Medium-chain fatty acids production from sewage sludge through anaerobic fermentation: A critical review

Y Wang, Z Zhang, X Wang, H Guo, T Zhu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Huge sludge volumes and increased energy demands are the main challenges faced by
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) currently, while it stimulates organics transformation …

Recent progress and challenges in biotechnological valorization of lignocellulosic materials: Towards sustainable biofuels and platform chemicals synthesis

SG Arhin, A Cesaro, F Di Capua, G Esposito - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic materials (LCM) have garnered attention as feedstocks for second-
generation biofuels and platform chemicals. With an estimated annual production of nearly …

Performance and mechanisms of medium-chain fatty acid production by anaerobic fermentation of food waste without external electron donors

Y Zhang, J Bai, J Zuo - Bioresource Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
This study performed a long-term operation to achieve efficient medium-chain fatty acids
(MCFAs) production by anaerobic fermentation of food waste without external electron …

Mechanistic study of the effect of leachate recirculation ratios on the carboxylic acid productions during a two-phase food waste anaerobic digestion

L Luo, S Xu, J Liang, J Zhao, JWC Wong - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Food waste (FW) bioconversion to valuable carboxylic acids in leach bed reactors (LBRs)
has received increasing attention over the years. Wherein, leachate recirculation is a …

[HTML][HTML] A new single-cell protein from Clostridium autoethanogenum as a functional protein for largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)

S Ma, X Liang, P Chen, J Wang, X Gu, Y Qin, C Blecker… - Animal Nutrition, 2022 - Elsevier
Clostridium autoethanogenum protein (CAP) is a new single-cell protein source originating
from inactivated bacteria. An in vitro digestion experiment and an 8-wk growth experiment …

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 …

An integrated process for mixed culture production of 3-hydroxyhexanoate-rich polyhydroxyalkanoates from fruit waste

F Silva, M Matos, B Pereira, C Ralo, D Pequito… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fermented wastes have been demonstrated to be adequate sources for
polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) production using mixed microbial cultures (MMC). In general …

Selecting fermentation products for food waste valorisation with HRT and OLR as the key operational parameters

V De Groof, M Coma, T Arnot, DJ Leak, AB Lanham - Waste Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Acidogenic fermentation is attractive for food waste valorisation. A better understanding is
required on how operation affects product selectivity. This study demonstrated that the …

Hydrogen as a co-electron donor for chain elongation with complex communities

FCF Baleeiro, S Kleinsteuber… - Frontiers in Bioengineering …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Electron donor scarcity is seen as one of the major issues limiting economic production of
medium-chain carboxylates from waste streams. Previous studies suggest that co …

A meta-analysis of acetogenic and methanogenic microbiomes in microbial electrosynthesis

S Mills, P Dessì, D Pant, P Farràs, WT Sloan… - npj Biofilms and …, 2022 - nature.com
A meta-analysis approach was used, to study the microbiomes of biofilms and planktonic
communities underpinning microbial electrosynthesis (MES) cells. High-throughput DNA …