ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2025
Recent advances in polyhydroxyalkanoate production from volatile fatty acids derived from food waste fermentation.
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- Phylogenetic characterization and optimization of waste-valorizing Priestia megaterium GASCKPHA2 for sustainable polyhydroxyalkanoate production.Folia microbiologica · 2026Article
- Selected Functional and Processing Properties of Polyhydroxyalkanoates.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB): Production, Properties, Modification Strategies, Additive Manufacturing, Biodegradation, and Applications.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Biosynthesis of medium-chain length polyhydroxyalkanoates from pre-treated food wastewater.Biotechnology for biofuels and bioproducts · 2026Article
- Active bio-packaging with PHBHHx-ZnO bionanocomposites: advancing food safety and shelf-life.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
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Abstract
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are promising green substitutes for traditional plastics, offering good biodegradability and biocompatibility. PHA production using volatile fatty acids (VFAs) obtained from food waste fermentation not only provides a new way to utilize food waste resources but also reduces the PHA production cost. However, a review of mechanisms, technical processes, key influencing factors, and techno-economic analysis of food waste-VFAs-PHA production is lacking. Thus, this review elucidates the microorganisms that synthesize PHA and their associated metabolic pathways. A technical process of food waste-VFAs-PHA generation was proposed. Research status in this field was summarized. Meanwhile, the influencing factors of PHA synthesis based on VFAs were discussed. Additionally, techno-economic and environmental analyses of the food waste-VFAs-PHA process were covered. Finally, the challenges and prospects of future work were proposed. This review provides new ideas and theoretical guidance for achieving industrial production of low-cost PHA and the value-added transformation of food waste.
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