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Food waste conversion to microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates
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 friend...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5658610/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28736901 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.12776 |
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author | Nielsen, Chad Rahman, Asif Rehman, Asad Ur Walsh, Marie K. Miller, Charles D. |
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description | 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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spelling | pubmed-56586102017-11-01 Food waste conversion to microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates Nielsen, Chad Rahman, Asif Rehman, Asad Ur Walsh, Marie K. Miller, Charles D. Microb Biotechnol Minireviews 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. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017-07-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5658610/ /pubmed/28736901 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.12776 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Microbial Biotechnology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd and Society for Applied Microbiology. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Minireviews Nielsen, Chad Rahman, Asif Rehman, Asad Ur Walsh, Marie K. Miller, Charles D. Food waste conversion to microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates |
title | Food waste conversion to microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates |
title_full | Food waste conversion to microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates |
title_fullStr | Food waste conversion to microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates |
title_full_unstemmed | Food waste conversion to microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates |
title_short | Food waste conversion to microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates |
title_sort | food waste conversion to microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates |
topic | Minireviews |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5658610/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28736901 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.12776 |
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