Biological production of medium-chain carboxylates through chain elongation: an overview

J Wang, Y Yin - Biotechnology Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Medium chain carboxylates (MCCs) have wide applications in various industries, but the
traditional MCCs production methods are costly and unsustainable. Anaerobic fermentation …

Insights into the microbiomes for medium-chain carboxylic acids production from biowastes through chain elongation

X Shi, L Wu, W Wei, BJ Ni - Critical Reviews in Environmental …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Bioconversion of medium-chain carboxylic acids (MCCAs) from biowastes through
anaerobic mixed-culture fermentation is undergoing a revolution in terms of mitigating the …

Three Novel Clostridia Isolates Produce n-Caproate and iso-Butyrate from Lactate: Comparative Genomics of Chain-Elongating Bacteria

B Liu, D Popp, N Müller, H Sträuber, H Harms… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
The platform chemicals n-caproate and iso-butyrate can be produced by anaerobic
fermentation from agro-industrial residues in a process known as microbial chain …

Functional redundancy secures resilience of chain elongation communities upon pH shifts in closed bioreactor ecosystems

B Liu, H Sträuber, F Centler, H Harms… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
For anaerobic mixed cultures performing microbial chain elongation, it is unclear how pH
alterations affect the abundance of key players, microbial interactions, and community …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial electrosynthesis for producing medium chain fatty acids

N Chu, W Hao, Q Wu, Q Liang, Y Jiang, P Liang… - Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) employs microbial catalysts and electrochemistry to
enhance CO 2 bioconversion to organics with concurrent waste biorefining capability. The …

Predicting the performance of chain elongating microbiomes through flow cytometric fingerprinting

K Sabbe, L D'Haen, N Boon, R Ganigué - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
As part of the circular bio-economy paradigm shift, waste management and valorisation
practices have moved away from sanitation and towards the production of added-value …

Medium chain Fatty acids production from Food Waste via homolactic fermentation and lactate/ethanol elongation: Electron balance and thermodynamic assessment

D Montecchio, G Gazzola, A Gallipoli, A Gianico… - Waste Management, 2024 - Elsevier
This study explored the potential of Food Waste (FW) extract as a suitable substrate for
Medium Chain Fatty Acids (MCFAs) production, in a single-phase reactor, where both …

Production of medium chain fatty acids through co-fermentation of food waste and sewage sludge without external electron donors

Y Zhang, J Bai, J Zuo - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Effective biowaste treatment with renewable bioenergy production has become attractive. In
this study, chain-elongation (CE) technology was applied to convert food waste (FW) and …

Production of isobutyric acid from methanol by Clostridium luticellarii

C Petrognani, N Boon, R Ganigué - Green Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Renewable methanol can be used as a feedstock to generate value-added multicarbon
components through fermentation technologies. Recently, researchers reported the …

Temperature is an underestimated parameter to regulate the start-up of enhanced carbon chain elongation

W Ren, P He, H Zhang, F Lü - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Temperature is an important environmental factor for optimized bioreactions. In this study,
seven temperatures between 25 and 55° C were undertaken to explore the product …