Bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates: Opportunities, challenges, and prospects

M Kumar, R Rathour, R Singh, Y Sun, A Pandey… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Excessive utilization of synthetic plastics has led to a major detrimental impact on the
environment. Plastic pollution and accumulation in water bodies have threatened the …

Start a research on biopolymer polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA): a review

GYA Tan, CL Chen, L Li, L Ge, L Wang, IMN Razaad… - Polymers, 2014 - mdpi.com
With the impending fossil fuel crisis, the search for and development of alternative
chemical/material substitutes is pivotal in reducing mankind's dependency on fossil …

The role of bacterial polyhydroalkanoate (PHA) in a sustainable future: a review on the biological diversity

D Vicente, DN Proença, PV Morais - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Environmental challenges related to the mismanagement of plastic waste became even
more evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. The need for new solutions regarding the use …

A photosynthetic bacterial inoculant exerts beneficial effects on the yield and quality of tomato and affects bacterial community structure in an organic field

SK Lee, MS Chiang, ZY Hseu, CH Kuo… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are microorganisms that promote plant health
and play a critical role in sustainable agriculture. As a PGPR, Rhodopseudomonas palustris …

Electrically conductive membranes for anti-biofouling in membrane distillation with two novel operation modes: Capacitor mode and resistor mode

L Jiang, L Chen, L Zhu - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
This study evaluated the anti-biofouling efficacy of capacitor mode and resistor mode in
membrane distillation (MD). Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membrane coated with carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Nitrogen removal performance, and microbial community structure of water and its association with nitrogen metabolism of an ecological engineering pond …

M Wang, Z Fan, R Wang, Z Liu, F Gao, Z Zhang, M Yi… - Aquaculture …, 2022 - Elsevier
The ecological engineering pond aquaculture system was promoted in China in recent
years as it can save water and reduce pollution. In the present study, an ecological …

Comparative genomic analysis of the genus Novosphingobium and the description of two novel species Novosphingobium aerophilum sp. nov. and …

Y Liu, T Pei, J Du, H Huang, MR Deng, H Zhu - Systematic and Applied …, 2021 - Elsevier
Members of the genus Novosphingobium are well known for their metabolically versatile
and great application potential in pollution elimination. The three novel bacterial strains …

Recent developments in bioreactor scale production of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates

ZA Raza, MR Tariq, MI Majeed, IM Banat - Bioprocess and biosystems …, 2019 - Springer
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biological plastics that are sustainable alternative to
synthetic ones. Numerous microorganisms have been identified as PHAs producers. They …

Catalytic enhancement of microbial denitrification by FeVO4@ biochar: Insight into the extra cellular polymeric matrix mechanism

X Yang, Y Xu, S Naraginti, K Sathishkumar… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The biological denitrification is being considered as one of the best methods for nitrate
removal from wastewaters, however it suffers with lower efficiency which needs to be …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates: An exotic gleam in the gloomy tale of plastics

K Prajapati, R Nayak, A Shukla, P Parmar… - Journal of Polymers and …, 2021 - Springer
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are bio-polyesters of hydroxyalkanoates that accumulate
intracellularly in case of prokaryotes, as cytoplasmic granules, under carbon rich and paucity …