Biowaste-to-bioplastic (polyhydroxyalkanoates): Conversion technologies, strategies, challenges, and perspective

SK Bhatia, SV Otari, JM Jeon, R Gurav, YK Choi… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biowaste management is a challenging job as it is high in nutrient content and its disposal in
open may cause a serious environmental and health risk. Traditional technologies such as …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates: Still fabulous?

J Możejko-Ciesielska, R Kiewisz - Microbiological research, 2016 - Elsevier
Bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are polyesters accumulated as carbon and energy
storage materials under limited growth conditions in the presence of excess carbon sources …

Biopolymers: Biodegradable alternatives to traditional plastics

C Brigham - Green chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
A variety of biologically derived polymers (termed “bio-based polymers” or “biopolymers”)
have been examined for replacement of petrochemically derived polymers in many …

Bioconversion of plant biomass hydrolysate into bioplastic (polyhydroxyalkanoates) using Ralstonia eutropha 5119

SK Bhatia, R Gurav, TR Choi, HR Jung, SY Yang… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
Pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass results in the formation of byproducts (furfural,
hydroxymethylfurfural [HMF], vanillin, acetate etc.), which affect microbial growth and …

Microbial production of volatile fatty acids: current status and future perspectives

SK Bhatia, YH Yang - Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio …, 2017 - Springer
Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are used as building blocks to synthesize a wide range of
commercially-important chemicals. Microbially produced VFAs (acetic acid, propionic acid …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs): biopolymers for biofuel and biorefineries

S Riaz, KY Rhee, SJ Park - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fossil fuels are energy recourses that fulfill most of the world's energy requirements.
However, their production and use cause severe health and environmental problems …

Poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) production from engineered Ralstonia eutropha using synthetic and anaerobically digested food waste derived …

SK Bhatia, R Gurav, TR Choi, HR Jung, SY Yang… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ralstonia eutropha Re2133/pCB81 is able to utilize various volatile fatty acids
(VFAs)(acetate, butyrate, lactate, and propionate) for polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) …

Converting carbon dioxide to butyrate with an engineered strain of Clostridium ljungdahlii

T Ueki, KP Nevin, TL Woodard, DR Lovley - MBio, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Microbial conversion of carbon dioxide to organic commodities via syngas metabolism or
microbial electrosynthesis is an attractive option for production of renewable …

A review on the conversion of volatile fatty acids to polyhydroxyalkanoates using dark fermentative effluents from hydrogen production

G Kumar, VK Ponnusamy, RR Bhosale, S Shobana… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
The production of bio/microbial-based polymers, polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) from
volatile fatty acids (VFAs) of dark fermentative effluents in the bio-H 2 reactor is being paid …

Production of (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) copolymer from coffee waste oil using engineered Ralstonia eutropha

SK Bhatia, JH Kim, MS Kim, J Kim, JW Hong… - Bioprocess and …, 2018 - Springer
Polyhydroxyalkonate (PHA) is a type of polymer that has the potential to replace petro-based
plastics. To make PHA production more economically feasible, there is a need to find a new …