[HTML][HTML] Bio-based volatile fatty acid production and recovery from waste streams: Current status and future challenges

M Atasoy, I Owusu-Agyeman, E Plaza… - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Bio-based volatile fatty acid (VFA) production from waste-stream is getting attention due to
increasing market demand and wide range usage area as well as its cost-effective and …

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 …

Medium chain carboxylic acids production from waste biomass: Current advances and perspectives

Q Wu, X Bao, W Guo, B Wang, Y Li, H Luo… - Biotechnology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Alternative chemicals to diverse fossil-fuel-based products is urgently needed to mitigate the
adverse impacts of fossil fuel depletion on human development. To this end, researchers …

Diversity of microbiota, microbial functions, and flavor in different types of low-temperature Daqu

W Cai, Y Wang, H Ni, Z Liu, J Liu, Q Hou… - Food Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Light-flavor Baijiu is made from grain materials using a combination of three types of low-
temperature Daqu (Hongxin, Houhuo, and Qingcha). This study comprehensively examined …

Caproic acid production from anaerobic fermentation of organic waste-Pathways and microbial perspective

W Dong, Y Yang, C Liu, J Zhang, J Pan, L Luo… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
This review aims to provide a holistic synopsis of the current state of the art knowledge on
caproic acid production via anaerobic fermentation from the perspectives of microbes and …

Anaerobic fermentation of waste activated sludge for volatile fatty acid production: recent updates of pretreatment methods and the potential effect of humic and …

T Liang, K Elmaadawy, B Liu, J Hu, H Hou… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Owing to the development of urbanization, the amount of sewage sludge generated through
biological activated sludge process has increased dramatically. Anaerobic fermentation of …

Microbial electrosynthesis of isobutyric, butyric, caproic acids, and corresponding alcohols from carbon dioxide

I Vassilev, PA Hernandez… - ACS Sustainable …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Microbial electrosynthesis is potentially a sustainable biotechnology for the conversion of
the greenhouse gas CO2 into carboxylic acids, thus far mostly limited to acetic acid (C2) …

Opportunities and challenges in microbial medium chain fatty acids production from waste biomass

Q Wu, Y Jiang, Y Chen, M Liu, X Bao, W Guo - Bioresource technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs) that produced from affordable waste biomass via chain
elongation (CE) technology are recognized as the potential alternatives to part fossil-derived …

Unveiling the mechanisms of medium-chain fatty acid production from waste activated sludge alkaline fermentation liquor through physiological, thermodynamic and …

SL Wu, J Sun, X Chen, W Wei, L Song, X Dai, BJ Ni - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Effective sludge treatment with bioenergy production is attracting increasing interests as
large quantities of waste activated sludge (WAS) are produced during the wastewater …

Upgrading liquor-making wastewater into medium chain fatty acid: insights into co-electron donors, key microflora, and energy harvest

Q Wu, W Guo, X Bao, X Meng, R Yin, J Du, H Zheng… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Ethanol and lactate are considered suitable electron donors (EDs) for chain elongation (CE);
however, their respective shortcomings still limit the substrate conversion ratio and medium …