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Recovery of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) from wastewater : a review
Dario PrestiMaría Eugenia Suárez-ojedaGabriela Montiel-jarilloJulián CarreraGiorgio Manninasubject
0106 biological sciencesEnvironmental EngineeringCircular economyScale-upMixed microbial culturesBioengineeringWastewater treatmentWastewater010501 environmental sciencesRaw material01 natural sciencesPolyhydroxyalkanoatesBiopolymers010608 biotechnologyIndustryWaste WaterWaste Management and Disposal0105 earth and related environmental sciencesResource recoverySettore ICAR/03 - Ingegneria Sanitaria-AmbientaleWaste managementRenewable Energy Sustainability and the EnvironmentPolyhydroxyalkanoatesGeneral MedicineBiodegradable wasteResource recoveryBiodegradationCarbonWastewaterSCALE-UPEnvironmental scienceSewage treatmentdescription
Abstract Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biopolyesters accumulated as carbon and energy storage materials under unbalanced growth conditions by various microorganisms. They are one of the most promising potential substitutes for conventional non-biodegradable plastics due to their similar physicochemical properties, but most important, its biodegradability. Production cost of PHAs is still a great barrier to extend its application at industrial scale. In order to reduce that cost, research is focusing on the use of several wastes as feedstock (such as agro-industrial and municipal organic waste and wastewater) in a platform based on mixed microbial cultures. This review provides a critical illustration of the state of the art of the most likely-to-be-scale-up PHA production processes using mixed microbial cultures platform and waste streams as feedstock, with a particular focus on both, upstream and downstream processes. Current pilot scale studies, future prospects, challenges and developments in the field are also highlighted.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-01 |