Recent developments in Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) production–A review

PC Sabapathy, S Devaraj, K Meixner, P Anburajan… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are inevitably a key biopolymer that has the potential to
replace the conventional petrochemical based plastics that pose jeopardy to the …

Natural monomers: A mine for functional and sustainable materials–Occurrence, chemical modification and polymerization

G John, S Nagarajan, PK Vemula, JR Silverman… - Progress in Polymer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Owing to the natural abundance, variety of structural features, and highly specific functions,
natural monomers render themselves as potential candidates for production of high …

Enrichment of a mixed microbial culture of PHA-storing microorganisms by using fermented hardwood spent sulfite liquor

J Pereira, D Queirós, PC Lemos, S Rossetti… - New biotechnology, 2020 - Elsevier
Pulp and paper factories produce several residues that can be explored and valorized
through polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production via a three-step process. The objective of …

Polyhydroxyalkanoate Production by Actinobacterial Isolates in Lignocellulosic Hydrolysate

D Mabasa, A Ranjan, M Le Roes-Hill, T Mthethwa… - Processes, 2024 - mdpi.com
Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) polymers are environmentally friendly alternatives to
conventional plastics. In support of a circular bioeconomy, they can be produced by growing …

Genotypic and phenotypic detection of polyhydroxyalkanoate production in bacterial isolates from food

D Máčalová, M Janalíková, J Sedlaříková… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are widely used in medical and potentially in other
applications due to their biocompatibility and biodegradability. Understanding PHA …

Bacterial valorization of pulp and paper industry process streams and waste

DM Brown, J Pawlak, AM Grunden - Applied Microbiology and …, 2021 - Springer
The pulp and paper industry is a major source of lignocellulose-containing streams. The
components of lignocellulose material are lignin, hemicellulose, and cellulose that may be …

[HTML][HTML] Simplified engineering design towards a competitive lipid-rich effluents valorization

L Argiz, ÁV Del Río, D Correa-Galeote… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Medium-and long-chain fatty acids and glycerol contained in the oily fraction of many food-
industry effluents are excellent candidates to produce biobased high-value triacylglycerides …

Multi-stage process for mixed microbial culture production of polyhydroxyalkanoates from sugarcane stillage: Assessment of external nutrient supplementation

GHD Oliveira, FE Sánchez, DAD Guevara… - Biochemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sugarcane stillage is an abundant wastewater from ethanol production. It has drawn
considerable interest as a potential feedstock for biotechnological processes aiming at the …

The composition analysis and preliminary cultivation optimization of a PHA-producing microbial consortium with xylose as a sole carbon source

L Huang, C Liu, Y Liu, X Jia - Waste management, 2016 - Elsevier
This work aimed at using xylose as sole substrate, and combining feast-famine process with
Nile blue staining as well as denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis to …

Valorization of lipid-rich wastewaters: A theoretical analysis to tackle the competition between polyhydroxyalkanoate and triacylglyceride-storing populations

L Argiz, D Correa-Galeote, ÁV Del Río… - Science of the total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The lipid fraction of the effluents generated in several food-processing activities can be
transformed into polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) and triacylglycerides (TAGs), through open …