Long-chain alcohol production in open culture anaerobic fermentation

L Wu, W Wei, Z Chen, X Chen, BJ Ni - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
The continuously rising energy prices and the growth in petroleum consumption have
induced the pertinent pursuit of producing alternative fuels. Utilizing long-chain alcohols …

Challenges and enhancement technologies of medium chain carboxylates production in open culture anaerobic fermentation

SL Wu, L Wu, W Wei, J Shentu, Y Long, D Shen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
The fast increase in fossil-based energy consumption has induced continuously rising
energy prices and the urgent need for alternative chemicals. Producing medium-chain …

[HTML][HTML] Conversion of wine lees and waste activated sludge into caproate and heptanoate: Thermodynamic and microbiological insights

A Lanfranchi, E Desmond-Le Quéméner… - Bioresource …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, wine lees and waste activated sludge (WAS) were co-fermented for the first
time in a 4: 1 ratio (COD basis) at 20, 40, 70 and 100 gCOD/L, in batch at 37° C and pH 7.0 …

Long-Term Stability of High-n-Caproate Specificity-Ensuring Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactors: Controlling Microbial Competitions through Feeding Strategies

BC Kim, C Moon, Y Choi, K Nam - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Lactate-based carbon chain-elongating open culture systems have gained increasing
research attention as they help to upgrade carbon-rich wastewater to the valuable platform …

H2 production via dark fermentation of soybean molasses: Elucidating the role of homoacetogenesis and endogenous substrate microorganisms by kinetic and …

IMG Augusto, CZ Lazaro, R Albanez, SM Ratusznei… - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Soybean molasses has been the subject of research aimed at transforming it into products
with increased value and energy potential. Using this substrate in an anaerobic bioreactor at …

Combining chain elongation and oleogel extraction for the production and recovery of caproate from beef cattle manure wastewater

Q Yin, Q Wen, L Tan, A Watson, G Erickson… - Resources, Conservation …, 2024 - Elsevier
Producing and recovering bioproducts from organic wastes is vital for building a circular
economy. Livestock waste can serve as a feedstock for bioproduct production, such as …

Construction of a synthetic anaerobic dechlorination microbiome to degrade chlorinated ethenes by application of metabolic interactions principle

Z Wang, Y Yu, R Zhao, A Li - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Bioaugmentation is a bioremediation approach to treat groundwater contaminated with
chlorinated ethenes, but currently it faces challenges such as poor microbiome stability and …

Mechanisms for the Enhancement of Caproic Acid and H2 Production in Ruminococcaceae Bacterium CPB6 by Fe (II) and Mg (II): Growth and Gene Transcription …

G Xie, D Huang, X Duan, J Liu, S Yuan… - Applied Biochemistry and …, 2024 - Springer
The production of caproic acid (CA) and hydrogen gas (H 2) from organic wastewater is
economically attractive. The Ruminococcaceae bacterium CPB6 has demonstrated potential …

[HTML][HTML] Model-aided targeted volatile fatty acid production from food waste using a defined co-culture microbial community

A Regueira, R Turunen, KS Vuoristo, M Carballa… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The production of volatile fatty acids (VFA) is gaining momentum due to their central role in
the emerging carboxylate platform. Particularly, the production of the longest VFA (from …

Next-generation-omics approaches to drive carboxylate production by acidogenic fermentation of food waste: a review

R Kumar, R Kumar, SK Brar, G Kaur - Bioengineered, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Acidogenic fermentation of food waste using mixed microbial cultures can produce
carboxylates [or volatile fatty acids (VFA)] as high-valued bioproducts via a complex …