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Title Production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) copolymer from food waste using mixed culture for carboxylate production and Pseudomonas putida for PHA synthesis
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Authors Chandra, R; Thakor, A; Mekonnen, TH; Charles, TC; Lee, HS
Title Production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) copolymer from food waste using mixed culture for carboxylate production and Pseudomonas putida for PHA synthesis
Year 2023
Published
DOI 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117650
Abstract Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) with high concentration of carboxylate, that was accumulated from solid state fermentation (SSF) of food waste (FW), was tested using Pseudomonas putida strain KT2440. Mixed-culture SSF of FW supplied in a high concentration of carboxylate, which caused a high PHA production of 0.56 g PHA/g CDM under nutrients control. Interestingly, this high PHA fraction in CDM was almost constant at 0.55 g PHA/g CDM even under high nutrients concentration (25 mM NH4+), probably due to high reducing power maintained by high carboxylate concentration. PHA characterization indicated that the dominant PHA building block produced was 3-hydroxybutyrate, followed by 3-hydroxy-2-methylvalerate and 3-hydroxyhenxanoate. Carboxylate profiles before and after PHA production suggested that acetate, butyrate, and propionate were the main precursors to PHA via several metabolic pathways. Our result support that mixed culture SSF of FW for high concentration carboxylate and P. putida for PHA production enables sustainable production of PHA in cost-effective manners.
Author Keywords Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs); Pseudomonas putida; Leachate bed reactor; Food waste; Carboxylate
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Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000952147000001
WoS Category Environmental Sciences
Research Area Environmental Sciences & Ecology
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