark fermentation. Being organic in nature, kitchen wastes are enomerous source of nutrients and carbohydrate, which are produced in huge quantity in our daily life, and therefore can be potentially used for biohydrogen production through microbial technique. The review discussed in detail about the impact of kitchen waste, its availability and sustainability on the biohydrogen production process along with future scope at industrial scale for the production of sustainable and renewable energy. In addition, recent advances, and their possibility to enhance the fermentative biohydrogen production using kitchen waste have been covered. Emphasis is also made on the application of nanomaterials to increase the yield of biohydrogen production and to make the entire process more economical and sustainable while using kitchen wastes as substrate for the microbial fermentation. Finally, advantages, limitations and future prospects of the process of biohydrogen production using kitchen wastes as potential substrate have been discussed.
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- Neha Srivastava
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, (BHU), Varanasi, 221005, India.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, (BHU), Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box. 2460, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Environmental Studies, Satyawati College, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110052, India
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- Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box. 2460, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia; Mycology and Plant Disease Survey Department, Plant Pathology Research Institute, ARC, Giza, 12511, Egypt
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- Biorefining and Advanced Materials Research Center, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JG, UK; Center for Safe and Improved Food, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JG, UK.
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Obulisamy PK, Mehariya S. Polyhydroxyalkanoates from extremophiles: A review. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 325:124653. [PMID: 33465644 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Revised: 12/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are group monomers/heteropolymers that are biodegradable and widely used in biomedical applications. They are considered as alternatives to fossil derived polymers and accumulated by microbes including extremophilic archaea as energy storage inclusions under nutrient limitations. The use of extremophilic archaea for PHA production is an economically viable option for conventional aerobic processes, but less is known about their pathways and PHA accumulation capacities. This review summarized: (a) specific adaptive mechanisms towards extreme environments by extremophiles and specific role of PHAs; (b) understanding of PHA synthesis/metabolism in archaea and specific functional genes; (c) genetic engineering and process engineering approaches required for high-rate PHA production using extremophilic archaea. To conclude, the future studies are suggested to understand the membrane lipids and PHAs accumulation to explain the adaptation mechanism of extremophiles and exploiting it for commercial production of PHAs.
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- Department of Engineering, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Real Casa dell'Annunziata, Italy
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Naresh Kumar A, Kim GB, Muhorakeye A, Varjani S, Kim SH. Biopolymer production using volatile fatty acids as resource: Effect of feast-famine strategy and lignin reinforcement. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 326:124736. [PMID: 33524882 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.124736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2020] [Revised: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The present study aimed to investigate the biopolymer production using VFA's as carbon source through feast and famine strategy in a sequencing batch reactor. Famine condition with nutrients and oxygen limitation resulted in high polyhydroxybutyrate yield (PHB: 2.65 ± 0.012 g/L; 0.36 ± 0.015 gPHB/gVFA) than feast mode (0.26 ± 0.02 g/L; 0.034 ± 0.013 gPHB/gVFA). Repeated batch operations induced substrate consumption, wherein acetate utilization was high in both the conditions (feast: 83%, famine 74%) followed by butyrate (feast: 74%, famine 72%). Besides, high biomass concentration was also observed in feast condition (3.45 ± 0.14 g/L VSS), while oxygen and nutrients limitation in famine mode regulated the carbon use for biomass growth (2.46 ± 0.15 g/L VSS). Further, PHB grafting with lignin (3% and 5%) exhibited increased thermal stability than pristine PHB. Biopolymer production using VFA's as carbon source and utilization of lignin as functional filler for strengthening PHB offer lignin valorization also wider its applications specifically in the biomedical field.
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- A Naresh Kumar
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382 010, India
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.
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Bhatia SK, Otari SV, Jeon JM, Gurav R, Choi YK, Bhatia RK, Pugazhendhi A, Kumar V, Rajesh Banu J, Yoon JJ, Choi KY, Yang YH. Biowaste-to-bioplastic (polyhydroxyalkanoates): Conversion technologies, strategies, challenges, and perspective. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 326:124733. [PMID: 33494006 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.124733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Revised: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Biowaste management is a challenging job as it is high in nutrient content and its disposal in open may cause a serious environmental and health risk. Traditional technologies such as landfill, bio-composting, and incineration are used for biowaste management. To gain revenue from biowaste researchers around the world focusing on the integration of biowaste management with other commercial products such as volatile fatty acids (VFA), biohydrogen, and bioplastic (polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA)), etc. PHA production from various biowastes such as lignocellulosic biomass, municipal waste, waste cooking oils, biodiesel industry waste, and syngas has been reported successfully. Various nutrient factors i.e., carbon and nitrogen source concentration and availability of dissolved oxygen are crucial factors for PHA production. This review is an attempt to summarize the recent advancements in PHA production from various biowaste, its downstream processing, and other challenges that need to overcome making bioplastic an alternate for synthetic plastic.
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- Shashi Kant Bhatia
- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea; Institute for Ubiquitous Information Technology and Application, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, Shivaji University, Vidyanagar Kolhapur 416004, Maharashtra, India
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- Green & Sustainable Materials R&D Department, Research Institute of Clean Manufacturing System, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Chungnam 331-825, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla 171005, India
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- Innovative Green Product Synthesis and Renewable Environment Development Research Group, Faculty of Environment and Labour Safety, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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- Centre for Climate and Environmental Protection, School of Water, Energy and Environment, Cranfield University, Cranfield MK43 0AL, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Neelakudi, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Green & Sustainable Materials R&D Department, Research Institute of Clean Manufacturing System, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Chungnam 331-825, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental and Safety Engineering, College of Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea; Institute for Ubiquitous Information Technology and Application, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea.
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Montiel-Corona V, Buitrón G. Polyhydroxyalkanoates from organic waste streams using purple non-sulfur bacteria. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 323:124610. [PMID: 33429315 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Many microorganisms can produce intracellular and extracellular biopolymers, such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA). Despite PHA's benefits, their widespread at the industrial level has not occurred due mainly to high production costs. PHA production under a biorefinery scheme is proposed to improve its economic viability. In this context, purple non-sulfur bacteria (PNSB) are ideal candidates to produce PHA and other substances of economic interest. This review describes the PHA production by PNSB under different metabolic pathways, by using a wide range of wastes and under diverse operational conditions such as aerobic and anaerobic metabolism, irradiance level, light or dark conditions. Some strategies, such as controlling the feed regime, biofilm reactors, and open photobioreactors in outdoor conditions, were identified from the literature review as the approach needed to improve the process's economic viability when using mixed cultures of PNSB and wastes as substrates.
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- Virginia Montiel-Corona
- Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica A.C., División de Ciencias Ambientales, Camino a la Presa San José 2055, Lomas 4a Sección, C.P. 78216 San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico; Laboratory for Research on Advanced Processes for Water Treatment, Unidad Académica Juriquilla, Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Blvd. Juriquilla 3001, Querétaro 76230, Mexico
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- Laboratory for Research on Advanced Processes for Water Treatment, Unidad Académica Juriquilla, Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Blvd. Juriquilla 3001, Querétaro 76230, Mexico.
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Chen Y, Ruhyadi R, Huang J, Yan W, Wang G, Shen N, Hanggoro W. A novel strategy for improving volatile fatty acid purity, phosphorus removal efficiency, and fermented sludge dewaterability during waste activated sludge fermentation. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2021; 119:195-201. [PMID: 33070089 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2020.09.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) from waste activated sludge (WAS) via alkaline fermentation have been shown to provide an effective alternative carbon source for biological nutrient removal in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) that promotes the subsequent release of phosphorus (P) and refractory dissolved organic matter. The dewatering ability of fermented sludge is known to decrease during alkaline fermentation. Here, a novel strategy of initiating fermentation at a pH of 10 was developed to improve VFA purity, P removal efficiency, and fermented sludge dewaterability during WAS fermentation. Although VFAs concentration was lower (1.69 ± 0.09 g COD/L) when the pH was only initially adjusted to pH 10 (RIA) relative to when the pH was maintained at 10 on a daily basis (RDC), the purity of VFAs in the fermented liquid was improved (58.48%). Furthermore, the release of total phosphorous (TP) in RIA was 5.90 times lower than that in RDC (139.37 mg/L). The normalized capillary suction time and specific resistance to filtration in RIA decreased to 42.23% and 40.70%, respectively, suggesting that the dewaterability of fermented sludge also improved. The amount of alkali needed was 17.44 kg for each ton of total solid (TS) in RIA, which was 5.49 times lower than that in RDC. Thus, approximately 45.44 USD was saved in operational costs for each ton of TS processed in RIA. These results indicated that VFAs production via initial pH 10 fermentation was a robust and cost-efficient way for providing carbon resources in WWTPs.
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- Yun Chen
- School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China; Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Biotransformation of Organic Solid Waste, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China; Solid Waste Reduction Section, Environmental Agency of Bogor Regency, Bogor Regency 16911, West Java, Indonesia
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- School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China; Jiangsu Engineering Lab of Water and Soil Eco-remediation, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China; Jiangsu Engineering Lab of Water and Soil Eco-remediation, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation Meteorological Disaster, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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Wen Q, Ji Y, Chen Z, Lee DJ. Use of sodium chloride to rapidly restore polyhydroxyalkanoates production from filamentous bulking without polyhydroxyalkanoates productivity impairment. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2020; 313:123663. [PMID: 32562968 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.123663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2020] [Revised: 06/07/2020] [Accepted: 06/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Occurrence of filamentous bulking would lead to excess biomass washout to fail the polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production process. A strategy using sodium chloride (NaCl) addition to enhance sludge settleability so that high PHA productivity could be retained was tested in two sequencing batch reactors (SBR #1 and #2) fed with different organic acid mixtures but at identical NaCl gradients (0, 5 and 10 g/L). Significant improved sludge settleability was observed at 10 g/L NaCl regardless of occurrence of filamentous bulking. The NaCl addition strategy suppressed the growth of principal filamentous bacterium, Meganema, and enriched the PHA producers (Paracoccus and Thauera) to reach enhanced PHA productivities of 0.244-0.298 g/L-1 d-1 for the present studied system.
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- Qinxue Wen
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan; Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan; Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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Figueroa-Lopez KJ, Cabedo L, Lagaron JM, Torres-Giner S. Development of Electrospun Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate- co-3-hydroxyvalerate) Monolayers Containing Eugenol and Their Application in Multilayer Antimicrobial Food Packaging. Front Nutr 2020; 7:140. [PMID: 33015118 PMCID: PMC7509432 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2020.00140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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In this research, different contents of eugenol in the 2.5-25 wt.% range were first incorporated into ultrathin fibers of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) by electrospinning and then subjected to annealing to obtain antimicrobial monolayers. The most optimal concentration of eugenol in the PHBV monolayer was 15 wt.% since it showed high electrospinnability and thermal stability and also yielded the highest bacterial reduction against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Escherichia coli (E. coli). This eugenol-containing monolayer was then selected to be applied as an interlayer between a structural layer made of a cast-extruded poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) sheet and a commercial PHBV film as the food contact layer. The whole system was, thereafter, annealed at 160°C for 10 s to develop a novel multilayer active packaging material. The resultant multilayer showed high hydrophobicity, strong adhesion and mechanical resistance, and improved barrier properties against water vapor and limonene vapors. The antimicrobial activity of the multilayer structure was also evaluated in both open and closed systems for up to 15 days, showing significant reductions (R ≥ 1 and < 3) for the two strains of food-borne bacteria. Higher inhibition values were particularly attained against S. aureus due to the higher activity of eugenol against the cell membrane of Gram positive (G+) bacteria. The multilayer also provided the highest antimicrobial activity for the closed system, which better resembles the actual packaging and it was related to the headspace accumulation of the volatile compounds. Hence, the here-developed multilayer fully based on polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) shows a great deal of potential for antimicrobial packaging applications using biodegradable materials to increase both quality and safety of food products.
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- Kelly J. Figueroa-Lopez
- Novel Materials and Nanotechnology Group, Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Paterna, Spain
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- Polymers and Advanced Materials Group (PIMA), Universitat Jaume I (UJI), Castellón de la Plana, Spain
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- Novel Materials and Nanotechnology Group, Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Paterna, Spain
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- Novel Materials and Nanotechnology Group, Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Paterna, Spain
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Banu JR, Kavitha S, Kannah RY, Usman TMM, Kumar G. Application of chemo thermal coupled sonic homogenization of marine macroalgal biomass for energy efficient volatile fatty acid recovery. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2020; 303:122951. [PMID: 32058908 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.122951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2019] [Revised: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The present study aimed to employ energy efficient chemo thermal coupled sonic homogenization (CTSH) to obtain VFA from marine macroalgal hydrolysate, (Ulva fasciata). At first, chemo thermal homogenization (CTH) was applied on macroalgal biomass by adjusting the temperature, pH and treatment time from 60 to 90 ℃, 4-7 and 0-60 min, respectively. A higher organic matter solubilisation of 11.81% was obtained at an optimum pH of 6 at a temperature of 80 ℃ with 40 min of homogenization time. The results of CTSH implied that a higher organic matter solubilization of 26.4% was achieved by combined CTSH (sonic power & treatment time - 140 W & 14 min treatment time). CTSH considerably doubles the liquefaction in comparison with CTH. Based on OMS grouping, achieving 25% was sufficient for VFA production (2172.09 mg/L) and considered as economically feasible with net cost of 97.17 USD/ton of macroalgae.
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- J Rajesh Banu
- Department of Life Sciences, Central University of Tamil Nadu, CUTN Bridge, Neelakudy, Tamil Nadu 610005, India; Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University Regional Campus Tirunelveli, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University Regional Campus Tirunelveli, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University Regional Campus Tirunelveli, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University Regional Campus Tirunelveli, India
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- Green Processing, Bioremediation and Alternative Energies Research Group, Faculty of Environment and Labour Safety, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
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Lipid Induction in Scenedesmus abundans GH-D11 by Reusing the Volatile Fatty Acids in the Effluent of Dark Anaerobic Fermentation of Biohydrogen. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2020; 191:258-272. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-020-03294-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Huang L, Chen Z, Wen Q, Ji Y, Wu Z, Lee DJ. Toward flexible regulation of polyhydroxyalkanoate composition based on substrate feeding strategy: Insights into microbial community and metabolic features. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2020; 296:122369. [PMID: 31732415 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2019] [Revised: 11/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The suitable feeding strategy considering both substrate preference (enrichment stage) and flexible regulation (PHA accumulation stage) were investigated, respectively, based on intracellular polymers synthesis peculiarities of the three types of cultures (M-Ac, M-Pr and M-Bu), which were enriched correspondingly using acetic type, propionic type and butyric type substrate. Compared to M-Ac and M-Bu cultures, maximum PHA content (PHAm) of M-Pr exhibited the most stable responses to varying fractions of propionic acid (fPr) of the substrate. The substrate composed of acetic acid and propionic acid (Mix-AP) demonstrated higher efficiency in regulation of polymer composition than that composed of butyric acid and propionic acid (Mix-BP). For the whole process of three-stage MC PHA production, propionic acid-dominated acidification products should be used for the long-term enrichment of PHA producers, and acidification products mainly composed of propionic and acetic acid are preferred considering the regulation of polymer composition in PHA accumulation stage.
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- Long Huang
- School of Water Conservancy and Environment Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan; Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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Magdalena JA, Greses S, González-Fernández C. Impact of Organic Loading Rate in Volatile Fatty Acids Production and Population Dynamics Using Microalgae Biomass as Substrate. Sci Rep 2019; 9:18374. [PMID: 31804573 PMCID: PMC6895168 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-54914-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are regarded as building blocks with a wide range of applications, including biofuel production. The traditional anaerobic digestion used for biogas production can be alternatively employed for VFAs production. The present study aimed at maximizing VFAs productions from Chlorella vulgaris through anaerobic digestion by assessing the effect of stepwise organic loading rates (OLR) increases (3, 6, 9, 12 and 15 g COD L-1 d-1). The biological system was proven to be robust as organic matter conversion efficiency into VFAs increased from 0.30 ± 0.02 COD-VFAs/CODin at 3 g COD L-1 d-1 to 0.37 ± 0.02 COD-VFAs/CODin at 12 g COD L-1d-1. Even though, the hydrolytic step was similar for all studied scenario sCOD/tCOD = 0.52-0.58), the highest OLR (15 g COD L-1 d-1) did not show any further increase in VFAs conversion (0.29 ± 0.01 COD-VFAs/CODin). This fact suggested acidogenesis inhibition at 15 g COD L-1d-1. Butyric (23-32%), acetic (19-26%) and propionic acids (11-17%) were the most abundant bioproducts. Population dynamics analysis revealed microbial specialization, with a high presence of Firmicutes followed by Bacteroidetes. In addition, this investigation showed the microbial adaptation of Euryarchaeota species at the highest OLR (15 g COD L-1d-1), evidencing one of the main challenges in VFAs production (out-competition of archaea community to avoid product consumption). Stepwise OLR increase can be regarded as a tool to promote VFAs productions. However, acidogenic inhibition was reported at the highest OLR instead of the traditional hydrolytic barriers. The operational conditions imposed together with the high VFAs and ammonium concentrations might have affected the system yields. The relative abundance of Firmicutes (74%) and Bacteroidetes (20%), as main phyla, together with the reduction of Euryarchaeota phylum (0.5%) were found the best combination to promote organic matter conversion into VFAs.
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- Biotechnological Processes Unit, IMDEA Energy, Madrid, Spain
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Anburajan P, Naresh Kumar A, Sabapathy PC, Kim GB, Cayetano RD, Yoon JJ, Kumar G, Kim SH. Polyhydroxy butyrate production by Acinetobacter junii BP25, Aeromonas hydrophila ATCC 7966, and their co-culture using a feast and famine strategy. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 293:122062. [PMID: 31494436 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2019] [Revised: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The study aimed to evaluate biopolymer production using two bacterial strains, Acinetobacter junii BP25 and Aeromonas hydrophila ATCC 7966, and their co-culture. Batch experiments were evaluated using acetate and butyrate as carbon sources in feast and famine strategy. Feast phase was studied using carbon, nitrates and phosphate in the ratio of 100:8:1 and famine phase was limited with the phosphate and nitrates. Co-culture resulted in highest specific growth rate (0.30 h-1) in the feast phase and the famine phase accounted the maximum polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) accumulation (2.46 g PHB/L), followed by Acinetobacter junii BP25 (0.25 h-1 and 1.82 g PHB/L) and Aeromonas hydrophila ATCC 7966 (0.17 h-1 and 1.12 g PHB/L). Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) structural analysis confirmed as PHB. PHB production using the co-culture could be integrated with biohydrogen process using volatile fatty acids (VFA) as a carbon source in the biorefinery framework.
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- Parthiban Anburajan
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Intelligent Sustainable Materials R&BD Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Cheonan, Chungnam 31056, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Chemistry, Bioscience and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Stavanger, Box 8600 Forus, 4036 Stavanger, Norway
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.
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Pernicova I, Kucera D, Nebesarova J, Kalina M, Novackova I, Koller M, Obruca S. Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates on waste frying oil employing selected Halomonas strains. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 292:122028. [PMID: 31466820 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Revised: 08/14/2019] [Accepted: 08/16/2019] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The aim of this work was to study the potential of selected Halomonas species for conversion of waste frying oil into polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA). In total nine Halomonas strains were experimentally screened for their capability of PHA production. Among them, Halomonas neptunia and Halomonas hydrothermalis were identified as potent PHA producers. Initial concentration of NaCl was identified as parameter influencing PHA yields as well as molecular weight of the polymer. In addition, H. hydrothermalis was capable of biosynthesis of a copolymer of 3-hydroxybutyrate and 3-hydroxyvalerate P(3HB-co-3HV). When valerate was utilized as a precursor, the 3HV fraction in the copolymer reached high values of 50.15 mol.%. PHA production on lipid substrates by Halomonas has not been reported so far. Bearing in mind all the positive aspects of employing extremophiles in industrial biotechnology, H. hydrothermalis seems to be a very interesting halophilic strain for production of PHA using lipid substrates.
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- Iva Pernicova
- Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 118, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 118, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Biology Centre, The Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Branisovska 31, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic; University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science, Branisovska 31, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 118, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 118, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Chemistry, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28/III, 8010 Graz, Austria; ARENA Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Ressourcenschonende & Nachhaltige Technologien, Inffeldgasse 21b, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 118, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
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Rajesh Banu J, Kavitha S, Yukesh Kannah R, Poornima Devi T, Gunasekaran M, Kim SH, Kumar G. A review on biopolymer production via lignin valorization. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 290:121790. [PMID: 31350071 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Revised: 07/08/2019] [Accepted: 07/09/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Lignin based biopolymer (value added products) production is the most promising technology in the perspective of lignin valorization and sustainable development. Valorization of lignin gain the potentials to produce biopolymers such as polyhydroxyalkanoates, polyhydroxybutyrates, polyurethane etc. However, lignin valorization processes still needs development due to the recalcitrant nature of lignin which restricts its potential to produce valuable products. Many novel extraction strategies have been developed to fragment the lignin structure and make ease the recovery of valuable products. Achieving in depth insights on lignin characteristics and structure will help to understand the metabolic and catalytic degradative pathways needed for lignin valorization. In the view of multipurpose characteristics of lignin for biopolymer production, this review will spot light the potential applications of lignin and lignin based derivatives on biopolymer production, various lignin separation technologies, lignin depolymerization process, biopolymers production strategies and the challenges in lignin valorization will be addressed and discussed.
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- J Rajesh Banu
- Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University Regional Campus, Tirunelveli, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University Regional Campus, Tirunelveli, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University Regional Campus, Tirunelveli, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Anna University Regional Campus, Tirunelveli, India
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- Department of Physics, Anna University Regional Campus, Tirunelveli, India
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Green Processing, Bioremediation and Alternative Energies Research Group, Faculty of Environment and Labour Safety, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
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Banu JR, Kumar MD, Gunasekaran M, Kumar G. Biopolymer production in bio electrochemical system: Literature survey. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biteb.2019.100283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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