ReviewPolymers2021
Volatile Fatty Acids as Carbon Sources for Polyhydroxyalkanoates Production.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 95 citations in OpenAlex.
- Polyhydroxyalkanoate degradation in soils: mechanisms, controls, biological responses, and knowledge gaps.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Pooled it
- Increasing pH leads to more efficient production of polyhydroxyalkanoates from volatile fatty acids using Cupriavidus necator H16.Microbial cell factories · 2026Article
- Gut microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs): immunomodulatory effects and therapeutic potential in infections.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2026Review
- Coupling of biohydrogen and polyhydroxyalkanoates production processes for next-generation biorefineries: process design, optimization and perspectives.Bioprocess and biosystems engineering · 2026Review
- Genetic modification ofApplied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
- Mixed Waste Streams for Bioproduction: Exploring Bacterial Wax Ester Production in Nitrogen-Rich Acidogenic Fermentate.Microbial biotechnology · 2026Article
- The characterization of halophilic polyhydroxyalkanoate-producing bacteria from brine in Solivar near Prešov (Slovakia).World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2025Article
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- The Role of Whey in Functional Microorganism Growth and Metabolite Generation: A Biotechnological Perspective.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Exploring New Strategies for Optimizing the Production of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering · 2024Article
- Impact of Acetic Acid Supplementation in Polyhydroxyalkanoates Production by Cupriavidus necator Using Mixture-Process Design and Artificial Neural Network.Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Optimization of polyhydroxyalkanoate production in Halomonas sp. YLGW01 using mixed volatile fatty acids: a study on mixture analysis and fed-batch strategy.Microbial cell factories · 2023Article
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- Bio-conversion of organic wastes towards polyhydroxyalkanoates.Biotechnology notes (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2023Review
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- Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) byBioengineered · 2021Article
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Abstract
Waste of industrial origin produced from synthetic materials are a serious threat to the natural environment. The ending resources of fossil raw materials and increasingly restrictive legal standards for the management of plastic waste have led to research on the use of biopolymers, which, due to their properties, may be an ecological alternative to currently used petrochemical polymers. Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) have gained much attention in recent years as the next generation of environmentally friendly materials. Currently, a lot of research is being done to reduce the costs of the biological process of PHA synthesis, which is the main factor limiting the production of PHAs on the industrial scale. The volatile fatty acids (VFAs) produced by anaerobic digestion from organic industrial and food waste, and various types of wastewater could be suitable carbon sources for PHA production. Thus, reusing the organic waste, while reducing the future fossil fuel, originated from plastic waste. PHA production from VFAs seem to be a good approach since VFAs composition determines the constituents of PHAs polymer and is of great influence on its properties. In order to reduce the overall costs of PHA production to a more reasonable level, it will be necessary to design a bioprocess that maximizes VFAs production, which will be beneficial for the PHA synthesis. Additionally, a very important factor that affects the profitable production of PHAs from VFAs is the selection of a microbial producer that will effectively synthesize the desired bioproduct. PHA production from VFAs has gained significant interest since VFAs composition determines the constituents of PHA polymer. Thus far, the conversion of VFAs into PHAs using pure bacterial cultures has received little attention, and the majority of studies have used mixed microbial communities for this purpose. This review discusses the current state of knowledge on PHAs synthesized by microorganisms cultured on VFAs.
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