A comprehensive overview and recent advances on polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) production using various organic waste streams

RG Saratale, SK Cho, GD Saratale, AA Kadam… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are appealing as an important alternative to replace synthetic
plastics owing to its comparable physicochemical properties to that of synthetic plastics, and …

Current perspectives on acidogenic fermentation to produce volatile fatty acids from waste

M Ramos-Suarez, Y Zhang, V Outram - Reviews in Environmental Science …, 2021 - Springer
Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are key platform chemicals used in a multitude of industries
including chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food and agriculture. The current route for VFA …

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 …

Producing microbial polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolyesters in a sustainable manner

M Koller, L Maršálek, MM de Sousa Dias, G Braunegg - New biotechnology, 2017 - Elsevier
Sustainable production of microbial polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolyesters on a larger
scale has to consider the “four magic e”: economic, ethical, environmental, and engineering …

A review of the production and applications of waste-derived volatile fatty acids

WS Lee, ASM Chua, HK Yeoh, GC Ngoh - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2014 - Elsevier
Low cost production of volatile fatty acids (VFA) from waste by acidogenic fermentation has
drawn extensive research interests as VFA is a critical substrate for microorganisms involved …

Recovery of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) from wastewater: a review

G Mannina, D Presti, G Montiel-Jarillo, J Carrera… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biopolyesters accumulated as carbon and energy
storage materials under unbalanced growth conditions by various microorganisms. They are …

The chemomechanical properties of microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates

B Laycock, P Halley, S Pratt, A Werker, P Lant - Progress in polymer …, 2013 - Elsevier
Microbially produced polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are fully biodegradable biopolyesters
that have attracted much attention recently as alternative polymeric materials that can be …

Dark fermentation: Production and utilization of volatile fatty acid from different wastes-A review

AK Pandey, S Pilli, P Bhunia, RD Tyagi, RY Surampalli… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are the building blocks of the chemical industry, and they are the
primary contributors to the planet's organic carbon cycle. VFA production from fossil fuels …

Carbon recovery from wastewater through bioconversion into biodegradable polymers

F Valentino, F Morgan-Sagastume, S Campanari… - New biotechnology, 2017 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are biodegradable polyesters that can be produced in
bioprocesses from renewable resources in contrast to fossil-based bio-recalcitrant polymers …

Microbial production of volatile fatty acids: current status and future perspectives

SK Bhatia, YH Yang - Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio …, 2017 - Springer
Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are used as building blocks to synthesize a wide range of
commercially-important chemicals. Microbially produced VFAs (acetic acid, propionic acid …