Microbial production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) and its copolymers: A review of recent advancements

A Anjum, M Zuber, KM Zia, A Noreen, MN Anjum… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Traditional mineral oil based plastics are important commodity to enhance the comfort and
quality of life but the accumulation of these plastics in the environment has become a major …

A review on production of poly β hydroxybutyrates from cyanobacteria for the production of bio plastics

S Balaji, K Gopi, B Muthuvelan - Algal Research, 2013 - Elsevier
The increasing effect of non-degradable plastic wastes is a growing concern. As an
alternative, researches are being attempted from living resource to produce bio plastics on …

Diversified metabolism makes novel Thauera strain highly competitive in low carbon wastewater treatment

T Ren, Y Chi, Y Wang, X Shi, X Jin, P Jin - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
Thauera, as one of the core members of wastewater biological treatment systems, plays an
important role in the process of nitrogen and phosphorus removal from low-carbon source …

Biotechnological production of polyhydroxyalkanoates: a review on trends and latest developments

B Singh Saharan, A Grewal… - Chinese Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) producers have been reported to reside at various ecological
niches which are naturally or accidently exposed to high organic matter or growth limited …

A review on the conversion of volatile fatty acids to polyhydroxyalkanoates using dark fermentative effluents from hydrogen production

G Kumar, VK Ponnusamy, RR Bhosale, S Shobana… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
The production of bio/microbial-based polymers, polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) from
volatile fatty acids (VFAs) of dark fermentative effluents in the bio-H 2 reactor is being paid …

A review of biopolymer (Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate) synthesis in microbes cultivated on wastewater

AA Amadu, S Qiu, S Ge, GND Addico… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The large quantities of non-degradable single use plastics, production and disposal, in
addition to increasing amounts of municipal and industrial wastewaters are among the major …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates: much more than biodegradable plastics

NI López, MJ Pettinari, PI Nikel, BS Méndez - Advances in applied …, 2015 - Elsevier
Bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are isotactic polymers that play a critical role in
central metabolism, as they act as dynamic reservoirs of carbon and reducing equivalents …

Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) in bioflocs alters intestinal microbial community structure, immune-related gene expression and early Cyprinid herpesvirus 2 replication …

G Qiao, P Chen, Q Sun, M Zhang, J Zhang, Z Li… - Fish & shellfish …, 2020 - Elsevier
The aquaculture system based on biofloc technology (BFT) showed positive effects on
prevention of Cyprinid herpesvirus 2 (CyHV-2) infection in gibel carp (Carassius auratus …

Microbial population dynamics during sludge granulation in an anaerobic–aerobic biological phosphorus removal system

B Zhang, M Ji, Z Qiu, H Liu, J Wang, J Li - Bioresource technology, 2011 - Elsevier
The evolution of a microbial community was investigated during sludge granulation using a
wide range of micro-scale and molecular biology techniques. Experimental results …

A comparative analysis of biopolymer production by microbial and bioelectrochemical technologies

BA Chavez, V Raghavan, B Tartakovsky - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Production of biopolymers from renewable carbon sources provides a path towards a
circular economy. This review compares several existing and emerging approaches for …