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 …

[HTML][HTML] A review on biological synthesis of the biodegradable polymers polyhydroxyalkanoates and the development of multiple applications

B Dalton, P Bhagabati, J De Micco, RB Padamati… - Catalysts, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polyhydroxyalkanoates, or PHAs, belong to a class of biopolyesters where the
biodegradable PHA polymer is accumulated by microorganisms as intracellular granules …

Mixed plastics waste valorization through tandem chemical oxidation and biological funneling

KP Sullivan, AZ Werner, KJ Ramirez, LD Ellis… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Mixed plastics waste represents an abundant and largely untapped feedstock for the
production of valuable products. The chemical diversity and complexity of these materials …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering microbial division of labor for plastic upcycling

T Bao, Y Qian, Y Xin, JJ Collins, T Lu - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Plastic pollution is rapidly increasing worldwide, causing adverse impacts on the
environment, wildlife and human health. One tempting solution to this crisis is upcycling …

Lignocellulosic biomass based biorefinery: A successful platform towards circular bioeconomy

JR Banu, S Kavitha, VK Tyagi, M Gunasekaran… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Biorefining of second-generation feedstock gains more attention to improve the living
standards and promote circular bioeconomy. The biorefinery concept made an effort to make …

Creative biological lignin conversion routes toward lignin valorization

ZH Liu, BZ Li, JS Yuan, YJ Yuan - Trends in Biotechnology, 2022 - cell.com
Lignin, the largest renewable aromatic resource, is a promising alternative feedstock for the
sustainable production of various chemicals, fuels, and materials. Despite this potential …

[HTML][HTML] Industrial biotechnology of Pseudomonas putida: advances and prospects

A Weimer, M Kohlstedt, DC Volke, PI Nikel… - Applied Microbiology …, 2020 - Springer
Pseudomonas putida is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that can be encountered in
diverse ecological habitats. This ubiquity is traced to its remarkably versatile metabolism …

Lignin conversion to β-ketoadipic acid by Pseudomonas putida via metabolic engineering and bioprocess development

AZ Werner, WT Cordell, CW Lahive, BC Klein… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Bioconversion of a heterogeneous mixture of lignin-related aromatic compounds (LRCs) to a
single product via microbial biocatalysts is a promising approach to valorize lignin. Here …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates synthesis by halophiles and thermophiles: towards sustainable production of microbial bioplastics

S Obruča, P Dvořák, P Sedláček, M Koller… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are microbial polyesters produced by numerous prokaryotes.
These materials are generally considered to be renewable and biodegradable alternatives …

[HTML][HTML] Production of itaconic acid from alkali pretreated lignin by dynamic two stage bioconversion

JR Elmore, GN Dexter, D Salvachúa… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Expanding the portfolio of products that can be made from lignin will be critical to enabling a
viable bio-based economy. Here, we engineer Pseudomonas putida for high-yield …