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ArticleBiotechnology for biofuels and bioproducts2024

A sustainable bioprocess to produce bacterial cellulose (BC) using waste streams from wine distilleries and the biodiesel industry: evaluation of BC for adsorption of phenolic compounds, dyes and metals.

Erminta Tsouko, Sotirios Pilafidis, Konstantina Kourmentza, Helena I Gomes, Giannis Sarris, Panagiota Koralli, Aristeidis Papagiannopoulos, Stergios Pispas, Dimitris Sarris

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Article in Biotechnology for biofuels and bioproducts, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Erminta TsoukoTheoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vassileos Constantinou Ave., 11635, Athens, Greece. tsoukoe@eie.gr.
Sotirios PilafidisTheoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vassileos Constantinou Ave., 11635, Athens, Greece.
Konstantina KourmentzaFood, Water, Waste Research Group, Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.
Helena I GomesFood, Water, Waste Research Group, Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.
Giannis SarrisLaboratory of Physico-Chemical & Biotechnological Valorization of Food By-Products, Department of Food Science & Nutrition, School of Environment, University of the Aegean, Leoforos Dimokratias 66, 81400, Lemnos, Greece.
Panagiota KoralliInstitute of Chemical Biology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 11635, Athens, Greece.
Aristeidis PapagiannopoulosTheoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vassileos Constantinou Ave., 11635, Athens, Greece.
Stergios PispasTheoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vassileos Constantinou Ave., 11635, Athens, Greece.
Dimitris SarrisLaboratory of Physico-Chemical & Biotechnological Valorization of Food By-Products, Department of Food Science & Nutrition, School of Environment, University of the Aegean, Leoforos Dimokratias 66, 81400, Lemnos, Greece.
National Hellenic Research Foundation · GRUniversity of the Aegean · GRUniversity of Nottingham · GB

Funding

Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (H.F.R.I) 7664
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe main challenge for large-scale production of bacterial cellulose (BC) includes high production costs interlinked with raw materials, and low production rates. The valorization of renewable nutrient sources could improve the economic effectiveness of BC fermentation while their direct bioconversion into sustainable biopolymers addresses environmental pollution and/or resource depletion challenges. Herein a green bioprocess was developed to produce BC in high amounts with the rather unexplored bacterial strain Komagataeibacter rhaeticus, using waste streams such as wine distillery effluents (WDE) and biodiesel-derived glycerol. Also, BC was evaluated as a bio-adsorbent for phenolics, dyes and metals removal to enlarge its market diversification.

resultsBC production was significantly affected by the WDE mixing ratio (0-100%), glycerol concentration (20-45 g/L), type of glycerol and media-sterilization method. A maximum BC concentration of 9.0 g/L, with a productivity of 0.90 g/L/day and a water holding capacity of 60.1 g water/g dry BC, was achieved at 100% WDE and ≈30 g/L crude glycerol. BC samples showed typical cellulose vibration bands and average fiber diameters between 37.2 and 89.6 nm. The BC capacity to dephenolize WDE and adsorb phenolics during fermentation reached respectively, up to 50.7% and 26.96 mg gallic acid equivalents/g dry BC (in-situ process). The produced BC was also investigated for dye and metal removal. The highest removal of dye acid yellow 17 (54.3%) was recorded when 5% of BC was applied as the bio-adsorbent. Experiments performed in a multi-metal synthetic wastewater showed that BC could remove up to 96% of Zn and 97% of Cd.

conclusionsThis work demonstrated a low-carbon approach to produce low-cost, green and biodegradable BC-based bio-adsorbents, without any chemical modification. Their potential in wastewater-treatment-applications was highlighted, promoting closed-loop systems within the circular economy era. This study may serve as an orientation for future research towards competitive or targeted adsorption technologies for wastewater treatment or resources recovery.

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BC-based adsorbentDephenolizationHeavy metalsLow-cost feedstockWastewater treatmentWine industry

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PMID38475851
PMCPMC10935973
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