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Pinto-Ibieta F, Cea M, Serrano A, Felissia FE, Area MC, Cabrera F, Ciudad G. Toward the use of mixed microbial cultures for the biological production of adipic and levulinic acid. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1224543. [PMID: 37448576 PMCID: PMC10338001 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1224543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Biological synthesis of high added-value compounds like adipic acid (AA), levulinic acid (LA), or polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) using pure culture has been separately reported. However, pure culture requires sterile conditions and the use of specific carbon sources resulting in high operating costs. Different alternatives based on the use of mixed microbial cultures (MMC) have been explored to resolve this problem. MMC have been widely reported for the production of PHB, but scarcely reported for LA production and never for AA synthesis. This work presents a novel strategy for the co-production of AA LA, and PHB using MMC. The strategy consists in selecting an MMC producer of AA, LA and PHB from an inoculum obtained from a wastewater treatment plant, which is then subjected to the feast and famine culture strategy in a sequential batch reactor, coupled with a batch reactor step to enhance the accumulation of AA and LA. The results showed that the MMC could produce a 16 ± 2, 23 ± 1 and 5 ± %1 (g compound/g volatile solids) of AA, LA and PHB, respectively, using a non-fermented residual biomass rich in pentose, namely synthetic hemicellulose hydrolysate (SHH) as the carbon source. These results contribute to generating future research to better understand and optimise the biosynthesis of these compounds by MMC.
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- Fernanda Pinto-Ibieta
- Departamento de Procesos Industriales, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco, Chile
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
- Scientific and Technological Bioresource Nucleus (BIOREN), Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Institute of Water Research, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- Department of Microbiology, Pharmacy Faculty, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- IMAM, UNaM, CONICET, FCEQYN, Programa de Celulosa y Papel (PROCYP), Posadas, Argentina
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- IMAM, UNaM, CONICET, FCEQYN, Programa de Celulosa y Papel (PROCYP), Posadas, Argentina
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- Instituto de Ciencias Químicas Aplicadas, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Temuco, Chile
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
- Scientific and Technological Bioresource Nucleus (BIOREN), Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
- Instituto del Medio Ambiente (IMA), Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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Alaux E, Marie B, Couvreur M, Bounouba M, Hernandez-Raquet G. Impact of phosphorus limitation on medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate production by activated sludge. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2023; 107:3509-3522. [PMID: 37133798 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-023-12528-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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For a sustainable economy, biodegradable biopolymers polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are desirable substitutes to petroleum-based plastics that contaminate our environment. Medium-chain-length (MCL) PHA bioplastics are particularly interesting due to their thermoplastic properties. To hamper the high cost associated to PHA production, the use of bacterial mixed cultures cultivated in open systems and using cheap resources is a promising strategy. Here, we studied the operating conditions favouring direct MCL accumulation by activated sludge, using oleic acid as a model substrate and phosphorus limitation in fed-batch bioreactors. Our results confirm the presence of PHA-accumulating organisms (PHAAO) in activated sludge able to accumulate MCL from oleic acid. A positive correlation between phosphorus (P) limitation and PHA accumulation was demonstrated, allowing up to 26% PHA/total biomass accumulation, and highlighted its negative impact on the MCL/PHA fraction in the polymer. Diversity analysis through 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing revealed a differential selection of PHAAO according to the P-limitation level. A differential behaviour for the orders Pseudomonadales and Burkholderiales at increasing P-limitation levels was revealed, with a higher abundance of the latter at high levels of P-limitation. The PHA accumulation observed in activated sludge open new perspectives for MCL-PHA production system based on P-limitation strategy applied to mixed microbial communities. KEY POINTS: • Direct accumulation of MCL-PHA in activated sludge was demonstrated. • MCL-PHA content is negatively correlated with P-limitation. • Burkholderiales members discriminate the highest P-limitation levels.
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- Emilie Alaux
- Toulouse Biotechnology Institute - TBI, Université de Toulouse, UMR5504, UMR792, CNRS, INRAE, INSA, 135 avenue de Rangueil, 31077 cedex 04, Toulouse, France
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- Toulouse Biotechnology Institute - TBI, Université de Toulouse, UMR5504, UMR792, CNRS, INRAE, INSA, 135 avenue de Rangueil, 31077 cedex 04, Toulouse, France
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- Toulouse Biotechnology Institute - TBI, Université de Toulouse, UMR5504, UMR792, CNRS, INRAE, INSA, 135 avenue de Rangueil, 31077 cedex 04, Toulouse, France
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- Toulouse Biotechnology Institute - TBI, Université de Toulouse, UMR5504, UMR792, CNRS, INRAE, INSA, 135 avenue de Rangueil, 31077 cedex 04, Toulouse, France
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- Toulouse Biotechnology Institute - TBI, Université de Toulouse, UMR5504, UMR792, CNRS, INRAE, INSA, 135 avenue de Rangueil, 31077 cedex 04, Toulouse, France.
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Ma XC, Wang K, Gao XL, Li XK, Liu GG, Chen HY, Piao CY, You SJ. Deciphering the fate of osmotic stress priming on enhanced microorganism acclimation for purified terephthalic acid wastewater treatment with high salinity and organic load. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2023; 374:128656. [PMID: 36690216 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.128656] [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: 10/13/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Osmotic stress priming (OSP) was an effective management strategy for improving microbial acclimation to salt stress. In this study, the interaction between pollutants and microbiota, and microbial osmoregulation were investigated triggered by OSP (alternately increasing salinity and organic loading). Results showed that OSP significantly improved COD removal from 31.53 % to 67.99 % and mitigated the terephthalate inhibition produced by toluate, decreasing from 1908.08 mg/L to 837.16 mg/L compared with direct priming. Due to an increase in salinity, Pelotomaculum and Mesotoga were enriched to facilitate terephthalate degradation and syntrophic acetate oxidation (SAO). And organic load promoted acetate formation through syntrophic metabolism of Syntrophorhabdus/Pelotomaculum and SAO-dependent hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis. K+ absorbing, proline and trehalose synthesis participated in osmoregulation at 0.5 % salinity, while only ectoine alleviated intracellular osmolarity under 1.0 % salinity with OLR of 0.44 kg COD /m3. This study provided in-depth insight for microbial acclimation process of anaerobic priming of saline wastewater.
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- Xiao-Chen Ma
- 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; National Engineering Research Center for Safe Sludge Disposal and Resource Recovery, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China; Harbin Institute of Technology National Engineering Research Center of Water Resources Co., Ltd, Guangdong Yuehai Water Investment Co., Ltd, Harbin 150090, China
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- Harbin Institute of Technology National Engineering Research Center of Water Resources Co., Ltd, Guangdong Yuehai Water Investment Co., Ltd, Harbin 150090, China
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- School of Civil and Transportation, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China.
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- School of Civil and Transportation, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, 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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Chou HC, Chen CH, Huang CM, Wang HJ, Hsiung YC, Liang CH, Ou CM, Guo GL. Screening potential polyhydroxyalkanoate-producing bacteria from wastewater sludge. Arch Microbiol 2023; 205:120. [PMID: 36928394 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-023-03446-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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We applied fluorescence staining of Nile red, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and carbon substrate utilization and pressure tolerance analysis to execute three-stage screening for potential polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) producers in the sludge samples of 21 large-scale wastewater treatment plants of city and industrial parks in Taiwan area. Total 35,429 colonies were grown on 196 plates, the screened 30 strains were subjected to 16S rRNA analysis, and 18 identified genera belonged to Proteobacteria (67%), Firmicutes (17%), and Actinomycetota (16%). The PHA accumulation results revealed that nine genera (50% of 18 screened) produced PHAs by limiting the nitrogen source and excess single carbon sources of glucose in an aerobic status. The PHA accumulation percentage was 1.44-58.77% at dry cell weight, and the theoretical yield from glucose was 0.52-58.76%. Our results indicate that our triple-screening method is promising for identifying a high biodiversity of PHA-accumulating bacteria from activated sludge for future industrial applications.
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- Hung-Che Chou
- Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
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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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Min Song H, Chan Joo J, Hyun Lim S, Jin Lim H, Lee S, Jae Park S. Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates containing monomers conferring amorphous and elastomeric properties from renewable resources: Current status and future perspectives. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 366:128114. [PMID: 36283671 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Revised: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Petrochemical-based plastics cause environmental pollution and threaten humans and ecosystems. Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) is considered a promising alternative to nondegradable plastics since it is eco-friendly and biodegradable polymer having similar properties to conventional plastics. PHA's material properties are generally determined by composition and type of monomers in PHA. PHA can be designed in tailor-made manner for their suitable application areas. Among many monomers in PHAs, ω-hydroxalkanoates such as 3-hydroxypropionate (3HP), 4-hydroxybutyrate (4HB), 5-hydroxyvalerate (5HV), and 6-hydroxyhexanoate (6HHx) and medium-chain-length 3-hydroxyalkanoate such as 3-hydroxyhexanoate (3HHx) and 4-hydroxyvalerate (4HV), have been examined as potential monomers able to confer amorphous and elastomer properties when these are incorporated as comonomer in poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) copolymer that has 3HB as main monomer along with comonomers in different monomer fraction. Herein, recent advances in production of PHAs designed to have amorphous and elastomeric properties from renewable sources such as lignocellulose, levulinic acid, crude glycerol, and waste oil are discussed.
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- Hye Min Song
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Graduate Program in System Health Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 14662, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Graduate Program in System Health Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Graduate Program in System Health Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 14662, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Graduate Program in System Health Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea.
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From Agri-Food Wastes to Polyhydroxyalkanoates through a Sustainable Process. FERMENTATION 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/fermentation8100556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The biologically-derived polymers polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biodegradable and can be considered a valuable alternative to conventional fossil-based plastics. However, upstream and downstream processes for PHA production are characterized by high energy and chemical consumption and are not economically competitive with petroleum-based polymers. Aiming to improve both the environmental and economical sustainability of PHAs production, in this work, corn straw was used as raw material to obtain a mixture of fermentable sugars after microwave-assisted flash hydrolysis (2 min, 0.01 g/L, 50.7% yield). A mixed microbial culture enriched from dairy industry waste was used for fermentation in a shake flask, allowing us to achieve good poly(hydroxy-butyrate-co-hydroxy-valerate) yields (41.4%, after 72 h of fermentation). A scale-up in a stirred tank bioreactor (3 L) gave higher yields (76.3%, after 96 h), allowing in both cases to achieve a concentration of 0.42 g/L in the fermentation medium. The possibility of producing PHAs from agricultural waste using a mixed microbial culture from the food industry with enabling technologies could make the production of biopolymers more competitive.
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Akdemir H, Liu Y, Zhuang L, Zhang H, Koffas MAG. Utilization of microbial cocultures for converting mixed substrates to valuable bioproducts. Curr Opin Microbiol 2022; 68:102157. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2022.102157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Revised: 03/26/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Getting Value from Pulp and Paper Industry Wastes: On the Way to Sustainability and Circular Economy. ENERGIES 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/en15114105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The pulp and paper industry is recognized as a well-established sector, which throughout its process, generates a vast amount of waste streams with the capacity to be valorized. Typically, these residues are burned for energy purposes, but their use as substrates for biological processes could be a more efficient and sustainable alternative. With this aim, it is essential to identify and characterize each type of waste to determine its biotechnological potential. In this context, this research highlights possible alternatives with lower environmental impact and higher revenues. The bio-based pathway should be a promising alternative for the valorization of pulp and paper industry wastes, in particular for bioproduct production such as bioethanol, polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), and biogas. This article focuses on state of the art regarding the identification and characterization of these wastes, their main applied deconstruction technologies and the valorization pathways reported for the production of the abovementioned bioproducts.
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Correa-Galeote D, Argiz L, Val del Rio A, Mosquera-Corral A, Juarez-Jimenez B, Gonzalez-Lopez J, Rodelas B. Dynamics of PHA-Accumulating Bacterial Communities Fed with Lipid-Rich Liquid Effluents from Fish-Canning Industries. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:1396. [PMID: 35406269 PMCID: PMC9003127 DOI: 10.3390/polym14071396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Revised: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) from industrial wastes by mixed microbial cultures (MMCs) enriched in PHA-accumulating bacteria is a promising technology to replace petroleum-based plastics. However, the populations' dynamics in the PHA-accumulating MMCs are not well known. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to address the shifts in the size and structure of the bacterial communities in two lab-scale sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) fed with fish-canning effluents and operated under non-saline (SBR-N, 0.5 g NaCl/L) or saline (SBR-S, 10 g NaCl/L) conditions, by using a combination of quantitative PCR and Illumina sequencing of bacterial 16S rRNA genes. A double growth limitation (DGL) strategy, in which nitrogen availability was limited and uncoupled to carbon addition, strongly modulated the relative abundances of the PHA-accumulating bacteria, leading to an increase in the accumulation of PHAs, independently of the saline conditions (average 9.04 wt% and 11.69 wt%, maximum yields 22.03 wt% and 26.33% SBR-N and SBR-S, respectively). On the other hand, no correlations were found among the PHAs accumulation yields and the absolute abundances of total Bacteria, which decreased through time in the SBR-N and did not present statistical differences in the SBR-S. Acinetobacter, Calothrix, Dyella, Flavobacterium, Novosphingobium, Qipengyuania, and Tsukamurella were key PHA-accumulating genera in both SBRs under the DGL strategy, which was revealed as a successful tool to obtain a PHA-enriched MMC using fish-canning effluents.
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- David Correa-Galeote
- Microbiology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain; (B.J.-J.); (J.G.-L.); (B.R.)
- Microbiology and Environmental Technology Section, Water Institute, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, CRETUS Institute, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain; (L.A.); (A.V.d.R.); (A.M.-C.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, CRETUS Institute, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain; (L.A.); (A.V.d.R.); (A.M.-C.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, CRETUS Institute, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain; (L.A.); (A.V.d.R.); (A.M.-C.)
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- Microbiology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain; (B.J.-J.); (J.G.-L.); (B.R.)
- Microbiology and Environmental Technology Section, Water Institute, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain
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- Microbiology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain; (B.J.-J.); (J.G.-L.); (B.R.)
- Microbiology and Environmental Technology Section, Water Institute, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain
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- Microbiology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain; (B.J.-J.); (J.G.-L.); (B.R.)
- Microbiology and Environmental Technology Section, Water Institute, University of Granada, 18011 Granada, Spain
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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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Recent Advances in the Biosynthesis of Polyhydroxyalkanoates from Lignocellulosic Feedstocks. Life (Basel) 2021; 11:life11080807. [PMID: 34440551 PMCID: PMC8398495 DOI: 10.3390/life11080807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2021] [Revised: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are biodegradable polymers that are considered able to replace synthetic plastic because their biochemical characteristics are in some cases the same as other biodegradable polymers. However, due to the disadvantages of costly and non-renewable carbon sources, the production of PHA has been lower in the industrial sector against conventional plastics. At the same time, first-generation sugar-based cultivated feedstocks as substrates for PHA production threatens food security and considerably require other resources such as land and energy. Therefore, attempts have been made in pursuit of suitable sustainable and affordable sources of carbon to reduce production costs. Thus, in this review, we highlight utilising waste lignocellulosic feedstocks (LF) as a renewable and inexpensive carbon source to produce PHA. These waste feedstocks, second-generation plant lignocellulosic biomass, such as maize stoves, dedicated energy crops, rice straws, wood chips, are commonly available renewable biomass sources with a steady supply of about 150 billion tonnes per year of global yield. The generation of PHA from lignocellulose is still in its infancy, hence more screening of lignocellulosic materials and improvements in downstream processing and substrate pre-treatment are needed in the future to further advance the biopolymer sector.
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Meng D, Gong C, Sukumaran RK, Dionysiou DD, Huang Z, Li R, Liu Y, Ji Y, Gu P, Fan X, Li Q. Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates from propylene oxide saponification wastewater residual sludge using volatile fatty acids and bacterial community succession. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 329:124912. [PMID: 33667990 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.124912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2021] [Revised: 02/21/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
The active sludge treating propylene oxide saponification wastewater has heavy salt concentration and is hard to treat. The integration of the residual sludge treatment with polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) production may provide an economic and environment friendly solution. PHA production was therefore studied in two sequencing biological reactors with effective volume of 30 L using the active sludge. The two reactors, named as SBR-I and SBR-II, were fed with acetic acid, and a mixture of acetic acid and propionic acid respectively. PHA was obtained with a yield of 9.257 g/L in SBR-II. Also, the proportion of 3-hydroxyvalarate was enhanced from 5% to 30% in comparison to SBR-I (5.471 g/L). Illumina MiSeq and Pacific Biosciences sequencing platforms were used to evaluate the community structure, which revealed that the bacterial genera showed a high degree of diversity in the PHA accumulating microbial community. Azoarcus was the most dominant PHA accumulating microorganism after acclimation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Dong Meng
- School of Biological Science and Technology, University of Jinan, Jinan, China
| | - Chunjie Gong
- National "111" Center for Cellular Regulation and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, China
| | - Rajeev Kumar Sukumaran
- Microbial Processes and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 695019, India
| | - Dionysios D Dionysiou
- Environmental Engineering and Science Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0012, United States
| | - Zhaosong Huang
- School of Biological Science and Technology, University of Jinan, Jinan, China
| | - Ruirui Li
- School of Biological Science and Technology, University of Jinan, Jinan, China
| | - Yuling Liu
- School of Biological Science and Technology, University of Jinan, Jinan, China
| | - Yan Ji
- School of Biological Science and Technology, University of Jinan, Jinan, China
| | - Pengfei Gu
- School of Biological Science and Technology, University of Jinan, Jinan, China
| | - Xiangyu Fan
- School of Biological Science and Technology, University of Jinan, Jinan, China
| | - Qiang Li
- School of Biological Science and Technology, University of Jinan, Jinan, China.
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