Biorefinery for glycerol rich biodiesel industry waste

VC Kalia, J Prakash, S Koul - Indian journal of microbiology, 2016 - Springer
The biodiesel industry has the potential to meet the fuel requirements in the future. A few
inherent lacunae of this bioprocess are the effluent, which is 10% of the actual product, and …

Berberine-induced bioactive metabolites of the gut microbiota improve energy metabolism

Y Wang, JW Shou, XY Li, ZX Zhao, J Fu, CY He… - Metabolism, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective Berberine (BBR) clinically lowers blood lipid and glucose levels via multi-target
mechanisms. One of the possible mechanisms is related to its effect on the short chain fatty …

Continuous biohydrogen production from poplar biomass hydrolysate by a defined bacterial mixture immobilized on lignocellulosic materials under non-sterile …

SKS Patel, RK Gupta, D Das, JK Lee… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biowastes are rich in sugars and may be used as low-cost feed to produce
environmentally friendly fuels such as hydrogen (H 2). Poplar biomass is available in large …

Gut microbiota-regulated pharmacokinetics of berberine and active metabolites in beagle dogs after oral administration

R Feng, ZX Zhao, SR Ma, F Guo, Y Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Berberine (BBR) is considered a multi-target drug that has significant advantages. In
contrast to its significant pharmacological effects in clinic, the plasma level of BBR is very …

Combined polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) and 1, 3-propanediol production from crude glycerol: Selective conversion of volatile fatty acids into PHA by mixed microbial …

A Burniol-Figols, C Varrone, SB Le, AE Daugaard… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Crude glycerol is an important by-product of the biodiesel industry, which can be converted
into volatile fatty acids (VFA) and/or 1, 3-propanediol (1, 3-PDO) by fermentation. In this …

New insight into waste activated sludge acetogenesis triggered by coupling sulfite/ferrate oxidation with sulfate reduction-mediated syntrophic consortia

A Zhou, H Liu, C Varrone, A Shyryn, Z Defemur… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Acetate (HAc) production via acetogenesis is a promising biorefinery approach for waste
activated sludge (WAS); however, it is hampered by the thermodynamic constraints of the …

Enrichment of syngas-converting mixed microbial consortia for ethanol production and thermodynamics-based design of enrichment strategies

A Grimalt-Alemany, M Łężyk, L Lange… - Biotechnology for …, 2018 - Springer
Background The production of ethanol through the biochemical conversion of syngas, a
mixture of H 2, CO and CO 2, has been typically studied using pure cultures. However …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) production from fermented crude glycerol: Study on the conversion of 1, 3-propanediol to PHA in mixed microbial consortia

A Burniol-Figols, C Varrone, AE Daugaard, SB Le… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Crude glycerol, a by-product from the biodiesel industry, can be converted by mixed
microbial consortia into 1, 3-propanediol (1, 3-PDO) and volatile fatty acids. In this study …

Biodegradation of n-alkanes on oil–seawater interfaces at different temperatures and microbial communities associated with the degradation

S Lofthus, R Netzer, AS Lewin, TMB Heggeset… - Biodegradation, 2018 - Springer
Oil biodegradation studies have mainly focused on microbial processes in dispersions, not
specifically on the interfaces between the oil and the seawater in the dispersions. In this …

Sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives to reduce the use of pesticides

A Vlaiculescu, C Varrone - Pesticides in the natural environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Pesticides are biologically active compounds, which refer to “any substance or mixture of
substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating pests.” This includes …