ReviewMicrobial biotechnology2017
Food waste conversion to microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates.
Review in Microbial biotechnology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 221 citations in OpenAlex.
- Biosynthesis of medium-chain length polyhydroxyalkanoates from pre-treated food wastewater.Biotechnology for biofuels and bioproducts · 2026Article
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- Substrate Optimization for PHB Production from Ricotta Cheese Exhausted Whey UsingMicroorganisms · 2025Article
- Microbial Proteins: A Green Approach Towards Zero Hunger.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- An Overview of Biorefinery Waste for Microbial Production of Green Plastic in a Circular EconomyFood technology and biotechnology · 2025Review
- A genome-scale metabolic model for the denitrifying bacterium Thauera sp. MZ1T accurately predicts degradation of pollutants and production of polymers.PLoS computational biology · 2025Article
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- Recent Advances in Food Waste Transformations into Essential Bioplastic Materials.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Genetic characterization of a novel Salinicola salarius isolate applied for the bioconversion of agro-industrial wastes into polyhydroxybutyrate.Microbial cell factories · 2024Article
- Exploring Microorganisms from Plastic-Polluted Sites: Unveiling Plastic Degradation and PHA Production Potential.Microorganisms · 2023Article
- Sustainable production and degradation of plastics using microbes.Nature microbiology · 2023Review
- Recent trends in nanocomposite packaging films utilising waste generated biopolymers: Industrial symbiosis and its implication in sustainability.IET nanobiotechnology · 2023Review
- Sustainable and Bio-Based Food Packaging: A Review on Past and Current Design Innovations.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Generation and consequence of nano/microplastics from medical waste and household plastic during the COVID-19 pandemic.Chemosphere · 2023Review
- Process Development of Polyhydroxyalkanoates Production by Halophiles Valorising Food Waste.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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- Microbial Degradation and Value Addition to Food and Agriculture Waste.Current microbiology · 2022Review
- A fermentation process for the production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) using waste cooking oil or waste fish oil as inexpensive carbon substrate.Biotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2022Article
- Recovery Techniques Enabling Circular Chemistry from Wastewater.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Vinasse: from a residue to a high added value biopolymer.Bioresources and bioprocessing · 2021Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biopolymers with desirable material properties similar to petrochemically derived plastics. PHAs are naturally produced by a wide range of microorganisms as a carbon storage mechanism and can accumulate to significantly high levels. PHAs are an environmentally friendly alternative to their petroleum counterparts because they can be easily degraded, potentially reducing the burden on municipal waste systems. Nevertheless, widespread use of PHAs is not currently realistic due to a variety of factors. One of the major constraints of large-scale PHA production is the cost of carbon substrate for PHA-producing microbes. The cost of production could potentially be reduced with the use of waste carbon from food-related processes. Food wastage is a global issue and therefore harbours immense potential to create valuable bioproducts. This article's main focus is to examine the state of the art of converting food-derived waste into carbon substrates for microbial metabolism and subsequent conversion into PHAs.
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