Ecofriendly bioplastics from biowaste: Antimicrobial and functional enhancements for sustainable packaging

DK Chandra, A Kumar, C Mahapatra - European Polymer Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Food waste exacerbates greenhouse gas emissions and environmental degradation, while
the prevalent use of conventional plastics in food packaging, characterized by their cost …

Toward Sustainable Bioplastics: The Potential of Algal Biomass in PHA Production and Biocomposites Fabrication

RE Martínez-Herrera, GM González-Meza… - Process …, 2025 - Elsevier
This review hypothesizes that algal biomass, an underexplored and promising raw material,
offers significant potential for polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production within sustainable …

Sustainable bioelectrosynthesis of the bioplastic polyhydroxybutyrate: overcoming substrate requirement for NADH regeneration

B Alkotaini, S Abdellaoui, K Hasan… - ACS Sustainable …, 2018 - ACS Publications
One of the main limitations to achieve sustainable synthesis of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is
the cost of NADH regeneration, as it requires a side enzymatic reaction usually including a …

Biosynthesis of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) from Cheese Whey by Bacillus megaterium NCIM 5472

S Das, A Majumder, V Shukla, P Suhazsini… - Journal of Polymers and …, 2018 - Springer
Microbial polyhydroxyalkonate such as homopolyester of poly (3-hydroxybutyrate)(PHB)
was produced from cheese whey by Bacillus megaterium NCIM 5472. Due to their …

Enhanced production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) biopolymer by recombinant Bacillus megaterium in fed-batch bioreactors

M Akdoğan, E Çelik - Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, 2021 - Springer
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biodegradable polyesters accumulated in a wide variety
of microorganisms as intracellular carbon and energy storage compounds. Poly (3 …

Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates by batch and fed-batch cultivations of Bacillus megaterium from acid-treated red algae

B Alkotaini, H Koo, BS Kim - Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2016 - Springer
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are linear polyesters synthesized by microbial fermentation
of various substrates. PHAs are accumulated in microbial cells in order to store carbon and …

[HTML][HTML] Production of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-Co-3-Hydroxyvalerate) by Bacillus megaterium LVN01 Using Biogas Digestate

ALM Martínez, M Yepes-Pérez, KAC Contreras… - Applied …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Bacillus megaterium LVN01 species native to Colombia has demonstrated the ability to
metabolize different coproducts or industrial waste (such as fique juice, cane molasses, and …

Enhanced catalytic efficiency of endo-β-agarase I by fusion of carbohydrate-binding modules for agar prehydrolysis

B Alkotaini, NS Han, BS Kim - Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Recently, Microbulbifer thermotolerans JAMB-A94 endo-β-agarase I was expressed
as catalytic domain (GH16) without a carbohydrate-binding module (CBM). In this study, we …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced Nano-Enhanced Bioplastics for Smart Food Packaging: Enhancing Functionalities and Sustainability

DK Chandra, A Kumar, C Mahapatra - Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy, 2025 - Elsevier
Plastics have dominated food packaging due to their cost-effectiveness, lightweight
characteristics, and durability. However, their permeability to gases and moisture has …

Fusion of agarase and neoagarobiose hydrolase for mono-sugar production from agar

B Alkotaini, NS Han, BS Kim - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2017 - Springer
In enzymatic saccharification of agar, endo-and exo-agarases together with neoagarobiose
hydrolase (NABH) are important key enzymes for the sequential hydrolysis reactions. In this …