[HTML][HTML] Native feedstock options for the polyhydroxyalkanoate industry in Europe: A review

B Gutschmann, B Huang, L Santolin, I Thiele… - Microbiological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The United Nations defined 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2016
and agreed on fighting to confront the climate change and protecting the oceans and forests …

Enzyme catalyzes ester bond synthesis and hydrolysis: The key step for sustainable usage of plastics

J Lai, H Huang, M Lin, Y Xu, X Li, B Sun - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Petro-plastic wastes cause serious environmental contamination that require effective
solutions. Developing alternatives to petro-plastics and exploring feasible degrading …

Poly (hydroxyalkanoates): Production, applications and end-of-life strategies–life cycle assessment nexus

JK Muiruri, JCC Yeo, Q Zhu, E Ye… - ACS Sustainable …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The runaway production and consumption of oil-based plastics are key drivers of global
warming and the increased carbon footprint. Besides, most of this plastic debris ends up in …

[HTML][HTML] Glycerol conversion by aerobic granular sludge

A Elahinik, M Haarsma, B Abbas, M Pabst, D Xevgenos… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Glycerol is abundantly present in wastewater from industries such as biodiesel production
facilities. Glycerol is also a potential carbon source for microbes that are involved in …

[HTML][HTML] Pseudomonas umsongensis GO16 as a platform for the in vivo synthesis of short and medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoate blends

F Cerrone, B Zhou, A Mouren, L Avérous… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biological polyesters, viewed as a replacement for
petrochemical plastic. However, they suffer from suboptimal physical and mechanical …

[HTML][HTML] A positive contribution to nitrogen removal by a novel NOB in a full-scale duck wastewater treatment system

P Hu, Y Qian, Y Xu, A Radian, Y Yang, JD Gu - Water Research X, 2024 - Elsevier
Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) are undesirable in the anaerobic ammonium oxidation
(anammox)-driven nitrogen removal technologies in the modern wastewater treatment …

Microbial autotrophic biorefineries: Perspectives for biopolymer production

P Srisawat, M Higuchi-Takeuchi, K Numata - Polymer Journal, 2022 - nature.com
The use of autotrophic microorganisms to fabricate biochemical products has attracted much
attention in both academia and industry. Unlike heterotrophic microorganisms that require …

Methanotrophs as a reservoir for bioactive secondary metabolites: Pitfalls, insights and promises

UM Vasudevan, DHA Mai, S Krishna, EY Lee - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Methanotrophs are potent natural producers of several bioactive secondary metabolites
(SMs) including isoprenoids, polymers, peptides, and vitamins. Cryptic biosynthetic gene …

(R/S)-lactate/2-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenases in and biosynthesis of block copolyesters by Ralstonia eutropha

S Ishihara, I Orita, K Matsumoto, T Fukui - Applied Microbiology and …, 2023 - Springer
Bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are promising bio-based biodegradable polyesters.
It was recently reported that novel PHA block copolymers composed of (R)-3 …

[HTML][HTML] Demystifying polyphosphate-accumulating organisms relevant to wastewater treatment: A review of their phylogeny, metabolism, and detection

L Ruiz-Haddad, M Ali, M Pronk… - Environmental Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Currently, the most cost-effective and efficient method for phosphorus (P) removal from
wastewater is enhanced biological P removal (EPBR) via polyphosphate-accumulating …